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_4» '■ [BY TELEGRAPH.PRESS association.] ■■'_■~'■■■■,. Wellington, Thursday. : Thirteen Chinese, including three women, arrived from Sydney yesterday by the . Moeraki. v o . "f>-.'Vv. - Gisborne, Thursday. , The Waikare's passengers landed at ,' eleven a.m. The steamer proceeded South at half past four p.m. '- [■\•' ], ' t Eketahuna, Thursday. ; A meeting ■? of business i people resolved 5 to urge the Government to amend the Fac- , tories Act in the direction of allowing local 5 bodies' to fix the weekly half-holiday.. . Dtjnedin, Thursday. ' A meeting at Kaitangata addressed' by , Mr. Barclay, M.H.R., approved of the land, proposals, and expressed confidence in th/ Government. ~. • / j . Gore, Thursday? j L Mr. Arthur Lewis was found dead at/his ' residence, ' Brydone, Edendale, yeste/day. Mr. Lewis was a fanner, and was in partnership with a brother. An inquest jrill be held to-morrow. / About 30 men are now at worlr on the Gore-Waikaka railway, and'the /umber is to be considerably increased in/he course of a week or two, when arrangements are made for their accommodation/ " - . Timaru/ Thursday. ' i In the firing here to-day ior the Govern'-! " ment gold and silver medals, only 14 men j i of the three Timaru infantry corps com-1 . peted, and the highest score was Sergeant' YVaugh's 50. / i; ;/v: ■ j
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13490, 17 May 1907, Page 6
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