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New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9740, 16 August 1917, Page 4

Work is now proceeding satisfactorily at the Wellington Gasworks, Miramar, where all the old hands resumed their {urinca positions at 6 o’clock on Monday morning. All the men who took the places of me regular employees had disappeared from the gasworks early on Monday morning. One of the hulks with coal for the gasworks will be taken to the Miramar wharf to-day for discharge. A coroner’s inquest was held westerflay afternoon concerning the death of Robert Henderson, a waterside worker, wt;o succumbed on Tuesday morning cjhsaquen.t to having fallen off the Hulk Lutterworth on the previous oven mg. Dr Fyffe save evidence that iLoath -was due to a diseased heart affected bv the chock of the deceased's -mmersion. The reports of the librarians of the Central and Xewtown libraries show '.bat greater use was made of both libraries in July Last compared with the corresponding month in 19161 At Xowtown 6623 books were issued last month, compared with 5482 in July of the previous year. At the main library the books issued totalled 10,334 for the month. The aggregate number issued in July, 1016, was 8978, an increase of 1356. A notable feature was the number of children's books issued at both libraries, which constituted, a record-