THE END OF BULLER.
WELLINGTON, September 19. ' The New Zealand Police Department states that it is in possession of evidence which; proves conclusively that "Wharton, executed^, for murder m Queensland, was identical with the notorious Butler, formerly of Dunedin.
Although it may be hard to believe (says the Manawatu Standard), it is nevertheless true that there is a settlement of several hundreds of inhabitants in this provincial district where the national game of football is practically unknown. This idyllic village? ' is Pahautanui, in the Otaki electorate. On Saturday last at this sequestered township there was played a game of football — the first , ever played in the place— and a large number of the eettletfssturn-ed out to witness the novel match, in which the contestants showed gocd form. f •*
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Otago Witness, Issue 2689, 27 September 1905, Page 61
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128THE END OF BULLER. Otago Witness, Issue 2689, 27 September 1905, Page 61
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