According to report (says the Wellington Dominion) there will be three, nominees for the position of Chairman of Committees of the House of Representatives, which is to bs vacated by Mr Wilford. The names mentioned are Sir William Steward, Mr T. H. Davey, and Mr W. Jennings. It is not known which candidate will receive the support of the Government. A queer accident is reported to have happened to Mrs Hemi, a Maori woman living at Canvastown, the other afternoon, says the MariFxwoygli Press. A pi,g got under the house, and as Mrs Hemi -was stooping to drive it out the ashes of her pipe fell on a stray dynamite cap. On picking up the pipe the cap exploded and blew two fingers off one of her hande.
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Otago Witness, 1 June 1910, Page 13
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128Page 13 Advertisements Column 1 Otago Witness, 1 June 1910, Page 13
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