INTERPROVINCIAL.
WANGANUI, Dec. 1. The following arc the vital statistics for November : —Births 27, Marriages 6. Deaths show an increase of six. DUNEDIN, Dec. 1. A 3-roomed cottage in North-East Valley occupied by Daniel Chalmers was burnt down last night. It was insured in the Standard office for £IBO. The following are additional particulars concerning the accident by which young Salmond, manager of the Brnshware Company lost Ids life at the Maori. Kaik. A party had gone up to the hill and sat down in the shelter of some bushes. The soil here is very crumbly. Two horses above were grazing and it is believed that one started a boulder which came tumbling down. A lady seated with Salmond called his .attention to the danger, but she had scarcely uttered the words when the stone struck him on the head with such force as to impel him fully 15 feet down the hill. He expired in five minutes afterwards. He was 23 years old, and unmarried. [A paragraph about this occurrence will be found in our local colums.]
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Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 966, 1 December 1882, Page 2
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178INTERPROVINCIAL. Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 966, 1 December 1882, Page 2
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