NEW ZEALAND ITEMS.
HURRICANE AT FIJI. Auckland, January 22. Details of the hurricane at Fiji have arrived by the Taviuni. The Fiji Times, of the 16th, states that several cutters have become total wrecks on the coast of Taviuai. One of the crew of the cutter Shark was drowned, and three people were killed by houses being blown down daring the night. The schooner Buli Lakeba foundered between Batika and Lau, and twelve were drowned and one saved. At Koro, the Auckland-built schooner Ocean was blown away, with Captain Lancaster and seven natives on board. IMPORTANT DECISION. Napier, January 22. An important case was decided at the Magistrate’s Court, to-day, when PoliceConstable Gordon obtained judgment against Mr C. North for £IOO damages, with costs, through injuries inflicted through a collision which occurred while a servant of the defendant was driving without lights on the wrong side of the road. THE WAIRARAPA WRECK. Auckland, January 23. David Gouk, who left for the wreck of the Wairarapa on Saturday, with divers, in the Nautilus, returned early this morning. The divers went down, but found the wreck entirely broken up, and they came back, as nothing could be recovered.
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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 6, Issue 8, 25 January 1895, Page 2
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196NEW ZEALAND ITEMS. Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 6, Issue 8, 25 January 1895, Page 2
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