TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
The Auckland City Council has decided to cut down Hobson street. The work will cost £99,000 (?), exclusive of £IO,OOO compensation. Properly owners have promised to contribute £3OOO to the cost. Brown's store at the Razor Back (Auckland) was burne."! do»n on Sunday. It was insured for £IOO in the South British Office.
A Miss Kelly was seriously injured at Palmerston North on Thursday by being thrown from a horse, which took fright at a passing vehicle. The eight-year-old son of Herbert Cook, rail way" platelayer, Masterton, was killed on Thursday night by a log rolling on him.
The following tenders were received for the Roxburgh Bridge superstructure contract : Danlby and !Millar (Outram), £2340 (accepted); J. Drummond (Alexandra), £3354 ; J. McCormick (Ounedin), £3550; Sparrow and Co. (Dunedin), £3882; Campbell and Hornby (Dunedin), £4080; H. McKenzie and Co. (Ashburton), £4227; Black and Allison (Dunedin), £4365; J. Walker (Invercargill), £4369. The Opawa, ship, 87 days from London, has arrived at Wellington. The brigantine Stella, 125 days from New York, is at the Heads.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1467, 13 February 1886, Page 3
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172TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. Temuka Leader, Issue 1467, 13 February 1886, Page 3
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