TELEGRAMS.
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•'• WELLINGTON. - - ! :
j r ,.,,., ro • ; Friday."'- 1 ! ,A 7 boy named VHyiand had a narrow escape yesterday while out shooting, by jhe explosion of a flask of he carried in: His hand. 'His 1 thumb 'was blown off, and his hand badly shattered, while his face was much pitted with the powder.
| A now paper,; called the Guardian;has started at Fielding, _ ! An attempt was made here -to wre6k* the train, by placing a. large-sapling, 25 feet, long, aorosi the' rails' before ■ the jniglrt train passed. The obstruction was 'fortunately discovered in time'by: the jengino driver. . _.. . All the Wellington solicitors close their 'establishments on Monday instead of to-
morrow. • Several new insolvencies 1 are reported ;today, whilst others are spoken of as iprobablp. ,<, ... .•....., . -'."'J^r'' ' '
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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3202, 24 May 1879, Page 2
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126TELEGRAMS. Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3202, 24 May 1879, Page 2
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