BUSH FIRES.
It will lio remembered that smno time ago an explosion of sulphuric acid occurred on thi’ Mouowai at Auckland, and that as a result several men were rather severely injured. A rlaim for £B3OO and costs is being made against th° shippers of the acid by the injured watersiders, and the ease will he heard in Melbourne shortly. The claimants will ho represented by Mr P. J. O’Regan, of 'Wellington, and Mr Charles 'Weaver; president of the Auckland "Waterside Workers’ Union, will also go to Wellington. At Pctvograd recently an English sovereign was sold by auction in aid of the funeral expenses of the Cossacks who wore killed in suppressing the mutiny. It realised .CtiOlr During tlie war -137 aeroplanes ami seaplane,s have been received by the Government, as gifts from different parts ol the Empire and from British subjects, in neutral or allied countries.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12284, 5 April 1918, Page 6
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147BUSH FIRES. Star (Christchurch), Issue 12284, 5 April 1918, Page 6
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