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  2. THE PACIFIC-STREET PARK.

    FOR the purpose of suitably opening the new park between Pacific-street and the beach the City Council, on the motion of Alderman W. B. Sharp, invited the teachers and children ...

    Article : 361 words
  3. The Railway Accident.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 151 words
  4. PARLIAMENT.

    THE SPEAKER took the chair at 3.30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. EDDEN, at the request of the Minister for Mines, postponed his question ...

    Article : 917 words
  5. MARITIME CALAMITY

    A TERRIBLE shipping disaster was reported here this morning, when the total loss of the Union S.S. Company's steamer Wairarapa and 136 lives was telegraphed from ...

    Article : 743 words
  6. The Saved.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 183 words
  7. Iron Bars on Railway Carriages.

    Mr. Alfred Sharp writes as follows:—A few years ago I twice animadverted strongly, in your columns, against those villainous iron bars across the windows of the saloon ...

    Article : 280 words
  8. Account Given by the Local Coroner.

    Mr. Henry Palmer, the coroner for the Great Barrier Island, arrived at Auckland by the steamer Argyle. He states that he first heard of the disaster on the Argyle, while he ...

    Article : 474 words
  9. The Inquest.

    The inquest on William Orr, the fireman of the suburban train, was opened to-day before the city coroner. There were four bodies in the morgue, ...

    Article : 1,257 words
  10. Insurance.

    The Wairarapa was not insured in any insurance companies. The Union Co., like many other great shipping firms, set apart a fund for the insurance of the vessels against ...

    Article : 55 words
  11. Scene of the Disaster.

    The scene of the wreak is the Barrier Island, right abreast of the Hauraki Gulf, and 50 miles north-east of Auckland Harbour. Caps Barrier is the northern shore of ...

    Article : 218 words
  12. A CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.

    A YOUNG man named William Honnibal was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with having stolen £106 2s 6d, £41 18s 6d and £28 12s 11d, the moneys, of his ...

    Article : 253 words
  13. THE EMPIRE MUSIC HALL.

    THE Empire Music Hall was opened to the public for the first time last night, and as anticipated the place proved too small for the large crowd which attended. In establishing ...

    Article : 899 words
  14. The Vessel.

    The Wairarapa was a stool vessel of 1786 tons, built by Denny of Dumbarton, in 1882, her sister vessel, which came out at the same time, being the Manapouri. The Wairarapa ...

    Article : 112 words
  15. Late Details.

    It is reported that Messrs. H. M'Kinnon and A. Kelly are supposed to have boon drowned by the wreck of the Wairarapa. Both are ex-Ms.P. of this colony. ...

    Article : 72 words
  16. CONCERT AT THE MASONIC HALL.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 233 words
  17. The Captain.

    Captain J. M'Intosh, the commander, was one of the most popular and highly-tursted officers of the Union Company. He was a native of Argyleshire, and a few trip ago ...

    Article : 134 words
  18. The News at Newcastle.

    The greatest excitement prevailed in the city yesterday when it became known that the well-known Union Company's steamer Wairarapa had been wrecked with such great ...

    Article : 107 words
  19. Among the Drowned.

    Mr. James Charles White, who was drowned in the mishap, was the father of Mr. R. H. D. White, M.L.C. He was a hale and hearty man, and it is stated that the ...

    Article : 122 words
  20. LATEST MELBOURNE SPORTING.

    THE betting market was without material alteration to-night, although business was brisk. For the Derby, Dreamland is at even ...

    Article : 125 words
  21. ANOTHER DISASTROUS WRECK.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 315 words
  22. Officers and Crew.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 403 words
  23. The Rescued at Auckland.

    The survivors of the wreck arrived at Auckland this morning by the steamer Argyle, which had visited the scene of the disaster. It appears that the Wairarapa ran ...

    Article : 368 words
  24. ENDOWMENTS TO COUNTRY SCHOOLS OF ARTS.

    A DEPUTATION, consisting of Messrs. Fegan, Dick, Edden, Morgan, Wilks, and Law, Ms.P., interviewed the Minister for Public Instruction to-day to urge that the ...

    Article : 208 words
  25. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

    [?]was read a third time. The second reading of the Labour Settlements Acts Amendment Bill was carried by 13 to 11. In committee important ...

    Article : 34 words
  26. THE WRECK OF THE STEAMER BOWRA.

    CONCERNING the foundering of the steamer Bowra off Seal Rocks on Saturday last, the local Marine Board gave the following decision yesterday:—"The heard found that ...

    Article : 112 words
  27. Advertising

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    Advertising : 79 words
  28. Statement by a Steward.

    The following narrative by a survivor was received here this evening. Wm. Caldwell, a saloon steward on the Wairarapa states":— "I was in my bunk when the steamer struck. ...

    Article : 237 words
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