Departure marked by gifts at Central Hotel for Mr J Pauling
Yesterday afternoon at the Central Hotel a Gladstone bag and fur necklet were presented to Mr J Pauling by Reid and Gray employees on his impending departure for a new position in the North Island. Mr Restell presided as tributes of respect were voiced by colleagues and carriers, with remarks on his integrity and long service.
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Central Hotel
Gladstone
J . Pauling
Reid and Gray
Pasting
North Island
Mr & B Restell
Pauling
Mesera Reid
Gray
Fimara
Redmayne
Kennedy
Obbera
Me Mair
Panting
Eworda
Ualliburton
Launikeshire
Fim
Messia Reid and Gray
New Zealand
Paniling
Movare Milsa and Crooks
Panling
Aworda
Achburton
Kima
Transvaal War Notes and Casualties Reported
Press summaries from London and Capetown detail letters by Henry Laboucher and responses to Kruger about surrender terms for British prisoners. Casualties include New South Wales and Victorian troops with several killed or wounded at Otteshoop and Baffleshock, plus a Tasmanian and a Queenslander among the dead. English MPs’ correspondence seized in Bloemfontein is noted along with a British hospital inquiry reporting on Woodstock Greenpoint and Maitland hospitals.
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Wakapsaks
Lonpox
Truth
Henry Laboucher
Montagu White
Transvaal
London
Bloemfontein
Ms Chamberlain
Lord Roberts
Kruger
Noortgedacht
England
Otteshoop
New South Wales
Kilgour
Giles
Watson
Gilpin
Wordman
Baffleshock
Bods
Duther
Quintal
South Australia
Wicken
Spender
Skine
Robert Hooper Aldwood
Ghantsnek
Galvin
Maude
John Sills
Rushcliffe
Woattinghaw
Clark
Caithness
Great Britain
Capetown
South Arica
Woodstock
Greenpoint
Maitland
Cannibal feast and ships wreck dominate urgent dispatches
Reports from the Admiralty Group island natives annihilated in a cannibal orgy. Captain Clarke's account says Futami Maru wrecked near Mindoro with all hands saved, while Australia rescued crew, passengers, cargo, and ten boxes of gold.
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A.m. Thia
Sydney
White
Stettin
Admiralty Group
Messie Burns and
Philp
Mindora Island
Manila
Capa Kolabite
Australia
Sudary
Waatern
Mapourika Salvage Attempt Fails Off Mabel Island
United Press reports a salvage attempt by Waihora and Kaupiti to move the aground Mapourika failed after over an hour of heavy strain. The vessel is aground one third of its length with no water ingress and plans for heavy gear and hydraulic jacks for fresh salvage. Passengers stayed aboard as the vessel approached the wharf.
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United Press Association
Electric Telegraph
Blenaeim
Mabel Island
Wellington
German sailors freed after guilty plea at Supreme Court
On August 25 at the Supreme Court John Meyer and Frank Cross two German sailors pleaded guilty to attempted burglary and were released conditionally after friends secured them a home going weasel. Robert Anderson received five years for an indecent assault on a young girl.
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New Zealand
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Gothic
Tanner
Wropper Malcolm
Nelson
Wellington Iron and Bruce Mandera’ Union
Auckland
Christchurch
Supreme Court
W E Jones
Patono
Robert Anderson
Ward
Capstown
Gearty
Wellington
Shag Point
Seddon
Tutonekai
Poligs
Richards
Invercargill
Mahay
Tranavaal
Itha Southland Mounted Kiffea
Weiiberton
Auguust
John Meyer
Frank Cross
Front Letter Details a Boer War skirmish near Pretoria
In a July 19 Pretoria dispatch Trooper J Heanley of the Third Contingent and his brother recount a fierce clash with 500 Boers. Forty men held a position against grinding fire, twenty-one escaped surrender, reinforcements arrived, and the attackers were repelled with several dead buried the next day. Heanley plans to settle in the region after the war.
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J Heanley
Pretoria
Wee
Tech
Képja
Bourne
Tucker
Canrrender
Hutton
Wolorel Clestan
Henry Harper
Sove
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Bonds Island
China News
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Greenstone Junction
Hartley & Riley
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Stock Exchange of Canterbury
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