On Sunday prayers were offered up in the various churches for Mr Tea% who had reached an om nous crisis in a lingering and painful illness. A meeting of ratepayers was .held at To Arai on Saturday night for the purpose of considering the Harbor crisis, twenty nine persona being present. A resolution in favor of the works proceeding was carried unanimously. Mr McPhail met with an accident on Saturday afternoon while driving home in bis buggy. When opposite Mr Walsh’s house the horses bolted and Mr McPhail and a companion were thrown out, the former being severely hurt. Mr McPhail’s little daughter, who was the only other occupant of the trap, managed to jump out without being hurt. The injuries sustained by Mr McPhail are not expected to prove serious. A Thames telegram states that a butcher’s shop and stables adjoining were burned to the ground. A servant girl was burnt to death.
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 215, 30 October 1888, Page 3
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154Untitled Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 215, 30 October 1888, Page 3
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