A descriptive writer in an Auckland paper makes the following strange simile:—On. might just as well say that a man whs bls right eye put out should be reckoned henceforth aa dead, notwithstanding the fact that all other members and faculties are perfect, and that he has replaced the lost ay. with one that looks nearly as well, and to possibly more interesting, aa to say that bocause the Terraces were blown up there is nothing worth seeing at th. Hot Lak.t—th. Wonderland of our colony. Four natives in India who had been ata* tioaed to keep th. Ibis olear for th. Dak. of Connaught’s spwlal traiß fell aaletp, ahd th. train coming up terribly injured three d them.
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 251, 24 January 1889, Page 2
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119Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 251, 24 January 1889, Page 2
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