COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.
[iBOM OUB OWN OOBBBSPONDINTS.] Napibb, last night. At the inquest on the body of the late Captain Ball, the vardiot waa one of temporary insanity. The evidence showed that the deceased shot himself at about 11 o’olock on Monday morning, as when found st noon, lying on the kitchen floor with the pistol in hia hand, the body was still warm, Wellington, last night. The Premier received a telegram from the Governor this morning, stating that Lord Cranley’s condition is improving. The fever is less high, and there is reason to hope that the crisis of the disease is over, but the prostration is still considerable.
Auckland, last night. Two hundred acres of land in the Raglan district have been purchased by two vine growers from Southern France, They intend to commence grape growing and wine making. A consignment ot 1,124 bales of flax waa shipped to Affierlsa by the Zealaudia on Monday last, News from Sydney states that Admiral Fairfax has boon appointed Junior Lord of the Admiralty, and goes Home in two months. Dunedin, last night. The Hawke’s Bay footballers were defeated yesterday by Otago; sixteen points to nil. The Otago forwards weighed over a stone and a half heavier than the Hawke's Bay. Tha takings at the gate amounted to £B7.
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 338, 15 August 1889, Page 2
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216COLONIAL TELEGRAMS. Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 338, 15 August 1889, Page 2
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