ll'EB Unitbp Press Association*) GISBoSnE, January 7. borne excitement was caused by an alarm of fire at the new Gisborne Freezing Works, where, a fire from some unknown cause started in ,the coal blinkers containing 150 tons of coal. After drenching the coal with water for several hours all danger was re moved. , , . TIMARU, January 7. Mr F. W. Wake, 8.A., head-master of the Timaru school for the past six years, has resigned owing to ill-health, and relinquishes the profession. INVERCARGILL, January 7. At the Police Court John Lawson, a young man, was charged with having attempted to shoot himself, and was re manded. Another young hian, James Spence, who was before the Supreme Court, Dunedin, last sittings for attempted suicide, was charged with stealing a horse and remanded.
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