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Contributions to the Early History of New Zealand

June

June.

11.—News received of Tarawera eruption.

12.—Wreck of ship Lyttleton at Timaru.

21.—Report of annual meeting of Waimea Plains District Railway Company, by which it appears that directors had obtained power to rate the district, but that, subject to ratification by Parliament, line would be purchased by Government for £100,000. Line subsequently purchased.

24.—Death of Mr. Hyde Harris, ætat. 61.

Public meeting at Princess Theatre in favour of Home Rule for Ireland.

29.—Death of James Paterson, ætat. 79. Arrived in Dunedin in 1854.