SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 80, 11 April 1870, Page 2

SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

LARGE FIRE IN CHRISTOHUKCH,

LARGE MEETING AT NAPOLEON HILL.

[Frpm the kelson Examiner's Correspondent.].,

GREYMOUTH, April 2. Mr. Franklin, M.P.C., met his constituents at Napoleon Hill, on Wednesday. The meeting was the largest ever held in the district,, Mr. Franklyn said that as the Superinten-; dent had commenced pubhc works up the Greyi and appointed Mr. Kynnersley a member ofl his Executive, his Honor had a right, and deserved to be supported in Council by Grey| members. '' '■ ■ ' '"' ' c J | ' ' ' ; CHRISTCHURCH, AprU,;.;; A fire broke out in Colombo-street early| this morning, and"the following buildings", were destroyed :—Brownell, merchant, stObk * and building insured in the Pacific for £900; Withey, pork butcher, building. insured' to ' Globe fol- £200; HiU and Son, baker* stock j insured for £300, in New Zealand. Ofteflre , is supposed to have been caused by incepdiarism. '.'A''' I '. " \ DUNEDIN, A^B.y Mr. James Mclndoe, M.P.C., is a candidate for'the Caversham district for tbe Assembly. Mr. Simpson, district surveyor, has re turned from Martin's Bay. He reports that the Holleyford Valley Is auriferous, and aIW the discovery of a seam of coal equal to that at the Grey.