TELEGRAMS.
[PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] GRAHAMSTOWN,thU dav ROAD PARTY STOPPED. A party of seven men, contractors will, the County Council for forming and cnit; work upon the Te Aroha wdSllll stopped by Haora Tareranni. There ■ nothing dreadful in the stoppage and '* neither tho Colonial Treasurer 'nor th" Native Minister have any relatives her there need be no fear ot havi to spend an additional £300 a day in ke fl ing the natives in public amusements th same as at i'aiihaka. It appears that tl County promised a solation to the natiw and, as usual, didn't pay it. The thioe is n't no consequence, as the stoppage wfli n I cost above £5 a day. ot The Aroha correspondent of the " Adve tiger " writes : " Our population isratiidlv increasing. There are here at present abonf sixty men hailing respectively from tho West Coast, Otago, Tauranga, Katitot1 Waikato, Auckland, and the ThameV the majority being f rom th ' latter place, and all or nearl» all of them aro experienced prospector/ Those of them who have come from a di« tance are not by any means highly pleased with the surface prospects." ■ ■■; WANGANUI, this day, Mr Proctor lectured last night to the best audience ever gathered together in Wanganui, and met with a hearty reception DUNEDIN, this day AWFULLY SUiJDEN DEATH. ' William Dry sdale, drysalter, droppeddeadl in George-street yesterday from heartdisease.
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Auckland Star, Volume XI, Issue 3218, 12 November 1880, Page 2
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