LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) NELSO N. Friday.
Meisrs. Adams and Kingdon sold Birchhill estat9 and stock for £20,000. [From New ZbaiuLnd Pkbss Association.]
WELLINGTON. Friday. Mr. Brogdsn'a navvies ex < Jessie Headman ' struck for eight hours' labour at 6a. with rations, or 7s. without it. An influential deputation, iucluding the Mayor of Blenheim, Captain Baillie, Mr. Redwood, Mr. Dobaon, and others, interviewed the Premier, asking for inquiry into the conduct of Sheriff Eyes. Mr. Waterhouse promised to cause au inquiry, upon the charges being preferred in writing.
NAPIER. Friday. The rifle match, Dunedin City Guards versus Napier Rifle Club, was wou by tb.9 Iatterby411to 308. There ia a general complaint about the scarcity of labour. The Government hare knocked off their roadmen to assiat at harvesting.
HOKITIKA.. Friday. The markets are quiet. Prices are unaltered.
DUNEDIff. Friday. There is no wheat in the market. It is wanted at 5s. 9d. Oats dull, 2s. to 3s. 8d. ; malting barley, 6s. 6d. Flour is in demand at £14 ; oatmeal, £11 10s. The South coach upset at Green Island this morning. Several passengers, including the Rev. Mr. Williams, Baptist minister, were injured. An explosion of cartridges at the drillshed, headquarters, did some damage to the buildings. A man named Harvey was killed by filling over the track at Arrow Biver.
The following telegrams appeared in last night's Star : — The Wellington Government Gazette, published yesterday, notifies that Vv aikato ia appointed a district under the Weights and Measures Act. — H.M.s. ' Dido ' hag been successfully docked at Port "Chalmers. — There have been great ravages made by caterpillars in the Taieri district. Several acres of barley have been totally destroyed.— Meaara. McLanders and Hepburn auctioned 167 bales of hemp, at £21 to 23 per ton.
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Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4781, 21 December 1872, Page 3
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291LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) NELSON. Friday. Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4781, 21 December 1872, Page 3
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