DUNEDIN. 8th July.
Mr. Morris, who was a passenger by the Taranaki last Sunday, proceeds home, via San Francisco, to open and take the management of the branch of the Colonial Bank in London. - j In the case of Herbert and the Waste Lands Board, on appeal — the casein which an interim injunction was granted by the Judge in Chambers on Monday last, restraining the Board from dealing with lands s in the Herriot Hundreds — Mr. Macaasey moved for a rule nisi. The object of the rule was to call upon Donald Reid, Horace Bastings, and Henry Clarke, members of the Waste Lands Board, to show cause why they should not be attached and committed to the public gaol, Dunedin, for a breach of the aforesaid interim injunction. The rule was granted, and made returnable on Wednesday next. The present annual income of the City Council is £123,692 (sic), and liabilities £109,188, including £2,458 due to the Bank of Zealand. At the City Council meeting last night Mr. Ritche, as attorney for Mr. Hankey, wrote, offering to sell the gasworks and plant to the city for £60,000, to be taken in Corporation Debentures, bearing interest at 6 per cent, at par, delivery to be given in September. A. special meeting of the Council will be held on Friday, to consider the matter. Bates was a great success as Hamlet last night.
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Evening Post, Volume XII, Issue 8, 9 July 1875, Page 2
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