RECEIPTS AT THE CALEDONIAN SPORTS.
SUPPOSED MURDER OF A CHINAMAN. (paou ova. own cor*EBpcnobwt.) DUNEDIN. 3rd January. The Caledonian Society's talc'ngs at the gates on the first day of the sports amounted to £450; on the second day the nett receipts were £346. The grow takings are expected to be over £1000. Fully 5000 persons travelled on the Danedin railways on New Tear's Day. ComplsJlnlß tare daily made of the insufficiency of the accommodation on the main line of railway at the Dunedin Station, and trains are frequently delayed for want of room. 'Hie entire hone Bonnie Scotland,, imported by Hr. James Walls, of Canterbury, by the ship Norval, died six weeks after the vessel left London. The body of a Chinaman has been found in a creek at Allan's Gully, near Wakaia. He is supposed to have been murdered by some of his fellow-countrymen-Henry Lyon Metz was to-day committed for trial on two charges of forgery. Mr. Ward has reeled the regfatrarehip of the Supreme Court nnd the oflce of Sheriff. No successor has yet been appointed. Hr. Leary was returned unopjMaed for High Ward.
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Evening Post, Volume XVII, Issue 310, 3 January 1879, Page 2
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186RECEIPTS AT THE CALEDONIAN SPORTS. Evening Post, Volume XVII, Issue 310, 3 January 1879, Page 2
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