INVERCARGILL. 2nd January.
A great row occurred last night at the Government cottages, occupied by some of theWaitara'a immigrants, and one man was half killed by a blow another had administered witb a bellows. Threo of the men were with difficulty arrested by the police, the women strongly resisting. The second day's sports were kept up witb vigor. The Bluff regatta was the centre of attraction. Some 2000 people went from Invercargill. The train* were /crowded, and the. weather was lovely. The races were, on the whole, successful. The Caledonian vports at Invercargill were only fairly attended to-day ; they passed off satisfactorily. A boy named Stewart was killed at Oreti last night by a horse. No particulars are to hand.
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Evening Post, Volume XVII, Issue 310, 3 January 1879, Page 2
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120INVERCARGILL. 2nd January. Evening Post, Volume XVII, Issue 310, 3 January 1879, Page 2
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