BRIEF MENTION.
At the Port Chalmers Police Court to-day James Stevens \vas fined 10s for being drunk on the railway line. John Pringle, stepson of ‘ Mr Scott, farmer, of Otepopo, was found dead near his parents’ residence on Sunday night. He had gone out to wash himself, and is supposed to have died from heart disease. He was twenty-six years old. Between 3,000 and 4,000 persons travelled on the railways in the Qamaru district yesterday. ' Some good dividends were paid at the Tradesmen’s races at Oamaru yesterday. Belladonna won the Boxing Day Handicap and paid L 7 ; Silver Prince won ‘the Trot and paid Ll3; Forester paid LIO in the Hack Race ; and in the final race of the day over L2O was paid on Go-Bang. Lord Randolph Churchill is “doing ” the Russian capital. The Sydney races had to be postponed on account of the bad weather. Pasha is favorite for the principal event. The Roumanian Government are making preparations for war. The Queen of Raratonga has entered into a treaty with Great Britain not to cede the island to any Power,
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Evening Star, Issue 7404, 27 December 1887, Page 2
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182BRIEF MENTION. Evening Star, Issue 7404, 27 December 1887, Page 2
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