LATEST TELEGRAMS.
(' ANGLO- AUSTRALIAN PRESS TELEGRAPH AGENCY.] Christchurch, Dec. 8. The Jockey Club has decided to hold an Autumn Meeting on April 6th and 7th next year. A good programme is advertised, comprising several 100 soys races, a Great Autumn Handicap of 200 soys, and a Sweepstakes of 100 soys, two miles. Wanganui, Dec. 8. A seaman named Edward Lewis, late of the William Tapsoott, fell from the foretopsailyard of the barque Malay last night. Death was instantaneous. An inquest was held to-day, and a verdict of accidental death returned. Dunedin, Dec. 8. MrVogel arrived from Lyttelton yesterday in the Wellington. The Association's rifle matches have been postponed for a week. A deputation from the Sugar Company waited upon the Superintendent on Saturday to ask him to have a bonus placed on the estimates for sugar. The Superintendent promised to consult the . Executive on the matter. Wellington, Dec. 8. The master painters have refused to accede to the demands of the men, though willing to give an advance to men really worth it. The men insist upon a uniform rule and have struck. Napier, Dec. 8. The sittings of the Supreme Court have been opened. The Grand Jury brought in a true bill in the libel action against the Telegraph.
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Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1668, 9 December 1873, Page 2
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