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VERDIOT AGAINST WESTLAND.! | ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN PRESS TELEGRAPH ■ AGENCY.] '■ ! : : ;. ■ Nelson,. Jan. 7. ; In the action, Greymouth and Hokitika Tramway Company v. Westland County Council, to recover L 20,000 for breach of contract, a verdict has been given for plaintiffs for L 15,000, subject to reduction to L 5400 if the Court should be of opinion that the damages are not to date after the commencement of the action. , ..»■ Dunedin, Jan.. 7. ; At a meeting of the Surat Relief Committeei yesterday, it was resolved- to collect LSOO for distribution among the married people only. The losses of the passengers .are L 2500. ;One man had 264 sovereigns 1 in a box. : The passengers' luggage and '■■ effects were sold '■ with the wreck, notwithstanding, the protest of *s'ome of the passengers. An official inqjuiry com mences to-morrow. Strange runiors are afloat concerning the captain, and the. 6rst and second officers' conduct. A number of steamers , have left for the wreck with a view to saving as much as possible. If the fine weather lasts it is believed that the vessel will be off in ten days. Private advices state that the steamer Mongol left London for this port "direct ion the 23rd of December. ■.. «•■■••.':, Several passengers of the Surat ! have been admitted to the Hospital, suffering from illness brought on by exposure. . Wellington, Jan. 7. The Claud Hamilton sailed for Nelson at 6 p.m. . * . Mr M'Leari has gone to . Horow'henua, to settle a Native dispute. The Natives ridicule the efforts of; the, Commissioners appointed by the Government. The Government is expected here on the 17th. : • . * ' ' The first of next month the Luna will go with' the Commissioner of Customs, for the purpose of making an examination of the coast line of each 1 island; and determining sites for the new lighthouses r voted last session. !i, ;; i :■. , i , Auckland,: Jan. 7. The Superintendent turns the first sod of the Mercer to Ngaru'awahia 'line of railway on Friday.
annual meeting of the Orange ;Bodge took place last night..;.- : A/b-mquet was held afterwards. The Thames, "Gpromandel, Waikato, Napier and Wellington delegates were present. "'* In"a ; cattle'-ste < aling'case to-d^'a^lrry^ .m^n,/thjrough[ haYini .mistaKe.4 the name, served in place of another. The Chief Justice decided upon a new trial, although the prisoner had been found guilty. • • ■- . i .. . j . 1 ■■ •■> •.; r ■•;■
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Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1694, 8 January 1874, Page 2
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