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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 878, 6 November 1874, Page 2

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(MOM OUB OWN CORRESPONDENT.) i Dunedin, November sth, 8 p.m. i The Rev. John Allan has been chosen ' Moderator for the next Presbyterian Synod. 1 Madame Goddard appears in Dunedin on ! the 23rd instant for a fortnight. She had 1 an enthusiastic reception at Nelson. The newly arranged Californian mail contract with Sydney stipulates for a loop line : in the same manner as was provided by the late Forbes-Hall line. Mr Simpson, Provincial Engineer, has been appointed Engineer to the Harbof, Trust at a salary of £IOOO a-year. The passengers hurt by the collision on the Clutha line are sueing for compensation. Mr Hutchison's case, for injuries to his racing inare Spritsail, comes on on the 30th. At Christchursh, a number of young salmon have been placed in the Avon River. In about a fortnight they will be taken to the Donner lliver, and moored at the junction of salt and fresh water, with a view to obtaining spawn for artificial hatching. The experiment is being watched with great i interest.

The inhabitants of Onehunga have presented Mr O'Rorke with a valuable service of plate as an acknowledgment of his disinterestedness in retiring from the Ministry owing to their abolition of Provinces policy. In responding, Mr O'Rorke said the step had not been taken hurriedly or on the impulse of the moment, but it was after mature consideration. The Government have taken criminal proceedings against Amos, their locomotive foreman, for causing the collision on the 27th October. Bluff, To-day, 9,10 a,m. Yesterday afternoon the wind was blowing from N.W. a severe gale. Afterwards the wind suddenly shifted, and blew terrific squalls, with heavy rain, dnring which the glass rose one-tenth in fifteen minutes. During hut night heavy squalls occurred with thunder, lightning, hail, and steady rain.