/ A telegram, received from Christchurch, ' / states th at a terrific gale-was experienced in j JJoknika, on Thursday last, which de- / molished 22 houses. The river was f heavily flooded, and created feariul \ damage. . ' ■" It would seem that a great reduction l ? in the price of meat has lately taken place at Lystelton, and the Canterbury papers .-assign as one reason for this fact that an .enterprising butch -r has for the past fort- ;.'•:' night, been bringing into port large quan--1 tities of mutton, &c, and- selling it at half .■■". the price charged— namely, from 2d. to ,; ; 4d. per tb. The supply has not been ' equal to, tbe demand, for the man has been •_.. /rujlicd, .mid the cart cleared of its contents ;-;;:'.;in> short -time."
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 123, 29 May 1867, Page 2
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124Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 123, 29 May 1867, Page 2
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