DUNEDIN. May 2.
Captain Me tides, who wa<* m charge of the Waiirikci when she atianded, has been dismissed from the Union Company's ser« vice. On Wednesday evening a special train ran into .1 trolly near Kelso bridge. A trun named Montgomery managed to throw himself clear, but Hanson received severe injuries, .md his recovery is doubt* ful.
May 0. There is l<> be no formal opening of the Ougo Central Railway. A train will run through early to-morrow morning, and it is intended to run an excursion ti.un next Saturday. The unemployed sent to Catlms rail-, way appear likely to make fair wages. It will be some three weeks before another batch cm be sent, as the line has to ba hud oft through the bushVery cold weather prevailed yesterday, with rain and two very heavy showers of hail. No damage is reported.
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North Otago Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 7128, 4 May 1891, Page 2
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