THE SOUTHERN PROVINCES.
[FilOll THE ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN PRES3 TELEGttiPU AGENCY.] Geeykouth, Monday, S p.m. The Nelson Inland Railway Scheme is unfavorably received on the goldfield. The people are opposed to a line over the auriferous lands. The Inland Communication Committee's report is considered untrustworthy iu detail, especially the engineer's opinion regarding the cosL of the line. [FROM THE NEW ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Monday, 5.30 p.m. Weather very boisterous and unsettled. Dunedin, Monday, 5.30 p.m. Arrived.—The Ladybird from the North ; Duke of Edinburgh from Newcastle, with dotes dates to the 14th. News said to be important. * The death of John Stuart Mill (which appeared iu our issue of yesterday) is announced. 8 p.m. The Birthday Races were not largely attended. Tiie Maiden Plate was a slow race. Congreve, first; Sweetlips, second; Forest Queen, third. Birthday Handicap: Little Nell, first; Yerbena, second ; Merriman, third. Won by a neck. Selling Stakes : Lydia, first ; May Morn, second.
Novel Stakes : Sweetlips, first; Miss Rose, second ; Bobby Burns, third. Arrived : Ladybird. The Port Chalmers Regatta was very successful.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume X, Issue 2910, 27 May 1873, Page 3
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172THE SOUTHERN PROVINCES. New Zealand Herald, Volume X, Issue 2910, 27 May 1873, Page 3
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