DUNEDIN.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 401, 11 August 1877, Page 2

DUNEDIN.

August 11. The Tablet understands that the Bulls appointing the Bev. Father Chareyre ;>s Biscop of Auckland, have reached the Colony, bn' siys it is by no means certain that he will a eepf the p roll'-rial Ses. It is con'-denlly autoipated that the CI nth a railway bridge will be completed in about two nu n'dis from da'e. Tie Star has the following additional particulars re the Kuinara Bank robbery. Messrs. Hojg and Brown were (deeping in the Bank at the time. Mr. iioug J heard a noise, and seeing a man g< i ig j out of the Bank door, lie fired Ids revolver at 1.-im ; but the man , scaped, | although he dro;>p. d most of the booty btw.cn L3OOO and LIOOO, mostly in gold dust. Blood was found on the gold fag. Abo.it LIOO in notes are missing. Toe bur.dar must have s; creted himseif in the Bank during the evening, when t! e Bank is open for gold buying. Ho had been under the bed, and got the kevs from the agent's clot -os daring the i.i ; ht to open the safe. He would have got away with the booty but for Hogg's bullet. The correspondence between Mr. Proudfo >t and the Harbour Board is leiigt iy and personal, at the expense of the Hoard's Engineer. The form >r charges the Board w'itli obstruction of his work, and says its plant is not of much account. To the ktt, r comj-laint the B >ar I makes answer that it is optional with the contractor to use it or not. The other complaint receives all it denial. Mr. Proudfoot simply says he is unable to agree to the agreement" no-.v drawn up, so t hit the, dock (pustioii seems as far removed from settlement as ever. The new museum was thrown open to the public to-day. Mr. Gorion, forecabin steward of the Tararua has been fined L 3 for smuggling.