CHRISTCHURCH.
The Government land salts on Monday .and Tuesday realised over LSOOO. The Rangitata Railway Bridge caught fire y< srerday : but is not much damaged. ■lt-.is -3<il>posed_to_have been by a spark from the engine. >■ A -benefit to Mi\ -W.l 11. ~t Hoskins, in honor of his forty-first professional anniversary, took price at the Theatre Royal last night. It w;;s a- grand success. There was a and brilliant audience. Mr. Hoskins w;y received with a perfect • pvation, ami .during the interlude was pr< sen ted !>v Sir Cr» croft Wilson with a ehcij'.ie for L2 U), which had been raised .by public subscriptions, and by members ■• r the tiK.-.trical Company with a gold -hronograpii watch which cost sixty guineas.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 733, 15 August 1878, Page 2
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118CHRISTCHURCH. Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 733, 15 August 1878, Page 2
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