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(KP.iOl on: OWN <- l .iiitl-'.~l'i>Nl>KNT.) . 4 CHRJSTCHURCH. December 2S. The Press this morning publishes tli<harvcst prospects, shov.h,g Unit the damage done to the crops for the past two months from ill-ought is not so si rions as was anticipated. The damage done tothe Rangitata bridge is considerable, hut the exact amount lias not yet been ascertained. The llood is subsiding. *. AUCKLAND. December -8. Mi'. Sheehan goes to YVanganui with the Premier next week. All the .Ministers are expected to meet in Wellington twelve days hence. The Hon.T. IT. Hartley, the oldest member of the. legal profession in the Colony, politician, and formerly Speaker of the LegiMative Council, is dead, lie was ayed 81. Mr. Henderson, captain of the Football Club, has received a lettei advising him of the probability of a visit from the liu-by team to the Colonies. They go to Adelaide, Victoria, New South Wales, and New '/.■•&- land. When the mail left a meeting was about 1o be held of the Rugby Union to submit :i proposal. The subscription list was headed with L2OO.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 844, 28 December 1878, Page 2
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178SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 844, 28 December 1878, Page 2
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