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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8091, 8 January 1903, Page 2

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[By Electric Telegraph.—CorrnioHT.] Per Press Association. Received January 8, at 9.44 a.m. Sydney, January 8. Chalmers' dead heating with Taylor was a fine performance. Ho also showed grand form in the final • lap of the race, securing fourth place. He ran second in the WaimPlate of five miles, Gudgeon beating him by a wheel; Megson was third. Brisbane., January 8. Two children died of ptomaine poisoning after eating corned beef, and a third is seriously ill. The Railway Commissioners have decided to close two non-paying railways, the Bcwen and Cooktown, at the end of January. Melbourne, January 8.

The Inverloehy enquiry is lmng up. At the conclusion of evidence, counsel for the defence asked the Court of Inquiry to state a. case for the Supreme Court on technical points ritised. Pending decision by the Supreme Court the proceedings are blocked. Received January 8, at 9.44 a.m. Sydney, January 8. The Governor-General has been authorised to hold. a Coronation investiture in Sydney about Easter, whereat all the recipients of honors during Coronation year will receive their warrants and insignia. Cardinal Moran fails to see what good it can do making further statements regarding &moa, and is unlikely to take up the challenges of Mr Rut-ledge and the Secretary of the Methodist Foreign Missionary Society to publish proofs of his charges. Dean O'Haran, who conveyed the Cardinal's decision to the interviewers, said if proof were desired let those desiring it go to the German or American Governments, or King Oscar, or the London Times. They would get from these sources all the proof they can want.