DUNEDIN.
This Day. Mr. Stout delivered an address on Monday night on the present political situation.' His speech was a defence of the Government from the attacks of Sir W. Fox. He agued that those who had supported the Grey party should not now desert them because they were the weaker side. He received a hearty vote of thanks. The Standard Insurance Company's eleventh report states that the directors are nofc-in a position to recommend the payment of any dividend, owing to heavy losses and the commercial depression. Chalmers Reid, in the Police Court on Saturday, calmly took bread and cheese and beer while the investigation into the charges preferred against him was proceeding. Elizabeth Bowden, a child two years old, was killed by the tramway engine in Great King-street, to-day. The body was terribly crushed. Mr. Barron has decided to stand for Caverßnam. Mr. Shaw will oppose Mr. Button for the Taierei. Mr. Hood, the secretary of the Railway Association, is spoken of as a probable candidate for Dunedin.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 868, 20 August 1879, Page 2
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