DUNEDIN.
This day. A fracas, in which two prominent legal gentlemen were concerned, occurred yesterday. Fisticuffs were resorted to.
Yesterday. A letter has been received from Melbourne, stating, with regard to Binnie's gas machine, that the railway authorities had a machine erected at the railway station for a practical trial with a view to the adoption of the new process on the Victorian railway, and that the directors of the Melbourne Metropolitan Gas Company, after inspecting the machine, are arranging to test the apparatus with the intention of treating for the right to use the process.
McGill, draper, of the Arcade, was committed for trial to-day for attempted arson—his defence being reserved.
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Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4263, 30 August 1882, Page 2
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112DUNEDIN. Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4263, 30 August 1882, Page 2
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