Dunedin News.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6739, 31 December 1889, Page 3

Dunedin News.

* fPiiß Pejlßs Association.] ] ' DUNEDIN, Dkc. 31. j The body of John Davidron, Eoad \ < Inspector tor Taieri County, was found , last nig tit ou the road sear Outram. He { bad evidently fallen from his horse, as his j Eeck wa-. dislocated. • Capioia Soruinerville has secured a spUTi-' : n. rau«e near "Wingitui, capable of . aef:>e.Tr.o<iai,>P£ an3 r number of targets. The matting, therefore, should be got over within & wee". The co:u{ atitors are to ba . railed out bj a special train each morning a , Beveu o'clock, returning to town at six o'clock, but aa there i» a good water ' snpyly close to the rac^e, it ia expeuted that a large number will go into camp. The range ia as level as a bowling green, with a natural ' background. Captain Somttiervflle is of opinion that it is unequalled in tli e Colony, having the ad- ' ditional advantage of never having been fired over. Tb<ir<? is grea«; dfraafciafaefcioii witu tho aD»t hr of tha local reprfti". u b*.r,ire of the A'3*-Tcia.v-U>r\ who proceed td to M«l- --. bourne, le;»nntc feve/y thing in abeyance, j The Mayc? haa requested ail to meet j with a vJc-r to procuring funds for the j Ofcago match, but the friction hitherto j . existing between the comma ading officers , of this district and the Association's repre- ! * aontative may seriously interfere, though : Mr Roberts has undertaken to act as peace- ■ I maker. There will be no diffloulfcy in pro- ; ■ vidtng for telegraphic communication, as i a telephone line 13 within a quarter of ft j j

Mr James Wright, seventy-three years ! of age, died suddenly, at Green Island, of apoplexy. The death is announced of Mr Donald Henderson, an old identity, formerly member of the Provincial Council.