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♦ [FfiOM GeEYILLE'S TELEGBAM COMPANY. Eeuxbb's Agents.] DOTEDIN, Monday. The third district fired on Saturday for * the choice of representatives. Christie, of East Taieri, made 45 ; Buchanan, West Taieri, 44 ; Adam, Bruce, 42. In the second district firing, Wales, City Guards, made 47 ; Wilson, of Port Chalmers, 43 ; Creagh, City Guards, 41, with several men to spare. For the Mount Ida Eaces Grand Stand Handicap of 100 sovereigns there was an exciting race. Southern Chief, 1 ; Misfortune, 2 ; Backbiter, 3. Handicap — Atlas, 1 ; Misfortune, 2; Pretender, 3. Cup— Southern Chief, 1; Backbiter, 2j Foretop, 3. The Governor congratulates the Superin* tendent on the extension of the telegraph to Botorua. The Duke of Edinburgh says he would be glad to visit Otago, but his orders are imperative to leave for England direct early in January.
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Wellington Independent, Volume XXV, Issue 3087, 20 December 1870, Page 2
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