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[PEE GREVJXLB'S TEL. CO , BEUTBB'S AGENTS.] Napieu, Tuesday. Mr Kenny, a clerk in the Telegraph Department, died suddenly last night. Hokitika, Tuesday. The Hospital Committee, at a meeting hsld to-day, passed a resolution in favor of instituting criminal proceedings against the proprietor of the " West Coast Times," for publishing a libellous article on the 22nd inst. Dunedin, Tuesday. The rifle match between the Dunedin Artillery Company and the Hon Artillery of London, was won by the former by 52 points. David Taylor, a laborer, has been lulled by falling from a dray at Lawrence. The child of a farmer named Bonar, at tho Lower Harbor, has died from the effects of accidental burns. Pokt Chalmers, Tuesday. The barque Glencoe has sailed for Hobart Town, and the brig Emma for Valparaiso. The Pbcebe sailed at 4.30 p.m. for the North. The following are additional items of Australian news received by the Gothenburg :— Melbourne, October 14. Mr Fenwick is elected Mayor of Melbourne. The Earl and Countess Belmore aro visiting at Toorak. The Earl will visit Tasmania. The Government announced their intention to submit to the House a vote of £10,000 to find work for the unemployed in filling disused quarries, and m other works of public utility. Mr Graham, an alleged son of Graham, a rich brewer deceased, has arrived to claim the estates against his widow, and probably much litigation will ensue. ! The eclipse expedition will probably I start for Cape York promontory in December, I Arrived — Claud Hamilton ; sailed — Joshua Bates. At a fire in the floating dock, the ship Joliba had a narrow escape, Adelaide and Victorian flour is quoted .at £12 to £13. New Zealand barley, 3s 4d ; wheat, 4s Id ; oats, 3s Id to 3s [5(1. Tookey's are quoted at £36 10s. , Sydney, October 13. Rich stone has been found at the Calliope diggings. The quartei's rovenue shows an inj crease of £52,000, chiefly from Cus- ; toms. 1 The Rev Mr Bailey has been committed for trial /or marrying a person under age. A public dinner was held to celebrate the inauguration by Victoria of the first protective tariff in the Australian colonies. The Tasso, bound to Mauritius with horses, met with heavy weather, and put back with the loss of nearly all the horses. Arrived — Gero, from Auckland ; Maid of Erin, damaged by the gale, had her decks swept. Business generally is dull, and the sugar market is depressed. Adelaide, October 13. Reedy Creek Station, with 11,000 sheep and 120 acres freehold, was sold at 18s per head. Sailed — Phillis, for New Zealand. Sales of wheat were made at 4s 4d to 4s sd.
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Wellington Independent, Volume XXVI, Issue 3328, 25 October 1871, Page 2
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