TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
[PBOM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] DUNEDIN. Tuesday, 9 a.m. Mr Cantrell, member for Caversham in the Provincial Council and Houae of Representatives, died on Sunday. Plummer, the escaped prisoner, is still at large. Vague rumours of his being seen in various parts of the country are afloat, but there is no reliable information of his movements. Alfred James, the second mate of the steamer Maori, was washed overboard while the vessel was off Shag Reef, at 4.45 on Saturday morning, and was drowned. The candidates for the vacant seat in the Provincial Council for Caversham, —Stout, Fish, and Leary,—are hotly contesting the election. It is generally considered that the contest will lav between Stout and Fish.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 144, 13 August 1872, Page 5
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