TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
[from our own correspondent.]
DUNEDIN
Tuesday;, 9.30 a.m.
A meeting of gentlemen favourable to the formation oi a railway to the Ocean Beach and Peninsula was held on Friday. The attendance was large. The object of the meeting was unanimously approved of, and a Provisional Committee appointed. The second annual exhibition of the Canary and Poultry Association was opened by the Superintendent on Friday. It was a great success.
The Chinese passengers by the Caroline, for Hong Kong, paid duty on Friday on 1987 ounces of gold. The Wellington correspondent of the Times telegraphs that a seat in the Cabinet and the Legislative Council, with the portfolio of Minister of Justice, was offered to Mr Bowen, Resident Magistrate of Christchnrch, but was refused.
The Colonial Prize Firing is to take place at the Thames in January. Mr Vogel leaves for Auckland on Saturday, on his way to Sydney. A telegram was received yesterday from Grace's claim at the Shotover, reporting nine pounds weight of gold to hand, and the mine looking well. The Wellington Times says Vogel is expected back in five or six months from the date of his departure. A sailor who attempted to swim ashore from the Tweed was drownedj and his body was picked up at Quarantine Island.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 259, 15 September 1874, Page 5
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