THE ESCORT.
The Northern and 'Southern Escorts arrived in Dunedin on Tuesday evening last, with the follon ing quantities of gold :
TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES. (Per Oreville <£? Bird, Reuter's At/ents) Dunedin, Thursday ivftefnodn. The Coroner’s jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Bridget Dee, charge ! with the murder of her illegitimatechild. The escort brings dowh 14-,933 ounces of gold. The Provincial Couluil adopted a resolution, asking the General Government to immediately construct the linos from Invercargill to the Mat aura, from Tuapeka to Tokbmairml, and from Moeraki to the Waitaki. The Dock Trust and the contractors are at. loggerheads. The former have resolved to take the work in their own hands, and repair the leak at the contractor’s risk. Captain Fraser threatens legal pric redings against the Times for publishing Macas'my’s affidavits commenting strongly on his action as a justice in the prosecution of Cairns in he Resident Magistrate's Court, Barton was discharged r t(i day. He has issued a writ against the Government for £5,000, damages, for malicious prosecution. Vogel leaves England at the commencement of the present month. The honorarium of Provincial' Council members is settled at fifteen shillings per day. Oarleton lias been appointed Chancellor, and Tancred. Vice Chancellor of the New Zealand University. The gradual abolition of the gold duty has been carried in the Provincial Souncil by a majority of 22_to 13.
Oz. dwt. Rr. Queenstown 2045 12 7 Arrow 1101 5 0 Duustau 862 12 0 Cromwell 2156 0 0 Alexandra 519 0 0 Teviot 637 0 0 Black’s 1077 0 a - Naseby - 2123 0 0 Dunstan Creak ... 604 0 0 Lawrence 1883 C 0 Switzer’s 700 p 0 Waits huna IS 0 Wookkod 424 2 0 Total 14,968 2 7
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Dunstan Times, Issue 477, 9 June 1871, Page 2
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286THE ESCORT. Dunstan Times, Issue 477, 9 June 1871, Page 2
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