SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
(from opr own correspondent.) Dunedin, June 28, 7.50 p.ra. The Financial Statement was delivered last night, and is generally pronounced to »e a very able one. in tliedmnmyism case, Land Board v Janies Smith, judgment was given yesterday and case dismissed. A cage in a mine at Eaglehawk, Victoria, fell down a shaft six hundred and forty feet, crushing two men in a horrible manner. George Dixon, cordial manufacturer, Wellington, committed suicide by drowning on Tuesday. The petition in favour of Mr Green’s local option Bill is being largely signed here, and the publican’s have also a counter petition out. Petitions are also being signed in favour of the eight hours Bill There is no up country parliamentary news. The Te Anau lost nine horses last voyage to Melbourne through bad weather. Mr McKenzie’s motion in the House for Select Committee to enquire into Dummyism passed the House yesterday. Clarence won the Handicap Steeplechase at Napier to-day ; Quamby and Loch Lomond next. The Ibar arrived from New York. There is a probability of a team of New Zealand footballers going to Sydney this season. The gaol enquiry was again adjourned. At Brisbane, the address, in reply was adopted.
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Dunstan Times, Issue 1105, 29 June 1883, Page 2
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