SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1161, 30 May 1884, Page 3

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT). DUNEniN, May 29, 7.45 pun. At the Land Board yesterday, on the motion of Mr Stout it -was reBolvedr— That the Board desires to ex press its hope that in any amending Land Act, due provision will he made for permitting pastoral lands near settlement to be leased, and that one block' only be held by one lessee; as previously urged by the Board in their report on run 137, Beaumont. Intelligence was received in town yesterday to the effect that a ploughman had been killed through the capsizing of a dray which he was driving from Taieri Lake tc-Gladbroak station. His name is as yet unknown. Mr De Lautour has intimated to the electors thathe will not stand for Mt. Ida seat again. A private cablegram received by the United Press Association from Hobart this morning stated that Mr Fergus, M'.H.R., had met with an accident, and had been confined to his bed for some time The report that he intended resigninghis seat is however untrue At a meeting of directors of the Premier goldmining company, Macetown, a dividend of sixpence pershare was declared The New Zealand Footballers won their first match against the Paramatta Club yesterday. The Chairman of the Harbour Board this afternoon received a telegram stating Ihnt immediate steps will be taken to remove the present railway ■station buildings and rails from Crawford street to the sight suggested by the Board. Wi liam Wallace, a seaman, died in the hospital fiom injuries to his spine, caused by 'his falling from a tree.