LATEST TELEGRAMS. Dunedin, Saturday, 4.16 p.m.
Mason is elected Mayor, with 495 votes ; 398 were given for Paterson, 88 for McGregor, 73 lor Wilson, and 10 for Format). Foundation stone of the Benevolent Institute was laid to-day by Judge Richmond. A protest is entered against Mason's election, on the ground of illegal voting. iNVERCARGiiiL, Tuesday, 2.45 p.m. Rumoured discovery of gold near Riverton, party sent prospecting. Escort from Switzers, 268 ozs; steady working. Escort from Mataura, 85 ozs. Gold struck on Windham river. Dunedin, Tuesday, 4.40 p.m. The sentence of Whitehead, for murder, is commuted to penal servitude for life. Muniicpal elections are exciting. Telegraphic news from Hokitika, published in the Herald, has caused great excitement ; a hundred sailed to-day by the New Zealand.
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Evening Post, Issue 147, 28 July 1865, Page 2
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124LATEST TELEGRAMS. Dunedin, Saturday, 4.16 p.m. Evening Post, Issue 147, 28 July 1865, Page 2
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