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Hokitika, September 6. - The manager of the Freight Company has written to the Borough Council, intimating that the company has resolved on towing in vessels in ballast for this port free of charge. The Council decided that all tug boats belonging to the port when towing in vessels in ballast will be free of_ port charges. It is understood that the sawmill proprietors have ageed to subsidise the tug company by LI,OOO per annum for the towage of vessels with ballast inwards and timber outwards, r , , Wellington, September 4. the Star- of the South has put back after going 680 miles on her voyage to Levuka. She broke her shaft. Andrew Scott, a passenger by the Phcebe, was arrested on rec.-ipt of a telegram from Christchurch, charged with fraudulent bankruptcy. He was brought up at the Police Court to-day and remanded for further information, Auckland, September 4. A whole family—wife and five chi!dren-*-at Mount Eden are seriously ill from drinking goat’s milk. One child has died, and another is not expected to live. They wore seized with violent vomiting immediately after taking the # milk, and continued retching for several hours. The goat’s udder, subsequent to milking, became much swollen, but when milked had only a lump the size of a pea on the teat. The cause of poison is not explained. Advices from Hobart Town ‘date that the brig Chanticleer, trading to New Zealand has been given up as lost. ’
.: {From our own Correspondent.)
i , Lawrence, September 0. FI he T unpoka dimes of Saturday denies the charge made by the Clutha 1 Leader ’ and tne ‘ Daily Times ’ of writing a personal article against Mr Blair, but says that Mr Blair opposed the opening of the Gknnre section of the railway, whilst the Minister of Works and Air Conyers were in favor of doing so, and says that the engineer had no rigid to interfere. J’be Oddfellow s’ anniversary was celebrated in the Town Hall.on Friday by a concert and ball. Upwards of 201) were present, and it was a groatj/auccesa. Mr E. Towsoy sang at the concert and made a good impression.
The weather is fine, but the glass is falling. The coaches now leave here at 5 a.m., in time for the morning train from Tokomairiro.
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Evening Star, Issue 3911, 6 September 1875, Page 3
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381BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. Evening Star, Issue 3911, 6 September 1875, Page 3
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