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, [from our own correspondent.] Dunedin, July 22. Two men have been drowned at Shag Point by the capsizing of a boat. : The Mayoral election caused great excitement here. The following is the result :— Fish, jun., 789 ; Griffen, 724. Mr Reynolds retired. Mr Smythies will be a candidate for the representation of the Taieri in the Assembly, in the event of a general election. Wellington, July 22. The Union Steam Company has failed to complete its capital and bargain for the purchase of the New Zealand Steam Company's plant. Mr Tancred's Borough Schools Bill has been read a second time. The Timam and Gadstone Board of Works Bill, to enable the Board to be elected by the ratepayers, instead of by the Road Board, has passed. Coal from Hart's pit at Malvern Hills, Canterbury, ha 3 been burned in ths House of Representatives to-day, and was a great success. It is better than Australian or English coal. Mr Hall called the attention of the House to the fact.
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Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 704, 23 July 1870, Page 2
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