LATEST TELEGRAMS.
[from our own correspondent.] Wellington, Mar. 16. At a meeting of the Patent Slip Company, yesterday, Sir Charles Clifford's explanation, on the part of Mr Kennard, gave great satisfaction. A Committee was appointed, and there can be no doubt that the slip will go on. Lieut.-Colonel Moule telegraphed from Maketu yesterday that he has not been informed of any violent stoppage of the Tauranga mail, and does not believe the newspaper report. The state of the weather, he says, was sufficient to account for the non-receipt of the mails. Commissioner Clarke agrees with him. A resolution passed the Provincial Council last night unanimously for selling land on deferred payments. Spit, March 16. The steamer Napier was got off the - Wairoa beach and arrived here to-day. Dunedin, Mar. 16. At the Resident Magistrate's Court, this morning, Mr Strode refused to proceed with Lemon's case, on the grounds stated at the preliminary hearing. Mr Gisborne has accepted Mr Brunton's offer to carry out a reconnaisance survey for a railway to Mataura, via Balclutha. Major Richardson was thrown from his carriage yesterday, and sustained severe scalp wounds. Work has been commenced on the Clutha Railway. The Governor turns the first sod on Saturday, and leaves town on Monday.
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Grey River Argus, Volume X, Issue 823, 17 March 1871, Page 2
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