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[NEW ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.]
Hokitika, Oct. 31,
Cassidy's coach returned to-day in consequence of the punt and boats at the junction of the Marsden and Greenstone road having been swept away by the flood yesterday. There are no means of communication, and the mail is undelivered. November 1. Considerable damage is clone to the Christchurch road, between Taipo and' the Rangariri. The Taipo Bridge is destroyed. At a meeting held last night, it was decided to hold an exhibition of native products, mineral and general, at Christmas. ••"■■' Christohurch, Oct. 31. A flight shock of earthquake was felt at ten o'clock last night. The Dido has sailed for Akaroa to inspect the harbor, and report. Christohurch, Nov. 1. The month's land sales amounted' to L 9672 ; for the past quarter, L 22,668. Flour, Ll2, and market over supplied ; oats, 2s 3d to 2s 5d ; butter, Sd. Lyttelton, Nov. 1. Payne, a ballast man, has been arrested for scuttling the barge Mystery in August last. The afta?? causes excitement. Dunedin, Oct. 31. Charles M'Taggart committed suicide JatPalmeraton. ■ Dunedin, Nov. 1. Flour, large parcels changed hands at Ll4 ; trade lots, Ll3 10s. A good sale for oats at 2s to 2s 3d. The Government intend to complete the track from Wakatip to Lake M'Kerrow, to erect shelter sheds, and to span the Hollyford River by a wire rope. With regard to the Martin's Bay case, the Waste Lands Commissioner is at loggerheads with the Board. The Commissioner pensured the acting Provincial Secretary tor neglect. Bluff, OOcrt r 31. The Rangitoto has arrived from Dunedin, and sails for Melbourne at noon to-morrow. Nelson, Nov. 1. Foy's butchery was fired this afternoon by sparks from the chimney ialling on the roof, but it did not extend. Wellington, Nov. 1. Mr Ormond's resignation has been gazetted. Auckland, Oct. 31. The Green Harp conspirators are supposed to have escaped in a small vessel. . No trapes of the bonds executed by the accuseds' sureties can bp "fonnd. It is thought they must have been wilfully destroyed.
Auckland, Nov. 1. Rumors are agaiu rife about gold at -Tahua..Kuiti._ ...The. King natives are much
excited about it.
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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1330, 2 November 1872, Page 2
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