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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1474, 25 April 1873, Page 2

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[ [NEW ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.] r . I Dpnbdin, April 23. s Sailed — Margaret Galbraith, for Lon- : don. She takes STO bales of wool, 5758 . bags wheat, 4765 cases preserved meats, • and 202 casks tallow. 1 A carrier named Billy M'Kenzie has j committed suicide at Waikouaiti this ; morning, by hanging himself ; at Shand's " accommodation hut. An inquest was held : and a verdict returned that deceased com- * mitted suicide in a state of temporary iu- \ sanity caused by drink. Sailed — Beautiful S, tar, ship, for Lyttelton. 1 L;and in George-street has been solql for . -22s per foot. April 24 | Mr Donald Reid, M.H.R., addressed the Taieri constituents, and received a unanimous vote of confidence, Mr Macandrew addresses his consti? tuents next week. Mr Douglas, of Dunedin, is at Lawrence, on behalf of a Dunedin capitalist, endeavoring to purchase the whole of the Blue Spur. At Driver's last sale 200 bales were catalogued. The attendance was small, but the biddings were moderately spirited; greasy, 4d to lOd ; do cross-breds, 6£d to llfd; washed, lOd to 18|d, Wellington, April 24. Lord Kimberley refuses to grant a Royal Charter to confer degrees to both the New Zealand and Otago Univerities, \ and will give it to neither until the Legislature, by address, intimates which body it desires should have the charter. Auckland, April 24. The half-yearly meeting of the Bank of New Zealand was held to-day, when an interim dividend at the rate of ten per cent pea annum with [2^ per 'cent, bonus was declared.