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[press agency.] Timaru, September 20. The stranded brigantine Lapwing was successfully floated this morning, and is now berthed at the anchorage in the harbor. A -tug is expected from Dunedin to taker her to Port Chalmers for repairs. An attempt will be made to float .the schooner Glimpse, and there is every reason to believe it will be successful. Westport, September 20. The steamer Mullogh put in short of coal, bound from Greymonth to Lyttelton. Christchuf.ch, September 20. Wheat, dull, 4s to 4s 6d f.0.b., nominal quotations; oats, firm at 4s 3d to 4s 6d, demand brisk ; flour, £ll to £J2, dull ; bran, £5 6s, sharps, £6 6s; cheese, 6£d; butter, wanted in stook; potatoes, £5, price likley to recede as' season advances; bams and bacon, 7£d, in cloth. LATEST UNPUBLISHED. Westport, September 21. In making the survey of a new road at Mohikinui in the Duller County, the surveyor struck a coal seam five feet thick two miles, from the township. The coal is bituminous, and of excellent quality. It is easily accessible, and may be brought into port at a small eOst. . '
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Kumara Times, Issue 619, 21 September 1878, Page 2
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