DUNEDIN.
Monday. Bishop. Neville, ih the course of his ._ sermon yesterday, said that during the last eighteen centuries phioldsophv had . not contributed anything tangible m the way of knowledge. The altar of philosophy had stiff Upon it "To7 the unknown God" votaries of fuU lihought, formed to worship - at- the'; shrine of selfinterest, self T coneeit, ari-d self-gratifica-tion. Like .-Athenians, forgetting that *.. truth eristed before and since the foundation of the world, were continually sharp after it as some new thing." The " Witness " says the Press is always m trouble, and apparently" composed of the most senseless idiots who can possibly 'be got together. They carefully avoid sending interesting news, but revel m accounts of murders, -. executions, and atrocious crimes. Tuesday. It has been definitely settled that the Tuapeka Railway shall be operied on Easter Monday.
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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 47, 31 March 1877, Page 3
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