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-0 BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. [Per Greville's Compact, Reuteu's Agents.] Bluff, May 15, 4.50 p.m. . The Gothenburg has just arrived and sails for Dunedin to-morrow. Passengers: for Dunedin — Mrs G-reig, Messrs. C. Burke, Dixon, Dalryinple, Master Kitt, Rev. Neville, and 20 in the steerage. For Lyttelton — Mr. Ackland. Melbourne, May 5. The Assembly adopted the address in reply. The Budget will be delivered on Thursday next. An extensive fire has taken place at the Victoria meat preserving works. The damage is ' estimated at £_000. The property was -insured. M 'Kean, late a member of the Assembly, has met with a severe fall from his horse, and now lies in a very precarious state. Flour has' advanced, Trade sales at £15 -10a. 'to £16. Macd on hell wheat 6s. n Lid. to 75. .; New Zealand 6s. to 6s. 6d. Some speculative purchases of oats were made yesterday when 20,000 bushels, including 3,500 from New Zealand, changed hauds at 3s. 3d. to 3s. 6|-d. Arrived : Rangitoto ; Centaur,, froni Lyttelton, and Mary Ann from Bluff. Sydney. The Hero arrived, on Friday. v Very heavy rains 'fell 1 until Tuesday, causing most destructive floods. Crops much damaged, but no lives lost. The Araluen (Braidwood) claims are swamped, and damage done to them to tHe Vwouut of :£10;OOOJ "I '-l rUj ' ; v TJie Randwick meeting commences todajk' Betting even on Lady C.ifdieG for the Leger. ; Some others,;, are backed at three and four-tokme. ! ' Titus and Blanth.win te are much, fancied for the Gold Cup. The German Association held a banquet to celebrate the peace; .The;Csitg?: pf Melbpjirnejspile^ punctually to her advertised time on Thursday full of passengers. „. -„.- ' ,£i *J|i£_.^MsOT in Torres Straits. Arrived :<lNdve% fromHAuekland. i Adelaide .wheat. M -, firm . f& Sa, r q lod. j
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 114, 16 May 1871, Page 2
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