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"■<■■ [Per Wakatipu.] The Victorian Government hare received ft telegram f jroa top JJaatem Extension Tele- — *b Company at Adelaide intimating their Dreuarp " ><ißS t9 * rra "& e £or * duplfeate line, nn/tif t "« .v tji^ colonies wo»ld join in or 7s per word. 4 & Ihe racehorse Pluto, which ran champion race, is dead. , The Chief Secretary of South Aostralia nas informed the Victorian Government that owing to the outbreak of the Phylloxera .the importation of vines, grapes, or cuttings is strictly prohibited. - . ... . • ■■-■•• Experiments with the Telephone are being A auccessful balloon ascent, the flrst ih : the colony, was made in Ballarat by Prof easor : Jactoon, aud Drevrya hairdresser.
A large deputation of ministers of religion and members of parliament waited on the Minister of ; Railways, in reference to the ] goods traffic carried on on the Victorian railways on Sundays. ... Mr Woods pointed out that the work was one of necessity owing the lin «ted rolling stock. He saw no difference between carrying goods and passengers. They were not going to have a puritanical Sunday in Victoria, but at the same time he deprecated a Continental Sunday.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 12, 14 January 1878, Page 2
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185AUSTRALIAN. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 12, 14 January 1878, Page 2
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