TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
(PER PRESS AG KNOT.) , ' Christchurch,- Saturday. The following are the weights for the Grand National Steeplechase ; Banjo, >l2st 71b ; Tommy Dodd, list 101 b ; Tvanhoe, list; Brunette, ,10st 101 b; Will-if-LCan, lOst 81b; Phantom; lOst 81b ; Zetland, 10at 71b ; Fakir, lOst 51b ; Shillelagh, lOst 51b; Faugh-a-Balkgh, lOst jiKillaloo, lOst; Lone Hand, lOst ; Frost - Fish, lOst; Halifax, 10at; To .Kooti, lOst; Tim Whiffler, lOst; Dandy, lOst. ; < - The Operatiyeßootmakersl Union was broken .up last night, and the funds divided.. i .. The list, of unemployed yesterday morning comprised 110. married and ,50 single men." The greater of these have boon-taken on at 1 the railway and .Government ■: Domain to do: planting. The others, will be sent up country. ■: ■ u ■ ~,i : : ; Riverton, Saturday. . , A petition is being signed by the Riverton Town Council,.the Wallape County Council, the Western District Farmers’Club/and the settlers generally, urging on the Government the pressing necessity,pf having the Riverton and Ctsiptau,Railway completed,- ; ■ ■.: . ' Wanganui, Saturday. ... -The Native Lands Court dismissed the application for passing the Muriraotu ■ block through the, Court. A small-block of, 12;000; acres passed, and was taken up immediately by James Russell, of.Auokland, • . j i Dunedin, Saturday. 5 The ..proceedings- against Mr. - Larnaoh, M.H.R., for contempt of Court in having, as it was alleged, left for Australia for the purpose of evading examination in the case of Chalmers v. Clarke, has been dismissed, with costs. The new museum was opened to theipublic at noon to-day. No ceremony was observed ; but during the afternoon, the , museum has been ivisited by hundreds'of people.,, J.t .has been decided to keep it open on Sunday afternoons, ' . '■ f . Timaru, Sunday, Late last night two men who were, camping :out near the Saltwater Creek, south of Timaru, were | drowned. They .had been,'drinking.' A third man, their mate, reported the matter to. the police this morning. It appears • that they, were to cross the creek, but did not succeed. Their, bodies were found this afternoon, '" '• ’'-V,',-/7
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5113, 13 August 1877, Page 3
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322TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5113, 13 August 1877, Page 3
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