SPECIAL CABLEGRAM.
[from our OWN GOERKSPOKDBNT. 1 Dunedin, October 25. The following cablegrams have been re ceived by the Star : , ■ Stdkey, October 20,
Adelaide has decided on an independent mail service of 36 days for L 40,000 and completely checkmates Victoria, which regards the action as a breach of faith. Serious fighting has taken place with the natives of Port Moresby Bay. It is reported that the war schooner Conflict shelled one village ,on the eastern coast of New Guinea.The betting is G to 4 against His Lordship for the Derby ; 5 to 2, Bosworth ; 100 to 7, Gainsborough and Neihe For the Manbyrnong Plate-7 to 1, Mehta; 12 to 1, Chester. _ , -,... . e „ In Sydney the new Land Bill is of a, radical and very sweeping nature. A dead set is being made at the squatters. A million annually is to be raised from the instead of L 250,000 by the tax. The squatters are also prevented from purchasing more than 16,000 acres. Mr Smith, the owner of the Leure, challenges the Wontonga, or any other Company's boat to race 100 miles for LIO,OOO.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 792, 25 October 1878, Page 2
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184SPECIAL CABLEGRAM. Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 792, 25 October 1878, Page 2
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