MARLBOROUGH.
From this Province we hear; of i-heavy floods in the Pelorus valley^ arid the losses are wide spread arid severely felt. Tlie^waters lareireported to (have bkn higlie^^ariith^haveibeen3biv;thepasti; ten"" yeWrs. A ppstinan, ,in .-crossing,, one? of the foaming streams^wasrcarriecl iway of the (current. \ JSe got safefy out, however,' but the mail wai lost;arid has 'riot since becn-recdveftd;* jNumbersJ of Ipati^e^liaT.e' been; jc|trried( away; and; the. damage doneto. ciaiinholders is reported r to be . t'-"-;--- •.■.■-■-■-->•.■".■'■-■:.:<■ .*.■■■■;.. •■-■■• -.\- ■> ''.7,rfS£e iMarlborpiigh Times .has the following with (reference to the^telegraph :— '.!^Mr.-MiKenzieii.the; .contractor for erecting the telegi-aph, posts in tb^is Province and .pn^^. ; ;Nelflp i nV^h^sl.VfdrTOMed/ i .m; : charge' of ; Llr. Blingswor't]^*^^ "hories,? two} "timber waggons, harness, horse feed, ' &c.,^ which were" landed from the on: /Wednesday''last/ Mr. M'Kenzie and partriercom- ' pitted [some heavy contracts arid Southland, arid 2 will, /no doubt, ' speedily complete the .present "under taking.- -' In ;i a few months r mbro/ 'Pictbritwill be in daily commrinicatibn with all the p'riricipal-jtowris'on this-'islarid," arid Ibe in'receipt -- 1 of the iateit Eriglish'riews iri/a* few hours after its' arrival;at'S6uthlarid.":' ?i '—':"■ ■'■-■}'■ .' \ j
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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 75, 21 November 1864, Page 3
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174MARLBOROUGH. Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 75, 21 November 1864, Page 3
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