DUNEDIN.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2163, 9 December 1875, Page 2

DUNEDIN.

Wednesday. The municipality of South Dunedin is proclaimed in to-day's Gazette. The nomination of candidates for the Mayoralty of St. Kilda is fixed for the 15th instant.

The City Council yesterday voted £100, which is to be expended in the purchase of books of reference, which are to form the nucleus, of a civic library. The Rifle' Association meeting will be commenced at 5 a.m. to-morrow, and will extend for three days. The formal opening takes place to-morrow afternoon at 230, when *Mra Walters, wife of the Mayor, will fire the first shot. Sir Dillon Bell addressed the electors of Waikouaiti residing in Dunedin at the Temperance Hall last night. Mr Stout presided, and in introducing the speaker explained that although he consented to preside, he was a Provincialist, and an elector of Waikouaiti, who had. always voted against Sir D. Bell in any election contest. In presiding, he did not pledge himself to support Sir D. Bell. The main points dealt with by Sir Francis were the relations between Otago and colonial finance, the difficulties in the way of making a political change in the shape of federation, of separation of the two islands, and what ought to be done to maintain inviolate provincial administration, and entirely in respect to those things with which the rest of the colony have nothing to do. A vote of thanks to the speaker was unanimously passed for the address.