DUNEDIN.

Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2915, 19 June 1878, Page 2

DUNEDIN.

Tuesday. The Times strongly supports Mr Oliver's candidature, and says that at the preliminary meeting last night Mr CXiver expressed himself a supporter of the Government and ako in favour of secular education and manhood suffrage.-

The taxiug officers bare reduced Messrs Rees and Hislop's bill of cc3ts by £620. The-Macassey and Keed's libel case comes'off td'morrow.; Mr Denniscn ap-; pears for Mr Macassey and Mr Smith for MrE.ed.

The Macassey and Reed libel cases are to be referred to arbitration, five gentlemen having been chosen for that purpose. - At a special meeting of .the Harbour Board this afternoon, correspondence was read from Mr Macandrew, asking the Board to pos^ne 'Jie tJerf leases of the Crawfc-d-str' >t block until it would be aspertniacd wvielJior such be required for r il*vay pu-.■jv-.s^'. Mr Macandrew; st .te-1 that tin J?o- d cannot lea-ie the seclions w ll'out the oonseut oi' the Governor, an If M d l'.»at he could " on'y advise as-, svit lo nl)a, vre 8i« caiisfied will p.omo'e aid ec2ll c Inpw-Jly future great ,cpir;ne :'>■■". o? l)an'dii." The Board in rep 1 r, ?!• c l>n; Govc.iiTnentac'ion,inin-dic.i-i 3 a c't ii-e to w.ihdr.-.tv assent to the Ic:i9iiig oi' tho(/iawfi:d-BLcet block, is c-^lrr'.atp'l 'o c.j)pl3 trie Board, pnd yet no*/ pc aianettly b'jr'it the pablic in its railway rrru'ieiu n'p, and states that nothing c.v-A h< rr^.e damaging to the trade if t\i'-s p »r.. w!a-n the interference of tiie G'orc uuie.it wiih the Board's prescat a \ ou. Tiie Boi»vd hop^s the Go?ernmeirt will not inlerlcie in auy way to damage the sh'i 1, aLd cspresse; a willingness it set &J.do land cqua'ly suitable. The sale iakes place tomorrow.