DUNEDIN.
Thursday.
An elderly man named Hunt, a carpenter, attempted to blow out his brains on the Stuart street Jetty this afternoon by putting a small bag of powder to his mouth and applying a match. His mouth was much shattered.
"Detective Bain has left for Newcastle, N.S.W'» f°r the purpose of arresting the absconder Blythe, < .charged-with embezzling from the Albion; Brewery Opm. pany. The questions of the dock and railway, and city improvements, are to be considered by a conference consisting of a committee of the board of representatives of the <'ity Council and the AttorneyGeneral.
Mr Pyka addressed his constituents at Alexandra last night, and received a unanimous vote of confidence.
Mr Bra^shaw fepoi-is :—Bank of New Zealand, £23 1.O3 ; National Bank, £3 18s 6d; Colonial Bank, £2 14s; National Insurance, £1 ss; New Zealand Insurance, £4 10s ; Union Insurnncs, 16.
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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2917, 21 June 1878, Page 2
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143DUNEDIN. Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2917, 21 June 1878, Page 2
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