DUNEDIN.
This day. It is expected that the Southern railway from Dunedin to Invercargill may be completed within six weeks from the present time; .Robert Dagga, a well-known Ctago wrestler, has accepted the challenge of
Thomas^, of Victoria to wrestle for the championship of the colonies. The match will probably take place at Dunedin in November. . Several deputations are prepared to wait upon the Minister for Public Works should he visit Dunedin during the week. Duncan Cameron was this morning committed for trial for having .sworn falsely in a sly grog, selling case recently heard in the Police Court. Saturday. - The...yJLtal,statistics for August are :— Births 121, deaths 50, marriages 26. The Jockey Club last, night fixed the programme for the ensuing season. The prices, arid events are the same as formerly, with the exception that the? [ Newmarket Stake has , been abolished, and the Ladies' Purse substituted instead. The Cup race will be preceded by the Maiden Plate and Champagne Stakes, and the Derby will be run before the Jockey Club Handicap.
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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2979, 2 September 1878, Page 2
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171DUNEDIN. Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2979, 2 September 1878, Page 2
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