DUNEDIN.

Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3048, 21 November 1878, Page 2

DUNEDIN.

, Wednesday. Bricklayers have decided to advance their wages from 14s to 15s a day. The .Chairman of the Chamber'of Commerce (o-day received a telegram from the Commissioner of Customs that the C»l----leotor of Customs has. been instructed to allow fencing wire to be landed under deposit entry, and to be cleaved by entry as soon as exemption in the new tariff becomes operative. The Secretary and Treasurer of the Otago Cricket Association telegraphed to Mt'Gregdfry a* follows :—" We have' the honor to inform you that at the annual meeting of our association it was unanimously resolved that the hearty congratulations Of oar association be forwarded to the Australiar. eleven On their well-deserved success during'their tour through England and America. We need scarcely say that we.have the greatest possible pleasure in giving effect to the foregoing resolution, and beg to assure you that in no part of the colony f has the, career, ; of the eleven been watched with keener interest than in Otago.> The visit to Dunedin left a most pleasant recollection, and every stage of their after progress has elicited our warmest* sympathy. We have to convey to yourself and Mr Con way and each member of the eleven our sincerest and warmest good wishes/ The following reply was this morning received :— " Auckland, November 19— Please return thanks on behalf of-the Australians for your kind expressions, of goodwill and" welcome. We are, al) )we]li and in good spirits. Our reception here 'has" been grand.--J6Hk CoKwitj"' ;. \