DUNEDIN.
This day.
At a public trial of the new steam: excavator, David Proudfoot, contractor for the Harbor reclamation, said that he -had been forced to procure the machine in consequence of the high wages de-j manded by the men ; he thought the time' had come when laborers would hare to accept 6s or. 6« 6d per day, and his firm" would pay do more. The excavator has proved a great success.
It is stated on good authority that the services of Inspector Mallard are to be dispensed with. There are general expressions of regret, as both privately and in his official capacity Inspector Mallard is held in high estimation. :
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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3676, 6 October 1880, Page 2
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110DUNEDIN. Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3676, 6 October 1880, Page 2
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