INVERCARGILL.
This day.
• The Corporation has been informed by the Bank of Australasia, that the London Secretary of the bank telegraphed that the Inyercargill 6 per cent, loan of £10,000 has been floated by that institution, at an average price of £99 11s 6d for each £100 debenture.
Information has been given to one of the local papers by John Hay, Government Surveyor, at present camped near Waiau, that on several occasions at night, the cry of what is supposed to be the call of :the moa has been heard. It is described as something like the whistle of ah American engine with a little of the cross-cut-saw-sharpening-melody thrown in at the finish. When once heard it lasted for at least fifteen minutes. Tracks of a bird's claws 3ft 2in long have been found by the cook of the party, when out searching for stray sheep, and it is owing to this information and the noises heard at night that search parties have started to explore. '
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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3688, 20 October 1880, Page 2
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166INVERCARGILL. Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3688, 20 October 1880, Page 2
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