DUNEDIN.
! This day. By a fire which destroyed a stable in Leith street last night, the New Zealand and National Offices lost £115 between them. ■■•■ ■■ ■■':■■■ - "■ .;-- ''• : ■■
"The police are investigating what at present seems a strange affair. The driver and conductor of the 9.30 a.m. train from the Ocean Beach to-day assert that just before reaching Jones' hotel a shot was fired at the car. Their statement is so far backed up that the window of the ear was found to be broken immediately afterwards. 'There Were no passengers in the car; and the conductor, - who appears to be; of a romantic turn of mind, thinks the shot was fired by a jealous rival in a love affair..' ■•■■■••'■■'•■ ' •'• ■ ■ "■ ■'-,'■ ''■' v'■ :'' '' v
Nominations for the Hurdle, , St. Andrew's Trotting, ■ Spring Hunters Stakes, President's and Grand Stand Handicap, to be run at the Spring Meeting, close on Saturday night. ; .
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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3691, 23 October 1880, Page 2
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145DUNEDIN. Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3691, 23 October 1880, Page 2
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