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(feom our ovor coekespondents.) GREYMOTJTH. Dec. 19. Mr Edward Masters has been elected Mayor. CHBISTCHUKOH. The Governor has arrived on the 13th December, and wa3 warmly welcomed. The grain market is inactive. Wheat quite out; flour, £l4; oats easier, 2s 4d. The dry weather is causing serious apprehension for the cropa. Oats on light lands are even now almost past hope. A little rain fell to-day, but quite insufficient for requirements. The wheat crop generally looks well, and though the crop will probably be light, the quality is sure to be good. Dairy produce is plentiful. Butter, to sd; new cheese abun.lant. 4*d. DUNEDIN. Dec. 17. The banks have raised the price of gold sixpence an ounce. The M'Ausland's passengers are admitted to pratique, and those by the Palmerston will be admitted on the 23rd.
The ' Australasian' says that the disqualification of Peeress is freely discussed in Melbourne, and says there is no doubt that the stewards exceeded thpir powers, and all authorities agree that they overstepped tho laws of racing. BLUFF. Dec. 17. Arrived.—H.M.S. Dido, from Port Chalmers, via Port William, with his Jtfouor the Superintendent. AUCKLAND. Dec. 17. The telegraph wires are beiug extended to Manukau Pleads. A meeting at the Thames resolved to petition the Government in favor of a railway, to connect the Thames with the Waikato. The Council have resolved recommend the General Government to purchase native land ou the Lake country out of the loan. The Auckland Jockey Club has squalified Peeress. The January Races are expected to be a great success. TJreadstuffs are firm. Canterbury wheat, Os 3d to 6s 6d ; oats, 2d 9d to 3s ; flour, £l4 to £l6. HOKITIKA. Dec. 17. The markets continue depressed. Flour, provincial, £ls 10s ; oats, 3s Id to 3s 3d; chaff, £9 to £lO ; bran, Is 2d to Is 3d ; cheese, 6d ; butter, 6d; large supplies are to hand of hams and bacon, which are selling at Sd to 9d, and in demand; potatoes, old, £6; new, £l2 to £ls.
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Westport Times, Volume VI, Issue 1031, 20 December 1872, Page 2
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337BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. Westport Times, Volume VI, Issue 1031, 20 December 1872, Page 2
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