DUNEDIN, Last Night.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1701, 31 May 1883, Page 2

DUNEDIN, Last Night.

Young Scott lias been challenged by Rayncr, of Melbourne, to walk 2-1 or 4S hours for £100. Scott offers to accept the challenge if the match takes place here. The Licensing Commissioners are making pcisonal inspection of all the city houses The city bakers intend to raise the price of bread from the Ist inst. At the meeting of the Acclimatisation Society on Monday, correspondence was read concerning the shipment of salmon and trout ova received by the British King. All the ova was dead, as, owing to the ice-houso being close to the steering-gear, -which was worked by steam, the temperature had risen as high as 7S degrees. The first tenders for the perpetual leases were opened at the Land Board to-day. Altogether 100 sections were open for leasing, comprising 20,000 acres, situated in various districts. There were only twelve tenders, and nine sections were leased to seven tenderers, and the total area disposed of amounted only to 1392 acres. In some cases 10s and 7s Gel was the price obtained where the upset lental had been fixed at 5s per acre ; 4s where 2s Gd had bden fixed, and Is l^d where Is had been fixed. Aynsley's hotel was burned down last evening. Immediately after the fire George Cardogo was missing, and his trunk was found among the ashes, Charles Vickers, who was sentenced to five years' imprisonment at the last criminal sittings, effected his escape from the gaol this morning. Two hours afterwards he called at the residence of Mr Warrington, settler, and by threatening to shoot Mrs Warrington got a change of clothing there. The police are in I pursuit,