CHRISTCHURCH.
At of the Ministers' Association ye.- terday, a resolution was carried protesting against the empoyment of- public property and public funds by Parliament m Sabbath excursions. At '-'■* "the Resident Magistrate's Court to-day, George Stevenson, "vrho came from England m the Coptic, was fined £25 for smuggling twentynine second-hand silyer watches and three silver chains. October 8, The iCingalese, barque, Captain Baddon^;arrived from London, 115 days oufci.S^e. brings a cargo of cement, a. quantity of which is for the Taranaki breakwater. "On Aug. 4th, an apprentice named John Carter fell overboard, but was saved. Two thousand five, hundred, shares m the Cross Petroleum Company, were sold; by auction yesterday. The prices ranged. : as high as Is Bd"t6''2s 6d. The directors have received the following telegram from tlve oil works : — " Coring through different stratum of steally eandstpnja^ oil -showing slightlf m the rock ; gas coming up freely.'' A private^ telegram saysthat Mr Feiler, the Manager, expects to get oil at ; .about 700tfeet. ; ■
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Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1316, 9 October 1884, Page 3
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161CHRISTCHURCH. Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1316, 9 October 1884, Page 3
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