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First Cobb and Co coach service runs to Otago goldfields

11/10/1861 - First Cobb and Co coach service runs to Otago goldfields

In its first venture from Dunedin to Gabriel's Gully in Central Otago, Cobb & Co. reduced the time for the trip from two days to nine hours.

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