TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES

Dunstan Times, Issue 605, 21 November 1873, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES

—o — Dunedin, November 20. v. Coleridge, the !Attorney General succeeds Chief Justice Bovil. The Orleanist princes decline to accept the Licufenapcy of the Kingdom, and the Monarchists iowlpruposejho prolongation of M‘Mahon’s powers as President. The National. Assembly met, ; The President's message declares that increased ait-. thority 1 for--durability of the Government is essential for the safety of the country. Buffet (?) re elected President. In the Assembly,'eight of a'committee of fifteen opposed the extension M‘|da)ion’s powers This caused a great sensation, and on the 11th November the Duo do. Broglie’s ministry resigned. M'Mahon refused to accept their resignation. A great victory has been gained in Navarre over the republican troops. Fur. tlrer telegrams say the resul was indecisive. Melbourne. New: South Wales won the Intercolonial Kille Match, heating Victoria by 65 points, and New Zealand by 103. The highest scorers on the side of New Zealand were— Small and Christie, 85 each ; for Victoria, Whalley, 89, and Hannay, BS.;f>r Sydney, Freeman, 91, and Lamb, 90. the shoot, ing was generally indifferent. Tiro total scores were—Sydney, 1588 ; Victoria, 1521 ; Now Zealand, 1453 Don Juan won the Melbourne Cup in the quickest time on record, and by live lengths. The Arrow was fourth and Lothair, fifth. Fifty thousand ] ersous were on tire bourse on the Cup day. The Lookin akers won largely. Jos T homsori, the bookmaker, bought the Don for 2,0001. Thomson himself won 12,0001. Sydney. Sir James Martin is appointed Chief Justice. Butler, Attorney-General.’seceded from Parkes’s Ministry. The French war steamer Vir is refitting, after which she goes to Otago. The carpenters at Newcastle have struck for eight hours. The Mongol, one of the Californjan boats, leaves London for Dunedin direct on the 12th of December. Roxburgh, Nov. 20, 4p.ra. A branch of the Ancient Order of ■Foresters was opened here on Wednesday evening last by D.S.C.B. Brother Robert Stephenson, of Court Pride of Dunedin ; P.D.C.R. Brother F. J. Wilson, of Clyde; and P C.R. Brother Coop, Court Pride of Dunstan. After closing, the member adjourned to Ormond’s Hotel, where they spent a pleasant hour or two in conviviality and harmony. The party broke up at an early hour. The weather was very unpropitious for the season.