By Electric Telegraph
(From our own Correspondent.) Dunedin,'Thursday, 4 5 p.m; The ' Times ' says that the mail left San Francisco on Feb. 29th, and that its arrival twelve days la-fce in New Zealand was 110 move attributable to the snow blockadr than it was to the late drought in this Colony. The truth is that it was delayed solely through the excessive slowness of the steamers conveying it.
A Northern line of coaches ia announced to run on Mondays and Fridays from Dunedin through Macraes, Hyde, and Naseby. The snow blockade detaining the mails is said to be a hoax.
In a breach of promise case (Feeriey v. Richardson)' £5 ! ) damages were awardid.
The home mails, via San Francisco, close in Dunedin on Monday next The lion. Julius had a special train from Melbourne to Ballarat.
At Christchurch, on the Bth, Wales (Otago) won the Champion Belt, which is to be worn till next competition v . On the 9th a match came off between the North and the South when the letter was victorious. South, 550 poiuts • North, 53 L.
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 162, 12 April 1872, Page 5
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