MISCELLANEOUS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 199, 20 December 1872, Page 6

MISCELLANEOUS.

Brigham Young, has just invoiced his stock of children, again, and thinks there are, 168 in all. The Hokitika, racecourse.: has been so much damaged < by. floods as; to> render it impossible to hold the races,asadverfcised l<at-Christmas I .'-' "*'*•'"> - . Heavy ;slips ' hare; occurred*'on 5 'Chnstcnurch road, J, which will necessitate a large outlay. :>i 'Messrs A.' H.> Jaggar .& Co., propriet .tors .of the Swan Brewery; have succeeded ale of !very, . excellent equal,, in our, opinion»\tto the" best samp!-" imported ale. ' We hare no doubt ithe artipl&_w.ill soon command an extensive sale throughout the distri Croir well Argus.'

. The Eangitata Baidge TTtilised.— The " ; first, wool" drayed across the Rangitata bridge came into town yesterday. The wool, is from Sir ,Cracroft W.il-. son's station, and is consigned to Messrs Green and Maxwell for shipment. We regret to learn that Sir P. Dillon Bell has .met with an accident in the. country by which his leg has been inj ured. He has in consequence been compelled to come to town - for medical attendance. Fortunately; the injury is- not of a serious character, although it may cause him to be laid Up for some time. ■ Our Berlin Correspondent writes " The' only Power which has declined to enter into'arrangements with the German Government concerning the election of a new' Pope is 'France.- In reply to the j overtures made* M. Thiers simply declared that he -had-no reasori-to believe that the next Conclave would not be held in due form. This answer is'the more significant it being ' well-known : at Berlin that the French Government haVg. been endeavoring for some time past' to secure the succession. to ths triple, ,Crown for a French pardiiial.. , Already tliey have so far succeeded .in this as to induce a number: of Cardinals to ; §ntertam,the; plan that the Conclave should : withdraw to French soil and preceed with the. election in the good • city I of Pau, situate close to i the Spanish frontier. Looking <iipon--"these moves and; counter?m6vesi which are thus early be-; ing made on the poUticat chess-board in expectation of the approaching Conclave, it is easy to forsee that the election of the next Pope will bea poHtical eveirtVof raimense consequence, and, give rise to a fresli grouping of the Powers —' The. Times,' London. We regret to record that an ~ accident

fePESSgi day afternoon, at' naif-past two o'clock. At the corner of Moray Place and Filleul street,: the horse 011 ? which, he-was riding ; stutnbled or*.;- a i.-os.- sroue. fell,-; and. rolled over Ir.uif ,A-. "'lO rose ,-up, its hind feet- came in contact with Mr. Strode's head, inflicting a large cut,,about - incites long, on the crown. He also received two bruises on the forehead, one to the back of the'- left ear,*and' somebruises on the arms. Mr. Howell, who witnessed the accident, assisted Mr_ • Strode ; into : >the -house of Mr. _Nie«»l'| in ¥ill( j ul stroet, where he, was attended; by Dr. Care, oY A.l-xand a. \an4 subsequently by Dr. Al t-xanclra. ai ; id " was conveyed home in a buggy, at half-past four o'clock:., Ihe doctors are of opinion that the injuries sustained by Mr. Strode-are not" of serious nature. The Maekkwhbnu.v 'Purchase.— Messrs Shepherd and returned on Sunday from their visit to the MaereAvhenua -G-oldfield. ■ While there they visited all ;th'e"races and interviewed the miners. Of course the precise nature of . their report cannot be ascertained until; aftier it has been sent in" to the G-overn-ment, but we believe it will be found an ..exhaustive one, and that one of its' recomimendations will be that no auriferous land be alienated. The.- Commissioners state that there is a large area of ground which only requires a proper supply of water to yield, liundsorae returns. A race winch is beiiVoT^roughi;.-:in from the 11pper part of the Kalcanui, forming a subject, of' complaint b'v -Nlessrs Anderson arid iVEowafc (whos? ni 11 is driven by a race brought from: the same river at a point lower down) on-.the ground,:that the diversion of the water above; will lessen, their .water-power, the Commissioners proceeded to the mill in question and "will report upon this matter also.. There will be another difficulty to'adjust', viz., as between the .miners and the v sheepowners', !, the latter" complaining'that the fouling of-the water interferes with' theiW^ool-washing.—' Oamaru Times." ' The' effect'of the "long wire on/prices-, and,-on merchants is still a subject'of ; debate -on 'change. .-,Some can scarcely yet realise what a serious charge on business, foreign telegraphy may become. lam told that one English firm in . China has been expending at tlie rate of per annum since the Flowery Land was included iii the Telegraph circuit of theouter barbarians. And it : won't do for other firms to be with out similar information. No one can afford to let any one else enjoy a monopoly of the knowledgeof distant markets,; and it is . quite ciear that somebody else must ultimately pay what the merchant expends in this -way. X believe that the cost of telegraphy wdL tend to 'enhance the prices of all commoditi'es:' to the consumer. Not, perhaps, appreciably at first—but finally and. surely. On, the ..other, side of the consumer's ledgiv,: there will be this, per coniZlrarjTrthatche is hot'likely* ever ? to' be ! compelled to ' pay-famine prices; The" telegraph and the rai I way are the great ket levellers. They bring,from,the abundant to fill" the "gaps amongst the empty. JSgles." - *' . ■ The, annual .Races,, 0f... ; theu. vDunstan- . JockeyvClub are; to ibetheld l dnuThursday and Fridav, February 6j and' 7; The- programme is quite up to the usiril mark. £430 is the 'total- amount of ftakes: and that sum is to be apportioned as follows, in <=' five events On each da v r Maiden Plate, one mile and a half,' £3O ; Handicap Hurdle Race, two miles, £60.; Dunstan Jockey C lub Handicap, two miles, £IOO ; Hack Selling, .Race," one mile, ,£ls ; Members' Handicap),, one mile« ■ £4O ; (Errand Stand Handicap,. one,- mile- and a half, £6O ; Scurry Stakes, ,one mile, £25; Town Plate, two and.; a. half," £70 r ; Hack Race, £lO ; Consolation Handicap; £2O. ir-rTherGlub, we notice, by the ' Dunktan Times, has disqualified^Peeressfroin L everrunning on th'e' Duhsiah coiirs ( e, ! ' and Williani M'Kaiy; the jockey' of" Medora, from riding m any race. They also! determined to make some additions in tfonwith the Grrand Stand,—sucihas a room^stewards^joomrl &e, ® same paper,-we iobserve that the ;Drybread , Annual Meeting. ;is to be held, on the 2nd and 3rd January-Stakes amount; ;of close upon ; £2OO ark offered. .•> ' •