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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 211, 14 March 1873, Page 5

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(From our own correspondent.) - Duriedin, Thursday Evening. The Itangitoto has arrived at Hokitika. Macfie's annual motion, re the Colonies, met with very little encouragement in the House of Commons. There has "been a further decline in wool of lid. since the opening sales, particularly on greasy sorts, owing to the large stocks on hand and restricted competition' on the part of French buyers. . For good washed combing sorts the reaction is comparatively less. The London bankers have been extensively defrauded by the circulation of forged American bills. The forged bills amount to £BO,OOO. They were discounted by the liank of England. The forgers are Americans. A Mr. Lugemlie, charged with defrauding the Messrs. Cxlyn, bankers, has absconded; His bail, of £. \ >:>U hxs. been >.s h-ja- el The .Spanish Government luue aa:ed the Cortes for a credit vote of font- millions, for the mobilisation of 4j,u00 voUm'.er.s, to suable the regular troops vigorously to a£;cick the Cariists. An immense iire has taken place in M-jl-

bourne. The premises'of Messrs. Connell, Watson, and Hogarth." wholesale grocers, Flinders-lane were consumed.' They had the" largest- stock in the Colony, it being valued' at £75,0,00. Stock insured, for .Afurther amount of £10,500 they had neglected j to renew. The. lire was witnessed by thou-_ sands! . The sight' was very grand,' the store being'filled with spirits aWI mflamable material: " : Reynolds has had several interviews with, Francis. The Victorian Government will do nothing; until it'knows ~ definitely what action is to be taken by the American Senate ire Webb's Subsidy BUI. - . Governor E, ergusson has engaged the. Rev., Mi\ Hare, of Perth, as private secretary and domestic chaplain. INTEBPROVIN CI AL. Rumors are afloat that Bathgate -wi11.." be called, to the Council as Minister of Justice. Peacock, member for Lyttelton, resigns his seat and goes into'the Council. Moorhduse stands for the 'vacant seat. Vogel remains a;t Auckland' till after the Governor's departure. Nothing will be done in. reference to the Ministry till there has been a full Cabinet ,• meeting in Wellington. The Governor attended the great Native' meeting at JSTgarawhana yesterday. He said he would set all the political prisoners free as soon as the necessary arrangements were • made and a general amnesty proclaimed.' He hoped such an act" of grace" would further cement the friendly relations between the two races. He urged them to devote their attention to the arts of peace and industry so - as to secure for themselves the comforts of Europeans. The King promised to haul down his flag . and befriend the natives. Despatches from Tauranga say de Theiry has purchased four runs in the Rotorua dis- - trict, and that the King natives will not .in-' - terfere. It is splendid land, and if leases'"' are effected it will open up the whole of theTaupo and Lake country. The following tenders have been accepted': ■ —Nelson-Foxtail line (for foundation only), . thirteen miles, Scott and Robertson, £11,989; • Oamaru to Waitaki (for foundations'only), 'thirteen miles, Allen and Stumbles, £9,998. . Tenders tor the Wihton to Kingston and' the Tokomairiro to Tuapeka lines are to be called for in; a few days l —the first in one and. the other in six sections. A large fire took place in Cumberlandstreet this morning. It broke out in Gibbs and Clayton's sawmills, and destroyed three | factories—those of Goldsmith, Asher, and j Rcndall and Spicer. The total loss is' about I £8,000,' which is covered by insurances to- ! the amount of £5,000. —■■ ill—in m&*mmm*atmmßKm ———cap DISTRICT COUKT.—March 13, (Before his Honor, Judge Wilson Gray.) Frater, appellant, v: Howe and others, re-. : sponieuts.- —in this ease Judge Gray delivered at a late hour yes.erday evening the judgment which he had reserved at the last sitting of the Court. The judgment was d'e- : livered so short a-time before going to press, that we are unable to make room for a report ' of it. We shall ;üblish a full noie in our ' next issue. Meantime we simply state the ' result. His Honor concurred wita the Warden that a forfeiture had bean incurred, but , for reasons which he give 3 at considerable--1 len.-th, he varied from the Warden's-judg-- ' menfc by substituting for the forfeiture, a fine- ' of £45. .. - ;