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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 242, 24 October 1873, Page 5

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, d 0 —^ i (From our own correspondent. ) .. ! Dunedin, Thursday Evening, i The Alhambra stayed, at. IdLokitika up to the 14th inst. A person claiming to be Arthur Orfcon has arrived in England. Commodore Commerell, V. C., has resigned the naval command of the station. on the Vv eat Coast of Africa, in consequence of wounds he has received. The remains of Sir Edwin Landseer were interred in St. Paul's. The liberal papers condemn Mr. Disraeli's exaggerations, a3 contained 'in his letter against the Ministry. A liberal candidate has been returned for Bath. . | The ISTew York balloon venture has turned i out a failure, owing to a storm at Connecti-! out. The lives of the party were saved. PARIS. M. Eouher has demanded a plebiscite against the Monarchists. The Xioyalists are convinced that restoration is only possible on a basis of modern ideas and the tricolor flag., The German Government are rigorously executing the laws against refractory bishops". .. MADRID. , i . The engagement between the Cariists and the .Republican troops at Navarre ■ was very severe. . > # ■' The accounts of the battle are very, conflicting, "but the'-Kepublican troops were driven batik. ■An engagement -has taken place between Spanish and Inis urgent" frigates-before ;Oarthagena. Both vessels withdrew dainagsd'.- 1

The Shall lias recalled, his Vizier, Vv ho was recently dismissed. ""•''

3 . __. . . UO-.IJUKKOIAL. 3 Tho r;i.i"3j)f siiscouTat has/oeen.raised to six per clnt. " I * -,=r " jE ■■'' ' "*"'- '" ■ ■ - i ~ S toe its are depressed, owing toTan appre--1 tended clearness of money. -- i j At the opening of the wool sales the com- - r! petition was'good, and the prices were well' - sustained. Combing fleeces were eagerly 3 competed for." "' w AUSTRALIAN. . The Victorian Land Bill, which increases i the right of selection to 0-AO. acres, has been passed. It is proposed to encircle Melbourne by railways. - : Duffy has been much condemned for nominating his son to his seat for Balhcmsie, through the intervention of priests. The Victorian and Tavmanian "Governments decline subsidising the Cable Company - on the terms proposed. . .- :\ Mr. Samuel, in a despatch to Mr. Parkes, says that the steamer M'Gregor, of 320 horse power, has been ordered to Sydney .from China, and will- take the first' Calif orniah mail: *" The steamsrs-Tartar and Mongol have also been chartered for tenioorarv service. He further says that he and Mr. Kussellhave re-arranged the terms of contract,' and "have increased the security to £25,000. The newcontract is for £60,000 for a ten. kndt'service, or .£75,000 for eleven knots>- with £2 per hour penalty if less thaivthat time, ■ and a premium if more. The alterations; will only affect the temporary service. /> The Sydney Parliament have voted an address to the Governor, recommending an an-. unity for Dr. Lang, as a recognition of his. public services. ±.. !r , . Mr. Parkes, at the request of a deputatfon,telegraphed to the Home Government to an-' nex-JTiji. - ' ' -.. .".."■„-." INTEBPROVINGIAL. " ' " -' .«. *•* The Customs department' ;has that mercantile firms in Australia supplyinorNew Zealand customers, duplicate invoice 1 * for the purpose of defrauding the revenue/ The department intimates ifcs'iintehtion'of prosecuting .the the.utmost rigor of the law. . - _..^. 1 Complaints have been received frqm papier of the stoppage of the public 1 works, owing' to the dearth of labor. Eight hundred men*it.is said, could be absorbed the moment they - are landed. * Shearers are demanding 20s. to 225. 6<L per hundred. ' -* ' The Canterbury land sales for the Septem-; her quarter brought-in £123,384, on whiehl day the Province had. a credit*balance of' £402,015., ' * *- '. _ r ;,' Cracrof t Wilson, while addressing his*eoiir, stituents, said that last session there :was*a' sad falling off in the personnel -of the Assem-' bly, and that, so long as it was made up of the present elements, iog ; rplling-and intrigues would be carried on. : • * • ' ~ 'LATEST. . Late -English telegrams state that the vet?son claiming to be Orton has been identified as such-by several witnesses. -»? * A number of Australian witnesses who were examined before Ortoivs arrival, say they knew the claimant as Be Castro. Mr. Disraeli's denunciations of the Glad-s stone Administration cause great stir. He says the .Empire is tired of Gladstone's blun-. . dering and plundering. The Governor landed officially at Auckland to-day, and met with but a tame reception. Shipments of immigrants have arrived at Napier, Christchurch, and Auckland during the week. They were all engaged yesterday within a couple of hours at full rates. The Napier papers say that since Tawhiao's. visit to Alexandra, the communication with' the natives has been more friendly. The Bank of New Zealand has declared a dividend for the"half-year of twelve and a half per, cent.

Mr. T. L. Shepherd will be able to console himself Tor tlie rejection of bis pet measure, the Goldfields Bill, in the reflection thaL the condemnation of it by theOtago miners is nut so universal as Mr. Pyke wished the House of Representatives to believe. A. few weeks ago Mount Ida spoke favorably of the efforts of the •member, for ihu Duustan and .his coadjjutors; and _in the annual report of tho 1 bwiczers- Miners' Association the foliowiug reference is made to the .Bill:'— lS Your Committee are convinced that much valuable advice was oiiered to the Government in Lhe final report of tlie [Tuapeka] conference, aad not a few of- their suo-o-es-tious given effect to in the Goidfields°BiU. thrown out by the House of Representatives duringjthe present session."—' Star/ A Miss Iluohanan, once rallying her, cousin, an officer, on his courage, said, " Now, Mr. Harry, do you really mean to. tell me you can walk to a cannon's mouth without fear ?" '• Yes,"- ■ was the prompt reply, :'or a Buchanan's either;* And he did it. ' • . A ph'irjawan was summoned as. a wit. .■ii-s* in Nnv fork, and, to ascertain his i-iews • .11 ihd nature of an oath, the judge f*fc-.a hiia what would be his punishment ir ne would swear to lies. -"I shall return to Cinna, but always remain in iS'ew York," was the reply, and he was at. uirce sworn. ■ . - : _ A Minister-making, a pastoral call at a .uouse where the ehild.ivu wur? kept pretty , quiet on Sunday'. WaV confidentially in;ofme:l by one of the liufe girls that sue v \\ ould like' lo 'be- or minister. " Why ? " said tjcr buc somewhat puzzled* =hcp2k) d . -VSg I could h'biLer on SuuduvV*" was the reply. V/