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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 252, 2 January 1874, Page 2

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(From our own correspondent.) j Dunedin, Thursday Evening. j The Claud Hamilton Has arrived at tlie Bluff. CABtEGHAJTS. , • Chief Justice Burt, of Western Australia, lias been knighted. Reed, member for Hackney, has been elected Chairman of tlie London School Board, j Money is easy. """"" —~— Wool sales postponed in consequence of the I fop. _ Series closed flatly—the general result being I disappointing. Average fall passed 2d. per pound, except i in greasy sorts, where the decline was only I Id. J 61,000 bales only offered. A considerable ~ withdrawal was made. Foreign arrivals of wheat so large as to depress the corn market. A partial rising has taken place at Natal among the Ku(firs. The district'troops- were dispatched to quell the insurgents. Obituary :. Queen Dowager of Prussia, Professor Agissiz, the distinguished naturalist. General Wcilseley has recovered his health ou the G-old Coast. A conservative has been elected for Huntingdon in the room of Baring, the late member. Owing to indisposition of Ksnealy, the Tichborne trial is postponed until,the 29th ult. Sir John Coleridge, Mr. Monsell (late Postmaster General), Sir James Mo;icrieff (Lord Justice Clerk of Scotland),, and Admiral Granville, have been raised to the Peerage. The intelligence from the Cape Coast ttf the 27th November states tliat operations are ■ confined to jaid miking. »n>l .the.conveyance of Btipi)lies from ship-board to the cainps. ' Ashantees slowly rptreatins; but'are s expected to make a stand oa Prahe. Chiefs of the Elmina districts are offering to submit. The Cape Coast news states that, the main body of Aihantees grossed the Pr-ihe: ; - , The English are encamped at Miinsee. At Copsistory held at Rome, twelve foreign, Cardinali were nominated. LATEST AM3EICAK. . New Tort President Grant; proposed an ' increased taxation of dollars, hut' Congress demands, ns preliminary, a redaction of th'e v national expenditure. The American Government have admitted that the filibustering vessel, Virginius, was not entitled tii carryjthe American flag. LATEST PBKNCH. " ' ParishThree republicans elected to the Assembly. Marshal Bazaine goes to St. Marguerite, one of a group tiff islands (tawin)fin?the; Mediterranean. , * 1 The Conservative department of>Fini«terre felected a Radical.deputy to the Assembly, at which the Conservatives became greatly irritated, and are urging repressive measures, with restriction of the suffrage. i LATEST SPANISH. Madrid; Bombardment of Cartbagena resumed. General Moriones, Republican army, relieved and provisioned Tolosa. The, Virginius :has been surrendered to' America. t LATEST, GEEMAW." Berlin; Official ordinary issued by the Governthent' of the German Empire rpqtiires lhat all Ger-i man bishops henceforth must .take the oath to 'obey the laws of the country,-and not ,to permit clergy to teach or act in opposition.* there-< to. ■ '! The Prussian Parliament hn? read-second* time the Obligatoiy Civil Marriage Bill. The Emperor William is_seriously indisposed. BINGAPOER. The Dr.tch have been successful in the (war at Acheen. General if anSwietan.Commander-■■ in-Chief, alio wed the Suit,an the la-topportiwity ; of surrendering unconditionally. - I TBLSGBA3IS. " ' ""i Melbonrne. The principal interest now centres? in the, approaching cricket match. | The English cricketers since tieir arrival have been practising assiduously in the presence of admiring crowds. 'They have been entertained in various direction). The Victorians lmve selected a veiy strong eighteen, and'feel confident of'makipg a- good shew against the Englishmen. ' I Colonels Ward and Humphrey are the res* pective umpires. 7 ■

If the weather is fine it is expected that 200,000 people will be present, s The weather.' has been intensely < hot, and much damage was done bv bush fires. Last week rain set in. " s i Rain is badly wanted.' Jlatloek near Woods Point-, destroyed by fin. -Two children burnt to death. f •' r

A young man mmed Crosslenson was mardered and burnt near Sandhurst.

The Great Britain has arrived, 57 days out with 700 passengers. I |The will of the late Mr. A. RobertaoDT, squatter, has been proved aC£243,009. * The Clunes rioters, who were charged with assault, were fined £5 ejseh.f"

The Rev. Dr. Cameron ?nd other Presbyterian ministers are on board the' Claud. Hamilton, to attend the Dunedin Synod. Tlie Minister of forfeited the licenses o r a number of squatters' runs.on the ground of dsnnmyism; several. thousand acres of selected land.

The Sydney sailors' ttrik'e ended in mutiny. . . : ■ ... ' "... . The ship owners .pledge themselves not to yield to the sailora' dew^nda. j Mail advices state thaf fo.ur large, steamers are building for' the C»|//brnian. service—-their speed to be 12- kuots »n hour, and to carry ■ 100 saloon passenger^ | The Macgregor from England on the 20th, with fifty- passengers, and a large mail. /

Rochfort, and hundred other exiles,-ar-rived at New Cal^ ol "®* The Governor ias B®' yatching ex--enrsion.' ' / *

, Auid telegraph* Superinten,dent that no salmon shi/ Cin be sent this year.' ' The J. N. Jfenripg arrived at Hopie after apassage of ® T ® days. ' ' * *■».*•■• The Will' Deer sailed from Clyde forJJanedin with 316 emigrants. \ ■ The Magistrate at Auckland dismissed the charge j)jr»>n?t'fche Dr of the Chile, completely acquiring hini f«vn.bla^e, Gfoverrimenfc proposed to establish atomsignals.throughout the Colony. " , Auckland /carpenters struck for 10s. per diem. i ' ■ QSTEENBTOWX. John Hiyes, an old miaer/retarning home from ShoUffer lyith mates, while resting on top track, led oyer, and' wats killed. ' Ver* diet: iiccidintaldeath. Man affectodi with liquor Remains brought to Queeu«t*wii. ' The priest refused to perform thS * He objected jo his burial in the Cathottij6irtl6bartmenfc. fhe tnwtees.rcpHed that ;'bhe ground was the?" 3. anc * that the interment should take place. The priest refined to, allow ipy 0 f his fl-Ksk proysM" «»«■ tbe. ; tieceaseT WoKhh/ngton, Church read tti prayers- -L ue lqneral! waj weifattested.""