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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 253, 9 January 1874, Page 3

By Electric Telegraph

-• -~T"t ■ * ■ (From ourown correspondent.) Dunedin, thuidt; Srening. Th« Dun«din Club entertain the Governor «jj a ball to-morrow night. The Otago Cricket Eleven will probably be AUen, Clarke, Downei, Kettle, Paramor, Thomson, R«ade, Lynch, Johnsjeo, Tait, and ■ Lambert, ■./ . , There are, several alterations in tbe Canterbury teaap, whicbia weaker than it was at firat, toe three beet batamea being to go. \ ■'; lite Cromwell Municipality seftds £lO, Alexandra £l3, Tokomavim £3O, .to iQie Surat Relief Fund. At the Sarat; enquiry, befote Metro. Strode and Falton, with tbe Harbor Master, as nautical 'assessor/ Captain Johnson baa been in the box all day. and hiaexaiuaation ia (till unfinished. The chief points of his .evidence are:—The exact spot where the casualty occurred i> ChaslandV Mistake. Theshio's valoa was £15,000.' It was an error of judgment hie not bearing up for Otago Heads .when, he had a fair wind, and' he regretted it ever since. Did hot file a g"n when the W[anganui .passed- because he aid not think the danger wap-so. great. . Would not have hoiij{f>d;the. ensign oh. hie. own account. ' The passengers having aoie so, he. was obliged'to pull it down, and again hoist it to prevent disturbance. Denied he was / ever asked bjr the passengers or doctor, to .signal the steamer. ''waver - threatened any.ope with a pistol, though, he showed an uri- j \loaded one wh«i beachmg the ship, to pre■\>%ftt men .crowding tbe boats to the exclusion of women. The first mat* was drunk in bed when the landing of pasSMuers at Jack's Bay took place. Witness would not say how much liquor he took. WBU.IXOTON. v-Twenty-four hotel-keepers have resolved to fonn themselves into a Licensed Victuallers' Association," and have pledmd themselves to abstain from-serving refreshments <on Sundays to others,than bona fide boarders, and will compel other hotel-keepers to desist from Sunday trading. _ v ' '"VI nr. ■ >EUOS. ? In the action- Greymoati.. and H« r «-itika Tramway Company, v. Weetland County Council—to recover £20,000 for breach of /contract, a verdict for the plaintiffs for £15,000 was given; AITCXLANO. Mr. Redwood. has purchaeed from Mr. Watt the famous racing stallion Totara, by Diomedes out ofWaimea, for'soo. guineas. Mr. Redwood takes the horsie to Nelson to use for stock purposes and competition. A sale has been effected between these large owner* of race horses, by which Mr. Watt has purchased half of Mr. Redwood's I stock of two-year olde by Ravenswoitb, also half of his hones in training. 1 This arrangement has been effected with a view to enter the horses for the Victorian Races BLUFF. • .; . TheSurat ia still in the sum position. The /nils are all unbelt* and the topgallant yards lowered. The weather is veiy favorable and the sea quite smooth. " ' Qt7JRNBITOWV. Another, accident has occurred at the Shotover. At the Nuggetßeef the men, contrary to a posted written notice warning them, persist in crossing bj> willing along the iron fuming. A young toan named William Farr fell from this, andwas drowned. The proper chair for crossing isonly 100 yards distant. 1 4 prospecting claim at .Bees River. hss been applied for. . The Clutba election returns, as . far as is known are—Henderio", 71; Thomson, 44. The' criminal sittings flnish»dye»tcrday. Maodonaldj, .manslaughter, five years; Wat-, son, larceny from nine months; Harvey, laroeny, one year; Delaney, embczelement, eighteen months; South, assaulting /constable,, acquitted. ■, AUOKLAIip. The first sod of the railway extension from Mercerto Ngarawhia will be turned to-mor-row.

In the cattle .stealing cjum before the Sopreme Court it was fouad, after ft verdict of fnilty had been returned, that one jnryman bad MTtdi in the place of another< bjf midtake. A new trial Irts beta ordered. The Phoebe has arrived at Auckland vritfc later news. mvxT., .lapmni.' ;• I .tl-h... D«>*iber2B. The 'Timea' commenting op the free trade policy of Sew' 9<nith Wales. It say a Sydney-got toe .start, of Victoria in the Tight direction, and antici pates-that, tin,leaa' the,protection policy . of , Victoria "is •peedilvabandonecl, Melbourne wpl be comxneroially outstepped. Thiis experiment in the politico-economical bietcf ry of the Australian Colonies is watched' with .vmversal iptere»fc, and, in tho opinio*}/of- the "Times' thefe'dan be no doubt of ttoe result,'fn..AtrsT'Kilk'tTiiN.... y "*• / i.vf,-! .> .• ,' •' • V , '/■ 'Sydtiey. f Arrived,- the .tfew r <)oa(m'ntWr Awhbishojp Vflugban, wjio seups liiceM to create a poli-

ticalreligious war. The members. of the "Anglican -Church and Nonconformists dialpate tne' pretension he electa, to universal dominion of his Church, if subjected to public education system. The Bishop of Sydney, Dr. Barker, is protesting against Vaughan'a assumption. Melbourne, Considerable consternation prevails in mercantile circles owing to the adoption of af.ee trade policy by New South Wales. The Sydney houses have sent out travellers to,the liiverina districts, who are obtaining large orders for goods, as, by the repeal of of the' ad valorem duties, they are able to furnish supplies twenty per cent, lower than Victoria.

. . , _ • Brisbane., i Gold has been obtained at Palmer in great quantities One nugget was found weighing lOSoz., and several ranging from Soz. to 250z.

The population is 500, but there are no rations to be had for,.love or money.