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(From our own correspondent.)Dunedin, Thursday Evening. The collections up 'to date in aid of the Surat immigrants amount to £682. The salvaged goods at auction realised full ' prices."- r tTi* i—- ... The,salary of the Superintendent of Can-. terfrary has baeii raised tb £I,OOO. ? Prior to . the. Vire sailing yesterday the Corporation"" presented Captain" Jacquemar fc with an address and album. The Provincial - 1 Government-have- written-a .letter to_the French Government, asking-for leave topre- • sent him with a service of. plate. " .!•"« Very little business "has yet been done~by • the Presbyterian Synod.— ; 5 ;i ; Logan's case comes on next week. . To-day " - ' he applied to.be heard" by <iounsel/"and- was refused. " I The congregation of All Saints Church 'opened a denominational school to-day.'" 4 s The' Surat in'.]uiry.is .expected to conclude on Saturday. The additional evidence shows unmistakeably that there"' was- drunkenness-::' v on the pare of the captain and first and sc- • cond officers, and that the passengers and . ; sailmiker took charge of the* ship after its striking. .... The ship Dunfillan is at the Heads with 150 immigrants. - Mr. Vogel left for Christchurch, overland,. . ..- this morning. . . - f The Goldhelds members ofthe Assembly have sent to. the Governmenfcjnemos. of-sag-' gestions for the transmission of gold to Melibourne;by parcel forrcoinage. They suggest that the geld receivers should be instructed to receive parcels which must not contain less than six ounces. The parcels to be transmitted to Unnedin by escort, and thence shipped to Melbourne by stearner--the-Go-vernment paying - all charges," charging tha same to the transmitters. The returns to be sent from the mint to the authorities in the form-of. a bank draft, .and the export duty to be collected on the value of the coined" gold. The suggestions are intended to apply pending the establishment of a branch assay office here, j. ••; f CHRISTCHURCH. '--V Advices' by cablegram yesterday reached the New Zealan'd Shipping Company that demands- for emigrants' passages Jxai largely increased,-in-consequence of the adoption of . the free immigration system. The agent of the Company in London arranged with the Albion Shipping Company and Shaw,- Saville, and Co., to convey some of the emigrants to the Colony. , The Shipping Company despatched during December eight ships, including the Mongol, i which alone is expected to carry" 7>)o. r -The Government have announced their intention fo oTjtain "a competent railway mana-- • ger, salary tb be £B9O or "f 1000. : -~- The' .Nelson Examiner,' the oldest paper in Colony, first published; in .3.842, ia deid. ■ The s.s.' Tnrarua, has arrived, atj Hokitika. ; jShe.bring3.tho.;B'ipplementary,- Suez _nviilß,-ar-rired per s.s. JSllora. dates, to „'the sixth. " • - - „ Melbourne. _ . January Bth. i : The twenty-two ~at(B;illarat made the very - ~i • creditable,score, 0f.,274 in their one inning*. The match resulted, in a draw. . The .-Englishmen commenced their third ' match -in the Colony at Stawell against twenty-twojof,:the, district. They only imade 43 in one innings. '** . Miss Arabella Goddard is likely to returnfrom the East fand proceed to; New Zealand .to recruit her health. She .gave no Concerts in-India. * . - ••• . The published leturn shows an increase in ' revenue for the last quarter-of-£92,-and jfqr-tlie whole •year, an increase of £137,-Lt2 the principal increasji 1 arising from customs and public" works. -- Smail steamer, .Bangalore, is to go through direct to Southampton. report of Dr." Thuddicum on' Colonial - wjnes in London has been .much canvassed. - All sample# condemned'as worthless, \ • * *" 1 .UNPUBLISHED"'QUEENSLAND. I .The .Ministry resigned on the meeting of iParliament.' h?---; < • ; Macaliater, is,likely to be sent tor. ' _ . _ ,■. Queenscliffe, January 8. The following are the scores in the match - " ■ *afe Stawell-: ~... ■- - - V;. W.Grace.cCosstiek, b Conway ... 16 Jupp, run out ..." ' n - Greenwood, c and b Cosstick ... "... 0 , Gilbert, C;Conway, b Cootirk -, 0 G. R Grace/c White; b Conway .V;' g 8 % Oscroft, o Foote, b Conway X Boult, stFoote, b Cosstick''' i.V : 4 ' ; k M'lntye, c Dyer, b Cosstick Lillywhite, b Cosstick ..s t 8 ■ Southerton,"not'out * , Bush, b Cosstick .^.ioi'o ' - Total- ... s 2 .'}.ui43 analysisCosstick bowled fortythreej balls i for eighteen -runs,obtainintr six - wickets; Conway,fowled fifty-three balla for twenty-five runs and three'wickets/ - ' : , ~ - - ' i- ' ■" Ine trouble • cwith^the, Culßrs at Natallstill' continues. , , , „ , ■■■'■ * V / i. -ri. ■ »A. I:"-'' . J ■ ' ' January 4. Cape Coast advices to DeceHiber rstattithafc ■ Ciptim Qloyer liad abandoned the Volfa river expedii ion; ar.d joined!.General-Wblselev] who had determined -to land :; reinforcements- and commence a march on Coomassie. , The Hon. Captfl.in:Charteris, ; aide:de camp to Wolseley, ' .IS . ■: {I !■•;..« • .J- ; t * - 4 A further reduetion.in the ratf is expected. Gram stocks in British Ports' - .scanty. .-i .. ♦... t t, , ~B f - retersburjj, January 4th. Duke of-Edinburgh arrived." ( "* '' 'LATEST SPANISH. ' L, •• T _- Madrid, Januarr.3. In message to .Cortes, Senor CasteUar degen?' abohtwn of # lav«y as most urJ Sn^ l^°r? eß i 8 marchi "g on' Bilboa. At.OOO Carlists are concentrated in the:vicinity of the Cortes. 'I 11 i- was twice out voted : thS! er £ ® ,ITi I lla - » ctiTl S under military autheCo.rteß ' BumWoned leader, of prties exceptin, Carlist and Intron oigentes, to iorm a new t , ofExSSve erran ° ha3been »m£S!chief e^yfßaSSfesf^i^ aCC ° m P lished dißcu!rlS n ° haS A s^ 8 P e, ? ded Constitutional luntS ee> 811 ~- 1 5?™ led ' t he Votaken place \etween Re P« b aisSa^r^ 11 his SS 10n ? ? Advance » f \ LATEST DUNEDIN. ' ' from hS^ aVeISh »»-^Om^tteruooi,
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 254, 16 January 1874, Page 2
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