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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 258, 13 February 1874, Page 3

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(From our own correspondent.)- . . Dunediu, Thursday Evening. . The Governor's yacht passed ,the Bluff on Tuesday, steering eastward John Blair, a young man in the Supreme Court offices, has been committed to trial forthe embezzlement of £99. The barque William Ackers, three weeks out from Dunedin to ' Newcastle, has put in at Stewart's Island, short of provisions Waimahata Station, Toil ois, has been sold to James Holmes for £3,9uD; the Cabbage Tree Hill Estate, Hokonui, for £ll,lOO to F. Wentworth; and the Lin lis property of John ML'Lean, with 1-10,000 sheep, to (Jolonel Whitmore for £130,000. 'lhe adjourned Athenajuvn rceeting. washeld In =>t- night, a,nd was attended by over 500ipersons. ; The proceeding- uvre very rowdy 'towards the dose Mr. Oiirjill moved that: :th'e readiniM'oum br-nnf, opened. on Sundays. Mr .R. Gdhes moved un sainendment, "author-: ■ isingSundayopeninsforfour,hours.- ■ Tliatthe.i Commit,lee, if i f is found that only a few use i' after a fair trial, have power to abandon, the experiment Honrs not to.interfere with hours of public-worship. Mr. Macandrevv' wrote strongly against the propo'al, and said hp would have withheld the Council-vote-if £SOO until Hie Council could consider a movement that at the time of the grant was not i contemplated. Tin- Ft-v. Mr. Stanford, and Messrs Stout and F.sh Tvere the principal supporters of t.he amendment, which was carried'by 10 votes. 252 for, 242 against. There was immense chperii'K when _ the- result was known. , It was proposed to take a poll of all meinb'r~, bu f oil the motion of Dr Stuart, who counselled lea in-; the matter in the bunds of the Oonimit.tre, it. was dropped:: .--It: is thought - that, the reading-rootn will -be • opened on Suuday week: for the first time. ' "Mr. Montgomery, ' the ;Oanterhury, Provincial Seeictary, is" a cmdidate for t-lie vacant seat, of Mr. Khodes m the Assembly for Aka-' roa. roa. On TupmLiv tl>e 1 Welling'on Post' called attentim to tlie fact, that Parliament was called tuget her by proclamation of October 10. on b'ebru.iry 10. The Hjuses accordingly lifx'iiiblcr!. Tlie ' Independent' says, authoritatively, that the proclamation adjourning Parliament till the loth April -was prepared weeks ago, ■aiid; forwarded to his Excellency at Hokitika; where it now lies. It is supposed that the Governor is weatherbound in some sound or inlet on the coast. 'l'livj members telegraphed to: Vogel to-dav, asking lor leave of. absence, so as to save their seats in case Prendergast is wrong. WELLINGTON. Greaf mortality prevails, according to the death rate of last month, which was double that of fcho ooi responding month of last :year. : For this month there are already double the number of duaths there were last February. The General Government have suspended the Provincial Auditor. H.lvj.S. Blanche has arrived. She left Levuka on the 6th January, when the Comuo loro v, as there. The Blanche arrived at \pia, in the Samoan group, on the 14th January. tier object"was to settle the claims"of British subjects against the natives, and enforce tin- payment of the awards made liy •Captain Douglas, of the Cossack, which the names ignored. After five days'palaver, the line's were paid an'd'thc remainder of the ela settled. ' - ACCILI. IND. ~ l'uiUiU> information 'leaves no,doubt that the v«H Pearl has been wiecked and 'all han Is* fb-.>t ;

Way mouth's body has been identified. * - „ I At tlie official inquiry into the -wieck of" j the Flora, M' Donald, no new facts were'eli— I cred. _ _ , I Benjamin Worthington, supposed to" have, > i been lost in the yacht Columbia, which~sunk.' near the breakwater, comes from Nelson,"and*' -* it is reported that he owns pioperty there..-*. He leaves a wife. * , . Tlie body of Worthingtou's companion hasbeen found floating in the harbor. J,""" " 'J'lie A'.M: schooner has arrived. - from .Fiji. - She brings full details of ,theS hnrr cane. Koro Island, it appears,-suffered, mos + - j The British Commission is still" itsJabors. 1 . Jr , > ifc The English to allow the question "of annexation' to'Jbe* settled by the natives. Two chiefs afejitL - favor of.annexation'.- . _ --. / ~ - - CHBTSTCHItRCH. "" The Wesleyan Conference decided -yester- ; ; day to send to England: for;three ministers;-:,;- ; Ihe Conference has terminated. 7. -T REEFTON. ~ J" " , The* l Wealth of Nations Company's monthlycrushing yielded 498 ounces of gold. hoxitika. - r j\t Hokitika Hill was committed for-trial-it Supreme Court for assault with intent on a girl only eight vears old jL-ridence most revolting i "f The steamer Titan, wlii'e towing" in schooner Florence, got ashore on the 'south fpit with convoy. . Steamer probably, j/will get off with the tide. . " r „ The steamer Waip'ara went ashore in at- T tempting" to frosa the bar returning from G-r • vmoutli. The-Wallace only narrowly: escaped. The southerly set. of a' current caused the accidents IXVERCAKQILI. H In*-prcargill, at the sitting „of tl.e TDistrift Court., Wnddell, a cattle dealer, claimect" ..£2OO damages from" Superintendent forjcate^- r in accommodating,:badly a heiter they had agreed to take t to* the, uluff, which bad accommodation resulted.jn. the plaintiff's _ leg being broken, the'heifertrying to jump out Jury assessd damages at £l7O *>■ ' <- .. KELSON ~ » '1 he din-.er to Mr. Vogel was a great success. The Superintendent.in the"Chair tli'eSpraker of the Provincial Co.nneil- "Vjce Chair. In proposing Yogel's health the Supermtendent paid no ! eulogiumwas -neeessary, t; ek-~ :Cppt that,:,toundiin the distinguished positionhe . soccupiert—obtained,byigreat talents and force-" of i'har»('ter Mr. Yogel said it was-gratifying to find in. kelson, the" stronghold of'the Opposition; - such a kind expression of opinion. He hoped that; speedy, results from the Public Works. - Policy "would not be > anticipated in Nelson, - sas Parliament :,:had ;last i'session opposed, the Provincial Borrowing Powers Bill. "It had ■been:, saidi-.that ; men of.-^jneans-would s reaJisetand leave the Colony when- the Borrowing Policy began, but rich men had actually increased their investments. There must be •bad times and good, and those who over-spe-culated might< lose, but the Government policy was a : proved success. • Those who-■ make .the statement that the prosperity was. due'to the rise in value of wool should reflect that only those parts in which were carried on-the Public Works and Immigration sharedin the advance. He wished to say that all .New -Zealand should be more careful -in retiming in their own hands the power of say-ing-by whom they should be governed. / In England, at the present elections, candidates dared not decline to say, -with very few-ex-- / ceptions, what Ministry they would support. The cry, "Measures, not Men," was "mostundesirable, and the people of New Zealand should: insist on ocanifidates'Stating:,'whether : -hey would support or oppose the Ministry, and not leave the matter to the caprice of the moment - , Mr. YojelSvas loudly applauded. lATFSX DTjXEDTN. > The Licensed Victuallers want tlie Grovera--nc«t to sustain the cost, of appeal to-the Supreme Court from .decision of -the Licensing 'Bench in Richmond's case.-, His Honor stated * 'ie waß surprised at the action taken, as the r?r-vincial Ordinance, - being-: nrirepealedj. was . <till m-. force,-and-will remain so nntil the new Act comes into ' The Executivetook legal advice, and he - (the Superintendent) >had done nothing without their • sane- - tion. " " - ♦ [The following appeared in our editibn'of Saturday last —] r DUNSTAN RACES. --- 'Clyde, Friday afternoon. FIRST' DAY. ' - The races have turned outanythinghut a success. The "following is" the result of' the first day's racing:— ' ' Maiden Plate. —Earl of Lynne," l;. Port. Philip Buck, 2. . Grand Stand . Handicap.—Brunette,-- Sst , 1; Fenian, 7st. 211)., 2; Butterfly, Bst., 3. For the: Members' Handicap," ' Brunette-■ walked over " ' The Trotting Race was won" by Low's Tapi~ oca, beating nine others. _ . SECOND DAY. ' y There were no entries for the ."AlexandraStakes ' For the Jockey Club Handicap, Atlas, Brunette, and Butterfly only accepted: - - " The ' Dunstan Times' of. thus opens its account of the races at Clyde : " Yesterday was the opening day of this oldestablished meeting, but we regret our ina- : bility to record its being so successful as ; on -• any occasion. The attendance of visitors was' not _so great,* and the lield o£ : horses was most meagre." To : this Jatter L cir-: - - . cumstance is doubtless to be traced the fail-" " ure of the meeting. Till ' Wakatip Alail' of the 3td mst siys —" It.'is to.ibe hoped t;hat..: the Government will redeem its promise earlier this year th n it did 1 ast, iu laying before the goldfields con- " . stitueucics its proposed goldfields legislation. The am vnded,» but rejected,-Golrffields l Bill of : . lust session slioul d prove the ground-work • of a very usefiil and practical measure. • Indeed, we see very little to improve upon, until ita working capabilities have been fairly • and :the only way to do that effectively is .by ; experience." A 1 r. John Miller, Presiilent of the Cen~ - tral Miners' Association, has courteously informed us that a meeting of the Association - is called for the 2nd of March. No - doubt circulars to that effect will be received .by the district Associations. ... The objects -to.be con- . sidered are:—To devisemeans to permanently raise the price of gold to its full intrinsic value; to take an expression of public.feeling : on the' Maerewlienua water pollution case; to circulate a petition for the abolition of the gold export duty; and to confer on mining matters in general.