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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 276, 19 June 1874, Page 3

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Dunediu, T.ti ursda-y Evening. The question of the right of a litigant ■to compel T the prq4uction; of ,ia Court is now fairly before the Supreme Court. In the action, Dodsqn y. Macandrew (Superintendeht)'the plaiiitiff avers it is necessary to his case thafcertain telegrams should beproduced:'-: < The Superintendent is willing tliat they .should ,be producedj but the" Department, in oraer to have the question legally determined,'.i.objec,ts.j. Hence the nea ;Rule nisi,,, which Macassey applied for and obtained. -. been appointed Assistant Magis- ; trate. 'He sfciUretains. the Itegistrarahip. '• uhkistchurch; ' - : "" ; ! \ Theratttfay; will /be opened Ito'Ashburton, ! fiffcyrtfve .miles from Christchurch' on July ii £XJSKX.Asi).. J ''Alexanderßrown/ the 1 youth'wh'o'gaveinj formation to the police' ! 6f having seen a man | set fire to.Hobsrwi'ssbuildings,*r-has been arjrested on suspiciou' : thab r ii'e-is the perpetrator ihimself..-„„, . .„-,.. . - - ~.....'.. i. The Provincial Council has been prorogued. |TheSuperintendents'iiU' speech said in re li'ereuce to tip, Education,.tax, that, the projbabie adjuWonient 6f the whole quesbiou of itixaiion, direct and indirect, in the Colony ■must soon■ tak« ' j/ace. 'Would hesitnte to 'give his conseiitto.ameasure; on .behalf 01 the jfcroveruor which would increase the direct ■taxation in the Proyhjco, Jest it prejudice.or jembarrassßny action"' tfvit* may be. takeruby, jthe Colonial Legislature iowards equalising ,the taxation, embracing,- 'ag ; 3uch action no doubt will, provision for the educational requireinents.6f'ltheiColouy,l without the'hecesl of an imposition by legislation of a ditscjitaxation upen any section_of the community. 'He therefore .reserved the Education Act for the Governor's plea tire'. -•'-><> ; In ? the Supreme, Court r in /banco case, 'Eraser' (Hesideritf:M agis'trate' at 1 'thb' Thames)' j y. Reed and Brett (proprietors of the ' Evening StarOWoftcfimirial libel,', the. counsel, on behtilf of ilie defendants', stated that he should offer no objection t;o make the Rule absolute. The Rule was gran'ied'accordingly. I, WELLINGTON. [ The Municipal Council carried on the yoices a motion that in future the mayor be elected-jby;the..ntep'iyersi.-lirect: : ■ ■ .' .;!.'■■'' I jAj;t*leganii;.from vthe i:Agent-General states < that,the following, iemigra'rii/ ships' have-been despatched for 'the uColmiy: ;—-'Rettdhrtag•■ and 5 trathnavar if or - iWielliiigcori, i 7UU souls 'j -'Law-' ren.c.e!antl.earisbrq6k(Tor-.Lytteltbn',;9od j'andthe Carona, Bohn, and-Otagb for (Port Chal-.' mers, 1300 j ofithecrew'of the GhaVjert ia.iUflftbled>yessel:which-put,injhere seS?ffi%)»5 e S?ffi%)» at s.thei office;;andimade a statement to the effect that, when five days from Newcastle, the weather being fine with a light, breeze, blowing, and. the vessel, going about'nveTmots,' Gbko, a,Tahitian,,!was-sent aloft to furl the main-royal, which carried away owing tq the rottenness of the rigging. The backstays broke',' and. the topmast"and Goko went over the side.' After'getting clear q i ff!|i^ei l after the v€sselfor, half nqtwithsjjanding the.entreaties''of tne" crew and* passengers, no attiemptiwas made, to pick'up the mani" The only reason given for not doing so was that tnere was no use losing other lives for the sake pi one. fj F l mcling 4 jin / ar4yal t in port that theioss'of the man was not reported? 'andsie gotten condition of the rigging, the drew were afraid to go away in her: — j Breiinan was brought up at the Magistrate's Court, and remanded for eight days. j The girl having recovered consciousness, her deposition was taken at the hospital. She said she reihembered'Bremiin'kaying "I will but.did not know whyjhe,said sb, 1 ' a's' sne J had never;dqnei anything to. .him. Brennan," 1 who'was'presen^V 1 Dlessryouj—but-notron this"*earth.' I*"iTon't wish it." ,;, ; •-(;,vj- 1 j : -;j.'.:, i The Claud Hamilton is>at She ib'rihgs"cablegramsjto June's.'' " v ' *".'* \ , | - 1 - New York.? - ! JRochefort has arriyed : at New York. He declined ai public reception,' but publishes a Ifetter justifying the burning of buildings and executions under the "Paris'Gommube: i, f;He describes:his- sufferings'--at 'New'-Caledbnia, and denounces M'Manon?— i i t.-.-U-ii ihiHiii tJ-ytL io in.;ii. '..London.-, 1 All Australian secjititiea are very firm. | The balance, qfrjthe be'en'tak'en'iip^at'9B!r,','-',, "~ ( . v .[',]■,'# ~,.."■! ,^, i wfight!s''ye6rge Goufbnhe , de 1 J?er,' secotid; Lord Falmquth's Atlantic, f third. Twenty horses d'dtfrbrine'de l Fer' was' the'favorite,at''start-

The bank rates are reduced to three per cent. 1 i The Oaks was won by Laundiss' Apology; Le'fevre'a Miss Toto, second; Lady Pa ricia, third.

j " Rome. j The Pope is better, and the doctors advise a change of air, but he ref iiseu to leave the Vatican. ''

| The German Press-ridicules the idea of the candidature uf a Pmssiau ;j.'iince for the thione , . <, \ , j * .AUSTRALIAN. I , , Melbourne. ; The ( hief Secretary moved the „ secon l reading of the Constitution Amendment Act \ It is believed that. the > Government will have a majority on the second reading. i Nothing further has transpired with reference to the wrock of the British Admiral. ! ITw Government steamer Pharos, found nn rh ire.aurviVurs, but uuried six bodies. Bank drafts to theamonat of £4OO were found an ;ou« oi ' i. ■■. •-.v-iili".;

At the inquiry on the loss of the vessel it was sauted to be due to an error in tiie calculation of t"he longitude. The question of the payment of members is to be brought before the Assembly on the conclusion of the Constitution debate.

Eoyty members attended tie prelim'nary meeting. , Diotheria. is very prevalent in some pai la of the Colony. Several dec.ths have occurred. 1 Sydney. Admiral Riboul arrived by the mail, ?nd proceeded to New C.^edonia. to i i„o the eocapeof BoclieiWt.

Bathurst. i The residents have presented Bishop Quinn with 1500 guineas prior to his to Europe.

"i ! iIiONDON.- _ . i , I The money market is easy. , s Corn is unchanged. , - • At the wool sales the competition continues vigorous. The price is very fum. Altogether. 224,000 bales have been Bold. The JEVench .demand is large. Home, buyers are operating move freely. Arrived at Home, the Elizabeth Graham; Zealand iu,.and Christian M'Ausiand from Otego. DTJNKDIJf. To-day is observed as a close holiday, ant consequently there is nothing doing. ■iUCKTiANI). Referring to the e\cnemeut creitetl by the 'Pall Mall Gazette's' article on damoa, the 'Star,' points outithat Consul Williams, when he first biouwhttlie specimens, u>Auckl.ind,und ,while they on view, stated (lint they were given to uim just pi'ior to hi* departure, from Apia, and he was uuabioito verify thediscovery Doubts were fcuen ex'">n>s*pd us to the genuineness of the find, ou account of the resemblance of the quartz to the Thames si one, o-nd from the fact r.hat lue Uvrseu Harp swindlers levanted 1o Samoa, en route to America. The consul promised to return to H-imoT, ind forw\H intelligent back to 1 Auckland if the discovery was genuine. He i then wont to Sydney, fr >m whence he tele-g-aphed the non-s to Uran< ille—that which i h is been pubiio'ied in the ' Pa'l Al:ill Gazette.' The 'S'-n-' further says tint, the news is stale, admittedly unreliable, an 1 absurd.. The above, was known in ' Colony six months ago by competent miners, wk-> pronounced them to be fraud.

In the Police Court to-day Brown, whs charged with incendiarism, and remained—bail being allowed at £l3oo.