By Electric Telegraph

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 283, 7 August 1874, Page 3

By Electric Telegraph

(From our own correspondent.) —♦ Dnnpdin, ': hursdny 8.30 p m. Sailed, the Ladybird, with Oreighton, M.li. i£., as a passenger The ' Star's' special correspondent telegraphs that.it was the intention of the Ministry to push the abolition of the Northern Provinces. The latest is that Vog«l, not fiVding his ground so sure as expected, hns abandoned the idea of carrying the proposal in this Parliament. &VI KIAND. The Wellington has sailed with Von der Heyde as a passenger. General expressions of regret at. the measures taken to unseat him.

The ' New Zp"l - >n.l TToi'.ild ' sa s if necossar_v u si) rl. Vci *hotiM be pussud. At the Wuste iian-l Bourd meeting a report from ran hit fnnes, on the petition to the Provincial Council against the timber regulations as being unsuitable to the Wakatip district, was read. The Board passed a vote of thanks to Innes for his intelligible report. At the Supreme Court, Smith moved for a Rule nisi calling upon Macassey to show cause why he should not pay costs of application for certain matters of complaint laid at the instance of (i. K. Turton (Bell's solicitor) and his clerk, Carter; and why in default of satisfactory answers, an attachment should not issue against him. The application was made owing to the telegrams and letter published by Macassey in the ' Daily Times 1 of July 27th. It is probable that an application for a new trial in the case Macassey v. Btll will be made. The Rule nisi was granted. The total escort brought down was 3,924 ounces. NRW PLYMOUTH. About noon on Monday the wind shifted south, which prevented the tide from coming up so high as on the night previous. A strong southerly gale was blowing all night, but abated considerably yesterday morning. The heavy fresh that came down the river, together with a north-easterly gale on Sunday, has parted the steamer Paterson in two, making her a complete wreck. All hopes of saving the vessel are now abandoned. CHBISTCHUBCH. Captain Hart, of the s.s. Beautiful Star, has had both his legs broken. About 1 p.m. the steamer was employed towing th« ship Ballochmyle into stream, when the lnshin<» of the tow rope broke, and surging struck him A consultation of surgeons was held, and it was decided that the right leg should be amputated below the knee. wiawNOToy. A letter from their London agent to Turnbull and Co., states that, it has been computed that there are one million more sheep in Great Britain than there were two years ago. A stiff north-easter last n"ght caused the tide to rise much higher thnn has been known for years, doing much damage to property. About a chain of the reclaimed ground near where the railway terminus will be is washed away The approaches to the town bridge and Devon-st*eet are undermined near Callachan's shop. The embankment has all been carried away. A higher tide is expected tomorrow it"the gale continues.