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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 294, 16 October 1874, Page 3

By Electric Telegraph

(From our own correspondent.)

Dune'din, Thursday Evening.' The Tararua caught the mail, arriving-at Melbourne.on the forenoon of the Bth: "'" Birch contests the Mount. Ida seat for the\ Provincial Council—(when vacant). The Provincial revenue for the September •quarter amounted to £189,033. There were receipts from land amounting to £101,251. Yesterday Charles Butters, at the Chain Hills, East Taieri, was killed by a bull He was "employed attending cattle, and as he v as taking the cows to milk the bull rushed him, crushing in his side and breaking one of his arms. He only lived two hours after. The trial of Dodd, second mate of the Oneco, has.commenced. At the outset, an application was made by Stout to have the trial, postponed in order that proper proof might be adduced of Dodd's. assertion that he was a "naturahse'd American subject, but his Honor declined.to accede to the request, being of opinion that the fact was not material. The jury, after an hours' retirement, "found a verdict of manslaughter, Sentence deferred, pending the decision of the Appeal Court on the'question of jurisdiction. .Arrived.—The luvercargill, from Glasgow, with 390 passengers. All welL The Government "have arranged for continuing the San Francisco mail service. A steamer will call at Auckland about the 30th instant, from bydney en route to San .Francisco. The mails close at Diihedin on the 23rd inst.

An : enquiry into the Battray-street fire is being held. Two witnesses examined to-day swear that.Mrs. Schmidt, proprietress of the house, caused the fire and admitted doing so. M'G-iliivray addressed his constituents at Riverton. He expressed himself greatly in favor of the North Island Province* Abolitiou Bill. He considered those Provinces a bur den to the General Govern Djent. He had always been opposed to Proyiuciu.liain, and would advocate the abolition of the Middle I aland. Provinces as well. He was against .free immigration, but believed in the nomination system, and thought a free grant of land was desirable. Immigrants wlio paid th ir own passages would work much belter, and this would induee a superior class of people to come, who would be likely to become bona fide settieio. M'tiiliivruy received a unanimous vote .of confidence. Parker addressed his constituents at Geraldine. He received a vote of confidence, and the meeting expressed its approval of'his action in supporting' the abolition; of the Northern Provinces.

The following telegram been received, dated London, October 3:-—" Wool.—The sales closed at the average improvement of J- ■. to Id. on last sales" prices. They comprised about. 261,000 bale's. : 100,"00 bales were taken for the Continent, and 5000 for America. The wheat market i. T flat New .Zealand grain is worth 485." Vogel has'met"the Government of New •South. Wu'es and the representatives of Queensland. They haio come to a thorough understanding on the question of <:;iL>iea. The two O-ovcrnm'ents have appointed represents tives to act wilh Vogel at Home. ituß?ell is progressing favorably with the mail arrangement*, but will - hkeiy be detained in (Sydney «i>me vlay6. - . GKOMWiiIX ■ ■ Logan brought down a cake of 'gold fro the Croinwill Company t> reef last l.ighl", g 1190 uuhclj, bung 3u ' over the l:i.»'t euke, . NKLSON. A great deal of excitement has arisen, caused by the strange conduct of O'Connor as Provincial 'ireasurer. • One Knyvett presented a claim for payment, oertihed by the •troviaeial lingioeer: O'Connor nsfused Pay-

ment, or to let Knyvett have back the document. Knyvett insisted on taking it away, and then O'Connor called in a polio-_inau and ordered him to take the doauni-nt, and, aaKnyvett says, gave him hi chargo, but he was ■ released in half an hour. Kayxett brought an action for illegal detention before the -„ Resident Magistrate who gave judgment "in his favor. Knyvett servedo'C*>anor with itwrit for £SOO damages for false imprison* 5 merit.

Saturday last:. —] . *" (iJVuiu o.ir own correspondent)." Duuedin, Friday,' 8 p.m. The Oneco enquiry was finished to-uayl Dodd has been committed for triaL Tub evidence tended to implicate the captain. _ ~ The Mika.lo arrived, at Auckland, last night. ' The annexation of fiji is completed. Thu- ,- English flag floated at Levuka ; for the first time ou Ootobir 3rd. -Among the principle newj it. is reported' that an order is about to issue at .Berlin expelling from Prussia all foreiju priesia, inonks, and nuns. Bazaine proceeds to England uaortly. There is a gruat strike among the Bolton-."" cotton operatives. If our nulls, employing 13,000 people, have stopped work. Germany will not interfere with Spanish -" affairs. Bazaine. reviewa tha Franco-Prussian war, and complains that he was the victim of the army and nation, tea had but ivro bupporters—die iftnpcror .iud Thiers. He woold not have attempted to escape had M'Mahon lessened his captivity:' He- conaiderd now that, during his trial he should have em--ployed' tiie aaiuo weapon:} as M'Malum, and showa ho>v llie latter was defeated and evacuated and was one of the firat a tuors of the army's disasters. M'Mahon waaf a* ; * unfortunate at Sedan as Bazaine was at Metz, Trochu and lJucrot at ana .bourbaki in the but he forgot ill that when he became President. Grant's ree.eetiou as Presi-k—t is rwiitbi A Londoner' named Johnsbn won tht»cuauipion swimming match of England 'and America. Arivi'iiirHiueiits aTe in p i->-p>.- f.ir tii- 1 -< : »tj of the cable between San JjVaucisvo &ud xlonolulu. -. - v . - ,-■ Richmond uud Curt s have addresaedtheir ■ constituents. At tiie -.after'* meeting, a resolution in favor of the Abolition of Province* wait vui'i'ied by a iuiuJ u. joiitj. The" Prince of Wales has accepted th» Grand Maslcalup of IfVeeauiioiu. " - J : Hospital Sunday in Melbourne, uniurtu* natoiy, «aa very Wet, ind the turns »v-ill prubably not L«. mi eh over - £3,000.' _ The ' Wakatip Mail,'_pf the 6th instant, " sinctrely regrets to learn that Mr. B. Hailenstein, one of our members for the Lakes., broke his leg this morning—the result of a capsize from his buggy while going home from his farm to Arrowtown. It appear*,, that, when proceeding up the new cutting •i'aie.ison's hill, in company with Mrs. Arndt, the horse shied about halfway up and pulled - the b;igg oyer the sideling. fortunately Mrs. : Arriclt, who suffered little—except a • " shock art slight bruising—wa3 able at'ones to give the alarm, and Mr. Hallenstein waa-tak-n to of Mr. W. -awaiting tho arrival of Dr. Douglas, who wa*.:' immediately sent for." "' -«

* Thb Carrick Water. Eat-u. Coir pa nv li»-H a mating <-Ti.Tnp=<lnv for the uurpose of" appoint— u ttorKi:.£ n.auagci iu«..i.in. lityy.- i.'cre were-; seventeen u,jip.ica r .io..s, and the Directow huil" (iiiEci: 1 . i_ in _i:;.l.hJii<i_ L' M, !l_thiL->*>iH±i-" cants, .supp-n-'e 1 3S.in-u.y~'werc-tij-»uoh_ gwd ! testimonials Tne Air. iv. Viucuj, »i' St. ijdtiiana, uud Mr: VVot the ana it was July by the c..-*iug vote of the chairuiau that tlit» former was itppoiuted. Mr. Yarcoe has beeu. for Bom* years connected with the Seaauiua-vi.-ih'■ \V:,ier ii.n.'.. >t,. jiatn.iii».a»iil it was tin* very sliou 0 iuuv<.>i.><?udu<io;-s .rufii tils sbaivholders there that induced the ehainu&tt.u>. i -'fe in -hi* fa.vor.—The caiu**--mencement or the work was put off a week or lw<, until tim sn w n»-lt.« su'Jiciemly along the course of tne race.— 'Ci-oluhoJ Argus.'