By Electric Telegraph

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 297, 6 November 1874, Page 3

By Electric Telegraph

(From our own correspondent.)

Dunedin, Thursday Evening. The Rev. John Allah has been chosen'moderator of the next Presbyterian Synod.

Madame Goddard appears.in Dunedin on the 23rd for a fortnight. She had an enthusiastic reception at Nelson. The Californiah mail contract with Sydney stipulates for a loop-line,- the same as provided by the Forbes-Hall lineSimpson, the Provincial Engineer, has been''appointed Engineer to the -Harbor Board, ata salary of "£IOOO a-year. The, passengers hurt by the collision! on the Clutha line are suing for compensation .-

- Hutchison's case for injuries to the racing mare Spritsail comes'on on the 30th at Christchurch. ' ' -'..,.. -- ;. ■. .

A number of young salmon have - been placed in the Avon. 1 > In about & fortnight some will be taken to the Downer "River," and moored at the junction of the salt and .fresh water, with a view to obtain spawn for artificial hatching. v The experiment is, being watched with great interest. The inhabitants of- Onehunga- presented O'Rorke with a valuable service of plate as an acknowledgment of 'his- disinterestedness'' in retiring from the Ministry. In responding O'Rorke said the step was not taken hurriedly or on the impulse of the moment, but after mature consideration. . *

The Government Have'taken criminal proceedings against Amos, the locomotive fireman, for causing the collision on the 27th.~ "

At the Arrow an unseemly'squabble ha 3 taken place ,iu regard to occupying waste lands. One man illegally fenced in 700 acres on the Crown Terrace, whereupon ' the sheepists broke down, the fence, and swamped the country with sheep.