By Electric Telegraph

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 419, 19 April 1877, Page 3

By Electric Telegraph

(From our own corresponded.)

Dunedin, Thursday Afternoon. The City Council, by six votes to four, decided to present an address to the Governor, to cost £25. The minority strongly opposed the resolution, and very strong language was used. " It is proposed to get up another Benevolent Carnival. After much difficulty the Government has secured the services of a person to fumigate the Chinese in quarantine, who will be released on Thursday. Watt, E.M., upholds the police view re Sunday closing, and in Dodson's case imposed a nominal hue of Is., and costs. Notice of appeal wa3 given A fire in Market-street last night destroyed Fraser's house and stable. The Waste Lauds Board resolved that, in order to be able to come to a proper decision re runs, should make personal inspection. Fulton's, at Lee Stream, and Boyd's, atWaipahi, will next ba dealt with. It is rumored that Shrimski will resign his seat in the House of Representatives. The Otago railways last month earned £12,557. Hodgkinsori received a unanimous vote of confidence at Biverton and the other parts of his constituency. He said he had no hesitation in characterising Reid's deflection as the act of a traitor and a coward, The Governor is accompanied by Commodore Hoskins, Loid Hervey Phipps, Hon. G. M'Lean, and Director. He arrives here to-morrow, and will stay five days. He th:n proceeds overland to Invercargill. LATJBB. Northern escort—Queenstown, 444 ounces; Arro,v, 371 ounces; Cromwell, 1112 ounces; Cardrona, 325 ounces; Blacks, 188 ounces. Owing to the steamer's detention, the Governor does not arrive here till Saturday. CIIRISTCHUIICH RACES. St. Ledger. Puriri, 1; Dead Heat, 2. Danebury wa3 scratched. Puriri won by three lengths. Champagne Stakes.—Eevoke colt, 1; .Tangier, 2 ; Telltale, 3. Webb declared to win with the Revoke colt, who managed to pull off the race by a nose. Great Autumn Handicap. Bribery, 1 • Punga, 2; Guy Fawkes, 3.' Won by three lengths—time 2min. 45sec. Guy was a good third, and could have won easily if Bribery's chance had been in jeopardy. Steeplechase.:—Tommy Dodd, 1; Mousetrap, 2. Flying Stakes.—Bribery, 1; Punga, 2. Faster Handicap.—Punga, 1; Bribery, 2; Cloth of Gold, 3. Won by half a length.