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Patea Mail, Volume III, Issue 301, 6 March 1878, Page 3

VICTORIA AUTUMN MEETING. Melbourne, March 3, Hurdle Race, ©f 10 sovs each, with 200 sots added ; about 3 miles, -Lord Harry ... 1 ■Monk ... ... 2 - 3 *aGood race. Time—omin 43sec. wt. suot Vale Stakes, of 20 sovs -each, and 300 sovs added ; f mile. His Lordship .... ... 1 Roodeo ... ... ... .... ... 2 ■Boswnrth .... ... 3 Eight started.; won easily. Time— Train 17-isoc. Brunswick Stakes, of 5 sovs each, with 150 sovs added; If miles. '■Garto ... ... ... ... ... 1 Laertes 2 Bredalbane ... ... ... ... 3 Twenty-four started. Time—2min 12sec. ■St. Ledger Stakes, of 25 sovs each, with 300 sovs added; If miles and 132 yards. Entries closed with SI nominations. First King 1 ■Chester ... ... .. 2 Pardon ... 3 Desperate race; won by a head, ‘Time—3min 24sec.

Mr Edward Pearce in .addressing’ tlie ■electors at Wellington, considered the chief fault of the late Ministry, was in the fact that latterly they had begun to follow instead of leading the House. In speaking of the late Ministry, he said —“ It was a continuous Ministry for something ■ like eight years, and I ask 3'ou to call to mind, for it is well for us sometimes to call to mind, the state of the country when they took office. At that time we were at war with the natives, trade was in a stagnant state, land sales were found to be almost impossible, the depression was general, and we had a falling revenue. That was the state of things when they came into power, but as soon as Fox, Vogel, and McLean accepted office there was a change almost like magic. They saw, and saw correctly that the true way to conquer the native s