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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 306, 9 January 1875, Page 3

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|,-sDi?PLKM'ii>:TArif; TELEGRAMS. " ■";- - Bunedin, Fridav, 8 v.pj. . The Customs revenue for 1874 shows an . increase. • The LyttMon revenue is £47,713; Wellington, £35,770; Napier, £if>,297; Auckland, £26,947; Dunedin, £73,421? The Coroner's inquiry touoMn:! the d.-itu .of George*Aldridge at.the H eadsVesulted in verdict of death caused by. disease of tb* -fejW' .accelerated by'., the!; tSow%:struck by Thomas Bissett, his mate; whO:hss been arrested for manslaughter.-; . . • A large requisition Sir George Grey, asking "hmi.to'istaud for Auckland CityWest.V ...:\\ . V '■■■* •-• At the Wellington' ibelpovernor, he' said thai, after having segri'maHy British Colerdes, he knew npneihat held'out moro promise of permanent fiappy v,results than New Zealand. "•• "/'":".".

~ . Walter,Johnston has. addressed 'ius constituents at Manawatn, nndrecenejTa vote of confidence. He said- he; way ? - qui%, .prepared next session to support a Bill whkjhVould realise Vogel's proposals-.. lie afio" offidallv stated that there was ::p truth in'" rite report that the Government had offered" nna of th« vacant Jadgsbi r .s to lliggiiibotira»h-of .Victoria. ; -'

:. Ooja-Dtmstan : contemporary has dome out like a giant -refreshed after th& holidavs. The following little bit is grateful to our feelings :—" Considering the limited field of operations at the disposal of the country journalist, he is considerably in advance of his town contemporaries; the one out of nothing produces 1 much in-contradistinction to the other, who, out of much, produces nothing.-" Ok New Year's Day, at Alexandra, thu annual races were run off. The maiden plate :oflosovs. was won by Harrington's Bismarck ; the Alexandra handicap, by Goodman's Kathleen, be ating Cox's Backbi e ; tho distocict handicap, by Goodman's Kathleen, Backbiter again, waiting behind, and consoling himself or his owner by winning the consolation hantiicap of five so vs., which concluded the programme. A hospital race of £6 15s. was, however, got up, and won by old Backbiter. .

The ' Wakatip Mail' thus unseasonably wails:—This di?tricthas,failed to prove, in our serious opinion, that it deserves a bi-weeekly journal. This conclusion is, of course, arrived at from a business point of view, and",, in makicg the above remarks, we must not forget to acknowledge the liberal support accorded by some of our traders. But one swallow does not make a summer; neithei are a few gpod>dverlisers sufficiont to justify the disproportionate expense necessary to produce this journal, twice a week. We regret to make this statement, and yet trust for tho sake of such a prbmLnng distrk-t that, with belt r tupport in the fchreateued "ch'aiige mav he averted.- -.-••• «-"-.;• •--; .-.; :-■.--?■>,-;. ~.:-T; ;. "

" ; ;Mb. D. Aubbay announees..the.sale,-Civith-put. reserve, by auction" of his-butchery and %""yat St. Bathans, on" Friaay, the 15th T"he. live stock and plant iiPconriectipn" with 'the business are, we uaderistand; good, and complete. They will bte offered with the business, or in lots, to suit purchasers. Mr. Chappie, of Alexandra* is the auctioneer. authorised to dispose of" the property. .. :