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(From the Independent.) g§< Deoch an Dhurras. — We observe by an ad- f| vei-tisement in the Southern Cross, that the horse m Deoch an Dhurras, bred by Mr St. Hill, which was || c so very successful at the late Auckland meeting, is |$ # backed to run one mile and a half or three miles g|" against any other horse in New Zealand, for £500 || or £1006. Deoch an Dhurras won eaeh of tho five ip races for which he had been entered. ay The N. Z. S. N. Company. — Mr Duncan, in Ef. company with Captain Renner, of the Wonga, §jl sailed in the Airedale for Sydney, with the view of M endeavoring to purchase another Bteamer for the |P above company. The trade the company could do Wis greatly circumscribed by the want of additional W vessels, and a« it may pass into other channels |P before tho two boats ordered from England can W arrive, it has been wisely determined to endeavor K 8 to obtain a boat from Australia. m 1 Earthquake*. — At a quarter past one on tbo Wt morning of the 24th Feb., a shock of earthquake m was fell which was remarkable for its long on- jj? tinuancc. It was a slight tremulous motion, and jie' must have lasted 30 or 40 seconds. For some jjjfri time afterwards a very slight tremor was occasion- M ally felt. gg De. Sxbtgit. — This gentleman, who recently i fleeced a large nam'berof men at Sydney, on pre- » c fence of finding employment for them in Otago, $fo_ has been captured at Rockhampton, and will be jjj a forwarded to Sydney, the scene of his late exploits, |^ for trial. ' g£ The most tstpohtant Gold Discovebv |£ ?et. — It "lias 'long ruled that no gold can be found g_ n the tertiary rocks — the rocks which abound ia gjx ;his province and island. We have been shown a g. etter from a ge-itlomen at the Waitahuna, Otago, S^ ivhich entirely upsets "this usually received opinion. ,£© Writing on the 19th inst., he says : — " The gold- g£i iel Is here are looking up, and a second bottom has Iff' 3een found fifty-six feet below the first in the ter- B. 'iary system. This is a discovery of greater im BK* lortanco almost than that of Gabriel Read's ." B" (From the Advertiser.) mt& Gold Returns. — An interesting fact was l|g tated at the meeting of the Chamber ot Commerce, |p ly the chairman, W. M. Bannatyne, Esq., viz., jfrl hat the Otago goldflelds are now producing more gf •old than the whole of New South Wales, and |fe ully half, or rather more than half, the produce of S -""ictoria. This fact is the more interesting when it 8* 3 considere 1 that the entire population of Victoria || s now about 400,000 while that of Otago is only E, ome 40,000. M T ' A Eathbe Singular Idea. — An editor of a |j ewspaper at times receives some rather singular Woi pistles, and we have, during the past week, tjf. eceived one from which we cannot help giving a i§SE uetation by way of a specimen. The letter in < uestion is from a person residing in the Waira- fipti apa, who complains of the distance which settlers fcer re obliged to travel in order to register the birth Jl P f a child in the district mentioned, the residence Ihw fMr Cravrv?, tlie registrar, being situated a con- fjgl 1 iderable distance from the homes of persons who 'j cr re obliged to obtain his services. As an illustra- ff : ion of the inconvenience arising, our correspondent h l ays : — " I met a man galloping ; he pulled up and I old me he was going to register his child, and ho I ould not wait a moment for he was a working [ ar aan, had not had an opportunity before, and wa-5 b° lound to bu there in an hour or his child would b« j| u -= llegitimate." Poor man, we should think he did s| lot spare horse-flesh to prevent tho occurrence of jjfq_ l o fearful a ealamitv ! ■» i - a