TELEGRAPHIC.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume II, Issue 202, 12 August 1874, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC.

TEH AN(i 1.0-AT/ST HA I,IAN PIiHSS TELEGRAPH AO !■;XC Y. Latest Auckland. Fatal Accident. A rcelan d, Tue.»dav A’ ight. "WILIIAM I KA.OY, carter to Messrs Whitson, brewers, fell uui of his cart and was killed. The charges against. Captain Steward, of tin; Star of the South, for breach of the Customs lieguiat ions, by not furnishing a correct list, of stores aboard the steamer, was dismissed. -News generally unimportant. Parliamentary. Ihe Ward-Chapman Scandal. £ LUNG TON, Saturday Morning. CO I UNI AI. BA N 17. Late las.t, night, after some debate, this bill was read a third time ami passed. AUCKLAND WAsTii LANDS, Considerable discussion was raised in committee upon the Auckland Waste Lands Bill, on clause 73, allowing resident occupiers in thu Highway Districts to graze cattle on waste lauds. Mr Sheehan called for a division, the result being ; Ayes, 27 ; net's, 16. The clause was agreed to. Monday Night. NOiiTU ISLAND. There is probability of the proposal !o form the Nortii Island into one province assuming definite shape in a day or two. Mr Header Wood is moving in the matter, and it is said that Mr T, Russell favours the scheme. Tuesday Night. In the House of Kepresent.itives the Premier will bring down this week resolutions for abolishing the provinces ot Nortii Island, fixing a seat of Government at, Wellington for the jocalisat ion of land revenue under what is known as the Compact of 1856, and that- Government should during the session consider the best means of giving eil'eet to tiie resolut ions. The Premier said last night that it was expected the session would be over in a fortnight. The House was occupied until Jute last nUbt with the Licensing Bill, Mr Fox combatting strongly against many of its points, but altogether u ns access full y. The interim report re Judges Ward and Chapman states that the Committee have found that the charge made by Judge Ward against Judge Chapman was not substantiated ; t hat. in issuing an order ex p-trie lor the inspection ot telegrams Judge Uii-ip-uuu ha i nos, arte i partially in discharging ins judicial duties. The Committee recommended that the Government should make arrangements for periodically altering the circuits of the Supreme Court and District J udges.

Gbkymouth, Saturday Night. Arrived : Alhambra, with European news. Latest European. Cablegrams to July 27. London, July 24. 1 he House of Commons has unanimously voted an annual income of £15,000 to Prince Leopold. Mr Disraeli has abandoned the Judical ure and Land Transfer Bills, and withdrawn the obnoxious clause in the Endowed dchools Bill. The prorogation of Parliament takes place on the Bth August. July 25. Count SehowaloxT has been appointed Russian Ambassador in London. lie succeeds Baron Brunnow. Air Donald McLean, of New Zealand, has been appointed a K.C.M.G. The corn market is declitiing on the prospect, of a good harvest. July 27. Tho Australian mails vui ’Frisco have been del i vered. The British fleet in the Pacific nave been ordered to rendezvous at Panama to enforce the payment by the Kepubhc of Guatemala of an indemnity of £100,00(1 to Air Magee, Vi e Consul at San Jose. A landing stage at Li'tnpoul. half a mile long, has been entirely destroyed by fire. Latest Thame?. Tatmmga, Thames, and Cambridge 1\ oac i?. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT ) Guauamstown, Tuesday Night. Telegraphic comnu.meat ions been received by the Mayor of the J.fumes and Chairmen of Highway Boards from the Tauranga ’Town and Country Boards, asking co-operation regarding the roads between this district, Cambridge, and Tauran»a. A conference will likely be held to morrow to devise means best calculated to forward the movement. The project is generally approved of here.