Parliamentary.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume IV, Issue 318, 25 September 1875, Page 3

Parliamentary.

WimuxeTox, Friday evening. House of Representatives met at 7.20. Clause 23 passed as amended. Clause 2d : Appropriation of land revenue not to affect public securities now permanent charges on such revenue. Considerable discussion was created on this clause, many thinking that it unduly favored Gladstone and Tiinam Board of Works, or, as, Sir George Grey put it, was a most unbecoming attempt to keep for 8,000 people in Timaru -100,000 acres of land. Tho clause was amended on the motion of Air Brown that after the Act comes into operation the endowment of one quarter of the land revenue to the Timaru and Gladstone Board of Works shall cease. Clause passed. Clause 25 ; Establishment of shares. On an amendment being proposed by tho Treasurer, Messrs Read and Fitzherbert asked if The Government intended to abandon tho Local Government Bill that session? He replied no, but so much time had been wasted over abolition he 'was afraid they could not got it through.

Clauses 20 and 27 struck out tho first now danse proposed to repeal section 17 of tho Constitution Act. Sir G. Grey, Messrs Rolleston and Macandrew wore aghast at such a proposal, Mr Fitzherbert also protested, and suggested an amendment, that notwithstanding provisions of section 17 of tho Constitution Act it shall not bo incumbent on Superintendents to convene Councils unless they saw the necessity so to do. The Government resisted on all amendments and suggestions, and were linn that Provincial Councils should not meet, and carried their point by 31 to 16. Tho remaining clauses were passed, ami tho Bill reported with amendment. The third reading is fixed for Tuesday. To-night is given up to private business. A commission, consisting of Messrs Car millers, lligginson, Passmore, Hr Knight, Mr J. E. Fitzgerald, and Colonel Gorton, is now sitting to enquire into the system on which the railway accounts of the colony are now kept, and tho stores accounted for. The ’Bight Rev. Anglican Bishop of Wellington is suiforing from low fever, but is considered to bo progressing favorably. House met at 2.30. Engaged till

5.30 on bills of no special public interest. Public Libraries Power* Bill, which Mr O’Borke explained was to .make libraries to enforce their rules and regulations, and to receive donations of land, money, he,. was read a j second time. The Treasurer announced that early next week the Government would go on with the Estimates, and after some progress, would ash them to lie passed this session, and also what tlmy proposed to abandon.

The Inter-iTovmcuil root-ball Match.

CiiuisTCiiTßCii, Friday evening. The Hiter-provincial .Foot-ball M ateh commenced at 1.15 p.m. Glorious weather. Half-holiday observed in

the city. There was a large attendance, and the betting was slightly in favour of Canterbury. Auckland kicked off the ball, which was almost immediately carried towards Auckland and kept there. At 1.30 Thompson, of Canterbury, obtained a touchdown, but Ollivier in kicking goal missed it. Canterbury scored two points for the touch down. The ball was still kept towards the Auckland end. At 1.40 Anderson, of Canterbury, obtained a touch, down, but Ollivier again missed the goal kick. Two more points scored to Canterbury for the touch down. At 2.16 ITartland, of Canterbury, obtained a toucli down, but Cotterill missed the goal kick by a few inches. Two to Canterbury for the touch, down. Canterbury also obtained four force downs, scoring two points. Score at 2.20 Canterbury, B; Auckland, 0. During the remainder of the game 1 Canterbury obtained three more force downs, for which one and a half points were scored. in the last half-hour Auckland made a desperate, struggle, and succeeded in getting the ball up towards Canterbury’s end, but only kept it there for a short time. Canterbury then began to force the ball back, and for some time it was kept in the middle of the ground. During the last ten. minutes Canterbury again got the ball to the Auckland end, but could not got a goal, Time was called at 3.1 6 Canterbury tlion being 91 points, A uckland nothing. The Auckland team sailed north at 5 p.m. Mr Ecdwood has sold Ids race horses ‘‘Kauri” and “The Chief” witli all engagements to Mr Thomas Miami, of Canterbury, for £9OO. Mr Haines, trainer for Delamaino, otters to back Templeton for £IOO to run Kory O’Moro or King .Phillip any distance from half a mile to four miles. The Annual Parade of entire horses takes place to-morrow. There are Go entries this year againts 53 of last.

European Cablegrams. News to September 16th. Wellington, Thursday afternoon. The Pingarooina Ims arrived at the Bluff ; she left Melbourne on the evening of the 18th, doing the down trip in three days 20 hours, the quickest on record. [cable message.] Loxdox, September IC. A strong minority in the Servian Parliament arc favourable to going to near. The Empress of Austria Ims boon thrown from her horse ; she sustained a slight concussion, but lias now recovered. [mail xews.] Two shij)-knackors have been imprisoned for sending a rotten vessel to sea for the sake of the insurance. A. vote of £IO,OOO Ims been passed for the administration of affairs at Fiji. [ueuter’s special.] Loxdox, September 3, The ironclads Iron Duke and Vanguard came into collision off Wicklow in a dense fog. The latter sunk in 19 fathoms. All lives saved. Tiro Turks have violated Servian territory. They burned a village, killed some of the inhabitants, and seized a quantity of cattle. Popular feeling in Servia very excited against Turkey. September 4. The wool sales arc languid. A further decline on medium and inferior sorts of 2d. under June rates, and better classes of wool one penny lower. Well-brods shifty, but combing eagerly bought. 125,000 bales catalogued. Good wool withdrawn. Sales close on October 2. Foreign arrivals are so largo as to depress the corn market. Adelaide, 555. to 575.; Now South "Wales, 555. to 575. ; New Zealand, 525. to 555. The barque St. Bugoodale lias been wrecked in Algoa Bay. Sept ember 6. Sewed (?) Pacha has telegraphed to the Porte that the insurrectionary agitation is greatly allayed in consequence of pressure by the European powers. The insurgents refuse to assent to a conference at Mostar. September 8. Further fighting lias taken place in

Turkey, but Sewed (?) promises neutrality. Sensation caused in Paris by a letter of Admiral Laronime commanding the M.editenmnimi squadron, dc< luring ho will only support McMahon while he keeps aloof from the party of September revolution. Captain Anthony Hoskins succeeds Commodore Goodenough iu Australian comm and. Wholesale desertion from Carlist forces anil collapse of the cause is believed to be imminent. A Chinese Embassy will proceed to England incomieeUoinntli the Magary murders. September 13. At a conference respecting the colonisation of New Guinea, Lieut. Armtran gave the result of his observations during a, survey on the coast, and after a prolonged discussion it was resolved to form a Colonisation Society, and to organise an expedition of 200 volunteers under Government cooperation. More animation at wool sales, but without recovering prices. stocks of tallow unusually low.