TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

Dunstan Times, Issue 749, 25 August 1876, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

—o—(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) Dunedin, Augt. 24. It is rumored that there will he a re-con struction of the Ministry. Vogel to go home as Agent General ; Stafford, Premier ; Ormond, Native Minister; Stevens, Treasurer ; Donald Reid to be offered the Public Works, without portfolio. It is a aid! that) many Government supportersjare Padversoj toj Sir Julius Vogel going'home. The Counties’ Bill has passed, and the debate baa been j adjourned relating to boundaries.

The Daily Times in a sub-leader points out that Pyke’s ideas when seeking election were really the basis of Sir George Grey’s resolution, and hopes the constituency will not again choose one who will coolly and deliberately throw them over. Hanlon and others’ application (Leaning Rock) is postponed till 13th September, at the request of Government; the Warden’s report to be ready then. Ite Mrs Goodall’s objections to assignment of sections in Hawea district, the Board have no power to interfere with the operation of the law. A clerk named Horan, in Dunedin Post Office, is remanded for stealing newspapers. The Corporation of Dunedin and the Government are giving temporary aid to the unemployed. The Ringarooma has arrived at the Bluff with the Suez mail.—Latest accounts say woll has an upward tendency. Wellington, Aug. 24. There was a meeting of the Otago members this morning to consider the County boundaries. AP were present but Larnach, Bastings, and Joyce. Niue were in favor of two counties only, others for four or five counties. Three were proposed as a compromise. There is nothing finally decided. It will probably eventuate in four—north, central, south, and interior.