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Naßler, August 20. The Church of England bazaar closed last taight. The result was an addition of LSOO to the Church Building Pund. The * Hawke’s Bay Herald ’ supports the resolutions for abolishing Provincialism. _ M „ Nelson, August 20. In the Supreme Court the trial of Nuvino Boseley, for the murder of his wife, and William Millyard, as accessory after the deed, excited great interest. The hall was crowded on both days. At the close of the case for the Sroaecutioa, the Judge directed Millyard to be ischarged. The jury, after an hour’s deliber•toon, found Boseley guilty of manslaughter, and he was sentenced to fifteen years’ penal servitude. . Oamaru, August 20. The public hero unanimously approve of Mr Steward’s action in supporting the Premier’s resolutions regarding the abolition of the North Island Provinces. Gretmouth, August 21, r There was an enthusiastic public meeting last night in favor of abolition. * Resolutions were unanimously passed, praying the Premier to extend the proposed reform to the Middle Island. Auckland, August 20. meeting at the Choral Hall to-night, to consider Mr Vogel’s resolutions. Nearly all the leading men in the city are present, the Mayor presiding. Mr J. O. Firth is now proposing the first resolution, as follows .-—“ That, in the opinion of this meeting, the proposals embodied in Mr Vogel’s resolutions for abolishing the North Island Provinces are unjust and impolitic.” The motion is tj he seconded by Mr Rees. The following resolutions have been arranged by the Executive Committee to be proposed Capt. Daldy to move, “That, in the opinion of this meeting, the time has arrived when for good government, the credit of the Colony, the Provincial system should be abolished, and the land revenue become Colonial revenue,” which will be seconded by Mr M'Millan, of Messrs Macarthur, SI era, and Co. Mr Ireland to move, “ That this resolution be forwarded to the Auckland members, with a request that they support these views.” This is to be seconded by Mr Holdship. August 21, thousand persona were present at last night’s meeting, which was the most influential, unanimous, and enthusiastic meeting held in Auckland for years. The announcement of the passing of Mr Vogel’s resolutions in Wellington, which was read while Mr Firth was moving his first resolution, was received with hisses. _ The meeting was determined to proceed with the business as intended by Mr Rees, who said he hoped the people would be in a atate of serai-revolution until justice was accorded. Mr Rees’ remarks were received with enthusiastic cheering. Hp suggested the formation of a reform association, with the object of forming committees throughout the Colony to agitate, by addresses, pamphlets, and influence at elections, the main object being to abolish all Provinces _ and to make the land revenue Colonial revenue. Mr Alexander Black said if the Colonial creditors had nothing more than Customs revenue as security for debt it was poor security, and might soon be taken away.—Captain Daldy followed in a good speech, and told the history of the resolutions of 1856, and how they were carried by the majority of one vote. He instituted a compari son between Auckland and the Southern Provinces, and denounced as aji insult to this part of the Colony the offer of L 25,000 by Mr Vogel, while the Province was contributing a quarter of a million of Customs’ revenue, and Canterbury had a surplus of half a million, which it could not expend.—Mr M’Millan, of M‘Arthur, Shera, and Co., supported the suggestion for the formation of the association, and said they should not only give personal suppert, but should put down money fa send to Parliament any able men able to afford it themselves—(great cheering). When the resolutions of 1856 were passed, the total revenue of the Colony was UP3.IQO, out of which Auckland co trihuted L14,10f1, Mr Ireland, of' Ireland Brothers, and others also spoke. All the resolutions as telegraphed last night were carried amid enthusiastic cheering Mr Rees, in proposing a vote of thanks to the Mayor, said he was requested to remind the public of New Zealand, through the Press, that the Middle Island was purchased from the Natives with public money, except Nelson, in the form of a grant fr m the Home Government for the benefit of the people •f New Zealand. Mr Lusk said that while recently in Otago he met a gentleman, formerly an Auckland settler, who said that many years ago he was one who took part in an agitation to prevent taxation raised in Auckland being sent away to buy land in Canterbury and Otago.
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Evening Star, Issue 3587, 21 August 1874, Page 3
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