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Evening Star, Issue 3846, 22 June 1875, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

. , . Auckland, June 21. ‘ A long correspondence between Dr Pollen and the is published in the Gasette to-night. On the 6th June the Provincial Accountant, after previous applications, that unless the capitation special allowance is paid over, the Province will bo unable to meet its engagements. The reply that follows is that the money is stopped to pay the interest on railways. Sir Georg© Grey replies protesting against the stoppage at a time when the Province was involved in liabilities arbitranly ordered by Dr Pollen on the goldfields, which he considered unnecessarily large. Dr Pollen replies that the money was stopped in the ordinary course of business. Ho recojrnised the duty pf the Government to carry on the Province if necessary, until the case is brougut before Parliament 5* and if an ap plicatxon to that effect is made, the Cabinet would consider it. He would take the responsibility of ordering the money to bo paid. {Sir Georee Grey replies in a letter dated to-day. 21st the L6,0C0 advance was wronglj?feh.e\d back fr6m the Province. Also, that if Ministers had the power to pay it now, thev could have done so before. He refuses to' accept it, except as aright, and continues, the “recorery of the amount due for interest on the Onehunga Railway has not been made in the regular course of business.” He demands it should have been monthly. “ Account should, by law, have been furnished to me to wh.ch 1 should have had an opportuSr of objecting and being heard, before the whole sum arbitrarily was levied on the Province I have already stated by belief that to take’ this amount for a capitation allowance was an unlawful act by you, and will take the opinion of your Solicitor-General on this point lam now taking a legal opinion regarding it and if U.V belief 0.0 thl. point tnmfoutTo fc righ and the capitation allowance is not paid I nro pose to take means in a friendly spirit and determine the great constitutional question whether or not there are legal means bywhich Provinces can support their rights, instead of either craving lor them by unbecoming sulmis sion, • or engaging in disputes which might five most unhappy and dangerous results.”

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Tn c Invercaroipl, June 21. In the Supreme Court to-day. the ea-e Longuet v. Kingswell, re pollution of the Waikm stream was concluded. The jury, after on absence of two hours, returned a verdict for the plaintiff on all the issues, damages assessed m respect of the last being Ll nt the application of Mr Harvey, the plaintiff’s counsel, the Judge certifieil for costs under the 167 th rule. The Court then adjourned si uc die.

m, , Blenheim, June 21. The polling for a member of the Assembly in the.room of Mr Seymour, resigned, took place to-day. The contest was a keen one : and at tbe close of tbe poll here there was thf> greatest excitement, heavy odds being laid on Mr Ward The returns are , . Moorhouse. Ward. Blenheim 125 no Marlborough Town ... 41 26 .Renwick 7 4P The Wairau Valley and Elaxbourne returns increased Mr Ward’s majority to 23. Mr Ward was to-day declared duly elected. Nelson, June 22. •iiie governor and suite sailed in the Luna.at “tL&h ! * ncl,or du, “ s tho ni6bt TV I , Christchurch, June 2?, vS left Christchurch forTimaru S he * Bho i t fita y at the latter pwee ne will proceed to Dunedin where he . a-

Castle, which was wrecked during the late gale on the .Ninety-mile Beach. The hull was knocked down at L67s.bat the purchaser failed to make the necessary deposit, and Mr Walton was in treaty yesterday evening to sell the hull at L 650 to another person. The cargo sold at good prices. Bluef, June 22. The Otago left Melbourne at 2.30 p.tn. on the 17th inst., and arrived at the Bluff to-day, She brings 230 tons of cargo, twenty-seven saloon and twenty steerage passengers for all ports. She sails for Dunedin at six to-night. Passengers.— For Dunedin ; Messrsßarker, M'Cluskey, and Buck, Mrs Morrison and four children, Mrs Barker, nine children, and servant ; ten in the steerage. The Otago has 91 tons of cargo for Dunedin. {From our own Correspondent.) Lawrence, June 22. At the Municipal Council meeting last night great indignation was expressed at Messrs Burt Bros, having sent rip chandeliers for the Town Hall, the branches of which fell as soon as .placed in position, smashing the lamps. If the kerosene had been lighted the destruction of the building might have resulted. They will be returned to Dunedin. Messrs Bradshaw, Cargill, Webster, and J. P. Maitland left here this morning for Teviot Station, it is assumed, to assess the compensation for the land taken from the run for settlement. The selection of those gentlemen is not approved of here. _ Riverton, June 22. The nomination of candidates to represent the Aparima district in the Provincial Council took p:acc at Gummie’s Bush to-day. There we-e proposed—Messrs James Mackintosh, of Okautau; John M‘lntyre, of Limestone I lams ; W. A. Lyon, of Limestone Plains ; and J. H. Menzies, of Jacob’s River. The show of hands was in favor of Mr Mackintosh. Mr Menzies has since resigned in favor of Mr Mackintosh. The poll is on Friday. All the candidates expressed themselves against abolition until after a general election. Napier, June 21. A stabbing case occurred here on Saturday night. The particulars are as follows ; - James Coble, a platelayer on the railway, entered the Star Hotel and called for a gallon of beer. One other man named John Thomas was in the bar at the tune, who at once went and waited on the verandah. Coble drank the beer and went out to speak to Thomas, who rushed at him, giving him a blow in the lower part of the stomach. Coble cried out that he was stabbed, and staggered back into the house. On being stripped a Urge part of his bowels was found to be protruding. Dr G ibis was at once sent for, who on airival found that the bowels were uninjured, and sewed the wound up. Coble was well enough to be removed to bis bouse. Thomas was arrested afterwards and brought before the Resident Magistrate to Jay, and remanded for eight days, it being feared that the wound may prove mortal. Coble made a deposition that he had not with Thomas ; both had worked on the railway, and he had been ganger over Thomas and had dismissed him. It is supposed that that caused the ill-feeling. Coble and Thomas were the only persons on the verandah, and there were consequently no witnesses of the assault.