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Evening Star, Issue 4274, 7 November 1876, Page 2

The Demonstration Committee have received a telegram from Superintendent Hughes informing them that the Auckland Brigade intend sending a team to the approaching demonstration.

Th« Finance Committee have recommended the City Council to increase the salary of the Town Clerk to L6OO a-year, in consideration of the heavy responsibilities devolving on the office J and the Sanitary Committee recommend that a bonus of LIOO should be voted to Dr Gillies, and that in future an allowance of twelve guineas per calendar month should be made to the Health Officer for horse hire, &c, while engaged in the performance of his public duties.

We notice by the reports in the Oamaru papers that it was shortly after the young mau Forrester had been remanded to Dunedin that the following telegram, addressed to Miss Wyber, was handed to Mr O'Meagher (Forrester's counsel), who read it for the information of the Bench:—" Come home, first boat. Get married at my house. Withdraw charge.—George Wyber." The Court was crowded by sympathisers of the accused, and when the telegram was read the applause was loud and prolonged. The magistrate said that of course the charge could not be withdrawn without official authority from Dunedin. However, the case would probably be settled amicably when accused reached Dunedin. Aocused was brought up at the Police Court here this morning, and, as the parties were married, the case was dismissed.

The firßt part of the City Council's meeting this afternoon was decidedly lively. Councillor Fish was desirous of making a personal explanation, -which the Mayor, while disavowing any intention of reflecting on him in his remarks at last CouncU meeting, declined to allow, as likely to lead to a repetition of the soene that then oconrred. Then Cr. Fish moved the suspension of the standing orders, in order that he might set himself right, which he said he would do by reading letters from officers of the Council, which showed that his conduct to them had not been such as the Mayer had indicated. The motion was negatived by five to four. Thereupon, Cr. Fish tendered to the eleven Councillors his regret that at the last nueeting he Bhould have been provoked into use what he afterwards felt was unparliamentary language, but he bad been so provoked by the improper remarks of the Mayor, whom he excepted from his apology. His Worship said that he hoped Councillors w< ja satisfied with the explanation. As for himself he was perfectly satisfied ; it was quite as much as he expected from Cr. Fish. A few remarks from Cr. Campbell, who strongly condemned Cr. Fish's want of respect to the cbair, terminated a short but sharp discussion, which more than once threatened to lead to a Mtonv.