AN AMUSING SKIT.
.giiii i triO-ft <i '." r! :■■• jai. i J. / ' Under- thra* heading of "-Revolution in Otago," the Wellington 'Argus'of tile Ist' ins*;. publisfiie9 thefollowing pigeongranii'roni 9 - ~ Dnnedin^—... ' """.„ .. -joV VirtP^tT 11 Parliament |Vas pro[cop> jhat Otago would on, t&e. morrow * t ' rvt© o Zealand, fell like a ,v. . deadly blow on the heart* of- the-people of ", night.. -'oAJH: the papers issued with deep mourning: boarders, an.irouneihg'the fact that -Otago had been de- ' • justice at the hands of the^Assembly, ' ;r ' the rights, liberties, '' ' ..f,,- n : ■,'ft;v-j f^^VwVii™*^ 6 .inquiry, r.c ';>-.'.-:. fihaJJ oVft^sobmit,? '. : ,^a,'the Bound of a **< (iJßishiiigp.SQighty wind»r;a- deep,{emphatic 'No' went up to heaven<:fr«m, the very .hearts of the people, and firm de- •!" and -' resolve impressed itself e >;;.f; ! ; , -The' Political Atsot;',J : 'ciOTi6n'sat in'conjugationin the Provincial' i t the stress around io n P e °J>& e -' N"oW whisper **," of what was intended leaked ou|QUjtil the last clerk in .the Telegraph Office tad de-7 *oJ -panted.. Then, silently: and swiftly,: two' oi members of-the Association were seen to issue fottßiCMr R. K. Mueray and Mr Jan. M'lndoe. A cab was-waiting, and they J' °f droW"rapmrto the ?! i -'iSRWitW Mi * Murray.'spdedily "jnaaems yr&y in thrbugflabrokef window, and took possession in the name of the 7d;.v Sovereign;- of Qtago, opening the door ,!■: f.stO'Mif M'lndoe thereafter, Simultaneously, oi-: .Attha head'statiop* Mr John Barnes applied hwy shoulders to the door of Mr . l and. speedily, was in possesiribri.-- This %'as-all done quietly,'-and meanwhile the enormous crowd''without, * ',-. ~ B V^e4,JjOraridfro, momentarily growing im >.oSßs&s a patience and good , order Tynich was positively r■.'■hi ysublime, :> until the.- clock',,struck midnight. It was the kxjeM of ; the j'ljpvinces. Abolition was accomplished. Macandfew -; : *\ ifraß' rip longer Superintendeiit. There was .;" "V no Provincial Council, Otago was but a jpaVt Zealand; its'revenues and pro- %,! - perties had.been seized : by the Colony. r A ]l t '' ,iee|i feeling bf indignation ''seized; the isifrgiPt VMJr<>Fs> M& a S o ?7^*-^e'will not submit,*' disturbed th© midnight ; air„ and sweeping across the smooth waters of the cffw.-bayj was cclioeii back from;. Grant's Braes si/fli *nd Blank Jaek's Point, i Ere the-echjo had the members of the Political Association, headed by Mr Maoandrew, appeared pn the balcony, where the result of all elections are usually declared. At this supr emeu-moment' Mr.. Macandrew was <*s calm as ever, but Mr Geo. TurnbuJl l9oked ill eas& : ind Mr" seemedo'decidedly (i inischie/dos: The crowd scarcely breathed __.! .r7 a sound Bave the gentle moan qf the 'toTdfflg iu hjw v righthand arolrof somethin'g,' came forward' and' said, 'My friends, ~ l^Wfla ? of Otago—lchabod—bur glory has departed. A -ROatemftTa»dt;tyranß<nis i4 >the village of .Wellington has declared' that we ahall not do what we like with our own, as well as have a share of that of others. 'They ( k , y . presume to think the Colony is superior to *' t^e;^bvmc6; that New Zealand iB greater it, t 1 We have spugbt for jqstice, been.denied us, with'taunts and r , '. revi%gs.. Where we have asked for bread °, D .', ; '#e Have Men bffered a stone. We haye ap-«t«'i'->j,i to our Mother Country, but " there' the counsels of the enemy have prevailed against us. Are we w patiently Bubtl,(. jprijb to Qur fibertiea, our reveof Cp r/ j Jonial j>ofitic» ? Vimhm thooght! We are
J a great people inhabiting a countiyjoSsessed lof great capabilities—all that to make a country great, glorious, and free. Let us then be free. Let us proclaim pur indepenrt<sioa>aAdlK6lߥ"4he flag of freedom.' Suiting the action to the word Mb ;MacahoeTt out*lrtrai'flag'i>e held jin his' 7 band, and by the fitf td mp<mlkrh,t.ti was seen to be of pure : w*hite/with l fhistle,, colors,' anid motto, Cuncta mea "inecuvu - A dea4enn|g oh^er t in the suburbs from whence crowds hurtted to r jth«j Bcenev Mr advanced and read a declaration of independence, .tftjlthotlghlvery.lbngi vwas patiently Hjstened,, w. Three more cheers were then given for the Sovereign-State of Otago, and Mr John Sibbald formally / proppsed Mr James Mag«[ andrew I ** <thfe' ¥i6MMt. This was ckryied i: i^y^cjdaa^twnp»^v^HpV»p«Bitioi»Tthi .% Mp-, J «ani l e^Qh>^p^i»rjblsf«ot should be e ected.: being hootedjiown, although only intruded aajt fJ J9ka> accepted the*office, ana briefly counselled organisation.- The rest of the nighlT.was, spent in arranging matters. v This mqrning r all was apparently quiet,' IBuVeveryj man - wuie a pieue-of green and white fibblon in his button-hole, and it was observable that all the public offices were served by volunteers in uniform, and armed, instead of by the usual officers. There was no violence done; but at the Customs each office'ras he arrived was swom-to the new <iovemment;^given the option of going abn|it"his, business. Headed by Mr Hackworth, : ii\ps!£ of the officers accepted the new things.,i At the. Telegraph Office a strong, guard' has been placed overate operkfor's,, ; apd,in order to gilvieittliiia for organisinlg'the' necessary defersive measures, no messages are allowed to be sent without approval. In this way, and by preventing, leaving,l it 1 is'thought 1 or'so'may be gained before the rest of the Colony becomes tware, of what has taken place here; but fortuk %£ !sX> your i4 e^vTSl'!l ? endin g down carrier pigeons was not "suspected, and" I am' thus . able to. you particulars of; this great, though happily, as yet, bloodless revolutionf /Captain Walesas appointed 1 I mander-in-chief ; Mr John Barnes, second in I command, and commissikry/ ' general. Judge Williams has been removed t from the Supreme Court Bench, and the ap- ; pointment .given to, Mr B. F. Main. ■ Mr -: Bathgate as Resident Magistrate and Djsrfj , is to be replaced by Mr Thomas t Birch. Mr Grant and John M'Laren are to ' be tried for treason. The police have all L been re-sworn and ev.-ry able-bodied man'lsJ [ being armed|and drilled ready to fight when . the time comes. AH'the public houses are open.free.to day, <iind the cost to the Handlords is to be a charge on the land fund. s The Presidentcia 'busy forming his Govern- '. ment Sentries have been placed over all . the r banks, and it is intended to amalgamate,•them all into a new State bank, foif the a managership of which there is already great ' competition. The new steam dredge j Vulcan is being heavily armed as aniron- : clad.".
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Evening Star, Issue 4274, 7 November 1876, Page 4
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