INTERPROVINCIAL.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 1054, 13 November 1877, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[PEE PRESS AGENCY.] The Political Situation. Dtwbdin, November 13. A public meeting, attended by 300 people, was held in the Temperance Hall last night, to consider the political situation. The following resolutions were carried : —l. " That, in the opinion of this meeting, it is highly desirable, in the interests of the colony, that the Government now in office should be allowed fair time and opportunity to investigate the state of tho public finances, public works, and Native affairs, and that the conduct of the late Ministry and their followers, in endeavouring to prevent this, is highly obstructive and reprehensible." 2. " That, as parties in tho General Assembly are so equally balanced that neither side of the House have a working majority, an immediate dissolution of the Assembly is absolutely necessary." 3. " That a memorial to bis Excellency tbe Governor be prepared and signed asking him to dissolve the present Assembly with the view of giving the constituents throughout the country an opportunity of expressing their views upon the present state of public affairs." It was further resolved that copies of the foregoing resolutions should be forwarded to the Colonial Secretary and each member of the Legislative Council and House of Representatives. The half-yearly meeting of tho National Insurance Company was held yesterday evening, when the report and balance-sheet were adopted.