TELEGRAPHIC.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 1056, 15 November 1877, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

INTERPROVINOIAL.

[PER PRESS AGENCY.]

Fatal Accident near Kumara.

The Political Situation. Nelson, November 15,

A largely-attended public meeting was held in the Provincial Hall last night, to consider the present political situation. The Mayor occupied the chair. The following resolutions were carried almost unanimously :—“ That, in the opinion of this meeting, the interests both of the colony and the district would be best served by Parliament giving Sir George Grey a fair trial.” “ That, in the opinion of this meeting, in the present disorganised state of the House of Representatives, owing to the parties being so evenly balanced, an appeal to the people is the only satisfactory and constitutional course.” Copies of the resolutions are to be forwarded to the city representatives and Sir George Grey. The following words were moved as an addition to the first resolution, “so that the charge made against the Government may be proved or disproved this season.” This was rejected, only six supporting it. Kumara, November 15.

A fatal accident occurred, in a claim behind the prospectors’, at Westbrook, through the fall of earth in a drive. Two men, McMahon and Lawrence, were killed. Their bodies are not yet recovered. Miners are working in relays getting them out. Dunedin, November 15.

The Waste Lands Board is determined to enforce the conditions with regard to personal occupation in connection with settlement under the deferred payment system. Further experiments have been made in Dunedin with dynamite, the result showing that it is cheaper than ordinary blasting powder. The Anglican Synccl of this diocese has expressed a wish that Bishop Neville should attend the Pan-Anglican Synod.