DUNEDIN.

Grey River Argus, Issue 153, 5 January 1867, Page 2

DUNEDIN.

(KKOM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT,} , J December 2f>, 1866. 1j The Province Council having passed througli a. rather stormy week, and con-, eluded a considerable amount of business,, was prorogued on Thursday- night. Tim usual " slaughter of the iunocoiitsi,?^n th^**y sliaped of lapsed motions, &c., took placed i The resolutions on dredging the harbo£ were, after a very fair discussion, adopted; n and the Executive are authorised to take the necessary steps for the initiation of this much wanted piece of work. The-, grand scheme for promoting immigration to thoProvince fell through at the eleventh hour, after a cbiiple of hours' discussion with closed doors, during which some of ' the members are said to have let out at. each other in a grand way. The affair had got , as far as the appointment of an agent to proceed to Britain for the purpose, but who the party, was who, got tha majority of votes is not very weU^knpwn, ithough several names arenVentioned. This is the last session of the Council— dissolution follows immediately ; the election of : a new Superintendent' and Council has tv take place before April, when the new Couucil will meet. ■■ ' - The subject of leasing the Town Belt still occasions a good deal of talk! At a public meeting held at thePrinccss Theatra on Monday, resolutions were passed condemning the steps taken, and a committeo was appointed for looking after the matter generally. A meeting of the Bell Ward ratepayers was also, held, at which the* members for the; sVard,Messrs Birch and. Barnes; got a good heckling, Barnes particularly baing very severely treated. Rq 1 however, gave the meeting as good as ho. got, and tolcL thdin plainly that he did not care a dump for their hooting and howlingj he would stick to the Council through thi6k and thin. Meanwhile, the Council met yesterday, when a long report on tha subject was read over, detailing the stepa taken,, and showing that they had, acted strictly in accordance with what was light and best for the interests of the citizens. A heavy nor-easter blew on Thursday. ' which raised a nasty sea in the Bay, , and did a little damage to boats here ancVthere* It had also the effect of destroying, tha fruit in the gardens about town to a con- ' siderable extent. The worst of « it was v however, the loss of two lives «a% Port Chalmers. Two men, named I?aget. (late of the Criterion, Dunedin), and Thomson (well known at the Port), belonging to, the hulk William Hyde, had, been on shore, when the boat got damaged bybeating against the rocks, -duriiig ; theirabsence. They were assisted ;by'- somewatermen in getting her launched : -again and were seen to have nearly reached the hulk. But" in the morning the b'oal waa '% found on the beach very much damaged "M and the men are both misssng. It is sup- M posed that the boat -must have swamped lil and the men gone down at once, as no. .«l| cries were, heard. ; i The bodies are not yet ll gOt. '■■■ .; "■",. ■'■■.. ■-. '■'" /. ' ' f A meeting of the Water ' Worka : ConflS^ pany was;held: on. ,Thursday v^t ■^hich^^^ 1 ' 1 ! was agreed to, increase the capital of the*^ / Company by the amount- of 145,000, for \j the purpose of completing the works. It $ is, proposed, to issue debentures for; this ' sum. About five months yet aierequired to. finish the undertaking. At a'special meeting of the City fiouncil oi; Monday it was agreed to discontinue the Mayor's Court, in consequence of the/^} repeal of the 31st clause of the EmpoweiJJlB 10 mb Act, by which . all the fees and firita ' were diverted from the localto the' General . ' Government. : . '-.■ ', . ■ ' : , .-,'■'.■; ;. ! fv ; - The Escort tins week brings down 7516. ounces, -„..-'. ■ : •