LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Grey River Argus, Volume VI, Issue 411, 1 September 1868, Page 3

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

(fkom the chbistchuech papers.) Wellington, Aug. 27. Last night Mr -Haughton's motion for the reduction of the gold duty was negatived by 25 to 21. There was a long debate on the second reading of the Dunedin Waterworks Guarantee Bill. It was finally adjourned by 31 to 18. The Lowry Bay estate is to be sold. This afternoon Mr Reynolds moved the introduction of the Ballot Bill, which was carried by 28 to 23. Mr Hall being ill, the Budget is postponed from Friday to Tuesday. There is a soiree at the Scotch Church to-night, to welcome the Rev. Mr Patterson, and to present one hundred guineas to the Rev. Mr Hail, who has been supplying the ministry for the last twelve months, and who is now going to Hokitika. Aug. 28. The Inquiry Board have acquitted the officers and men of the Taranaki from blame, and find the loss of the steamer to be attributable to an unusually strong eddy. Mr Harry Buxton has been drowned in the Warehama river. The escaped prisoners, joined by other Natives, are building a pah close to the scene of the late engagement on the East Coast. Captain Frazer's force remains in the district in consequence. There wa3- nothing particular in the Assembly last night. To-day, an interesting debate took place on Mr Bell's motion recommending LISOO a year to be devoted to six English University scholarships for three years, two being competed for annually. The matter was adjourned, on Mr Fox's motion, until after the delivery of the Budget.