DUNEDIN.

Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 692, 25 June 1870, Page 2

DUNEDIN.

■ (FROM OTTB OWN iCORRKSpONDBfTJ) The Provincial Council has been m . session all theweeky and some rertjr hot and exciting discussion has taken place on various subjects. The BUI for rearranging the i-epresentati6'n''has been passed, after a great fight, during which the country members strove hud to reduce the number of city members,, but withont success. The loan of L6#0,000 for public . works was also a great bone of contwuram ; but it has not been carried, and his Honor is to press the matter.! forward m the General Assembly. Railway questions have? ttjrned up several %ime§7Wll is hard to say what, the result will be. There seems to be a • want m the way this important matterJbas been treated that I am afraid 'this' year won't see the beginning of any -of the proposed Jines. At the ' commencement of the diacjgsiion on the Estiowtesy ;#ben; (the various votes were before the House, the country members went heavily ra for a redaction on all salaries, and knocked LSO here and LIOO there, and soon ; bntafWrWardt, by some strange incon^foTLCfoMpA ot them v,oted for a return of the figures ta their original amount. A gre^t amoujit oi Jstis* celhvnedus business has been complied this week, bat another day or two will yet be necessary to finish ofty as there are some important items yet on the Qrder Paper. Those of the councUlorswho ar^fnembers of the,.. Assembly wjul have to je»ve on Tuesday or Wednesday, wnidfcver day the Northern steamer leaves. :: . < >The coming election for&e?fnay6r|lty is already causing some stir. Yesmlay evening, Mr W. H. RcynpJdß, M.H.R. , addressed a crowded meeting of the rate* payers m the Princess Theatre, on the ■ subject of his candidature. ■ ~:f& Reynolds did not make much, of a speech, but he was pretty well teased by a -numerous relative to municipal matters of mo/a^or less importance. All of these Mr Reynolds answered satisfartorijy. , There wu fcgood deal of fun now and f toil, but the meeting was very orderly J Th^/ questioning w*» brought to a close by a motion being proposed thatMrßeynold»waifit and proper, &c., and on this being seconded, a coun-ter-motion was ' immediately moved 'and seconded. After some discussion, the amendment that Mr ]%nold« wa. W a fit and proper, &c.. was carried by a large majority ; TratMr Reynolds Will persevere notwithstanding this. Mr J. Qriffen has announced himself as a candidate, and his address to the ratepayers will appear ii the course of .a jtew days. . ;// At a meeting of the Education Board, held on Thursday, Miss Burns was appointed LadY Principal of *the proposed High School io? Girls, and Miss A. M'Dougall ' was appointed Governess. The forme/ has been Principal of a similar establishment at Geelong ;'; the latter is from jbheTFree jChurch Trailing EitaMwhl mentin Edinburgh. Both have veryinKh testimonUls. ; Owing; to the alterationsin the building not being completed, it is not likely tha new johool wiC be ope Wed for some months. ■-' T^ie annuai.moeting of the Atdimatisation Society was held 'this week. A detailed report of then* doings' for the nut fifteen 1 months was reacf, ftom whicß it will be seen that, the society has Been very successful* m introducing various birds, &cj, to the Prorince' ar#eff 4» ? * huge miniber of new forest trees, Ac, Another ddnsignment of birds and animals will Bopn.be on theit.way from London. , Spiritaalism, or spiritism^ is cropping above the surface here. It nude its'firet pnblic appearance on Tuesday, ; when a prof.e>wd believer iji^the sofe^B« or whatever it m^y be o»Ue«l, deliveiW a lecture on the mattor. There was very little m the lecture or the lecturer either, for that, matter, for it was little 'more than a run or series oi extract* from writers on, the ajibje^t^; with some details from the lecturer's private diary. There are very few believers m spiritualism m Dunedn, but there are stances held periodicalyin certain quarters, rat which ihaVemrd that some rare manifestations have taken place. If this sort of thing is going to spread, it is high time that Mr Superin* tendent Carttfs proposal to, o'rj{aQis« huge lunatic' asylum Were set ftbo\iv '%t will soon be needed, , ■ „ f We haVe had some very severe weatKer, a great deal of wind and a. gre^t cleat of rain. The fore end Of the wfeeic^was characterised by a heavy blow from the North-east, Which raised a high sea on to* «om\ all ooas^J traffic for «em m*. /The weatSer naarL^een all day. Rain fell very heavily on fjß«i two days, and a flood waa feated, as the ground is fairly saturated- with moisture. I am glad to say this morning looks brighter, and there is a probabflity of there bemg some sunshine. : The Provuicial Council wound up its labors on Monday. When the ot|le business remaining was' disposed ot .»e

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