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■ ■■ ■ . !♦ .. . .-. . (FiROM OtTR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.) Nelson, July 1. A prisoner named M'Pherson, who was undergoing a ten .years' sentence for a sticking-up case in the Buller district, escaped from the gaol here on Wednesday. , ... ■ A reward of £50 has been offered by the' Government for his arrest, but^his whereabouts have not yet been- ascertained: '■'■'■ ' ; •'. . \; ■■■ \ "j.i-. ' : ■■ , Mr W. 0. Hodgson and Dr Giles, have . been appointed a Commission to visit the Grey District, in re the Annexation Movement. Dunedin, July 1. The Otago Daily Times does not think that . condemnation of the Government proposals, contained in the Budget, will meet with approval in the present temper of the Colony, and counsels opposition, but hot to push the Government into a corner, for if they go to the country they would be sure to carry their point. The Star approves of the proposals, but condemns the protective tariff, and blames the Government for electing to, bring 1 down proposals for the settlement of the : relations between the two Islands. ! There was a great flood in the Molyneux ". on Saturday ; there was much destruction : of property, and one life was lost. 1 Mr A. C. Strode, R.M., is a passenger ; per Rangitoto, : and proceeds to Hokitika to investigate the charges against Judge ! Clark. ; ; Wellington, June 30. , Th.9 debate on the Financial Policy 1 commences on Tuesday next. Govern- i ment ' announced that whatever may be j the result of the proposals, the Governor -\ Will nolt be advised to dissolve until the I questions of redistribution and represen- 1 tation are fully discussed. f Julyl. I Mr M'Gillivray's motion, " That the a Imperial Government has failed in itsduty to the Colony," was moved in an B excellent speech last night. A brief dis- a cussion followed,, and the debate was r adjourned. It is likely to prove an t; iriteresting one. ' ' ' 1 It is rumored that the Auckland members are forming a separate party in ultraopposition to ..the financial proposals of 7 the Go.venmie,nt,
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Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 695, 2 July 1870, Page 2
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