LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 716, 20 August 1870, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[prom oub ow*r correspondents.]

] - , pHKISTCHtJRCH, AugUßt 18; A meeting of unemployed was held yesterday afternoon in Cathedral square to receive the progress report of the^Cojm;mittee I ,' which stated, that ilO men had registered their names as unemployed. : Resolutions for the adoption of the report, faridi r also expressing sympatKy with, the ,mep, appointing a deputation to wait "on the • Provincial Government, were passed unanimously. .-. ■. • • The • deputation then' waited on* *the (frovepment, and were received by the : i)eputy-Superintendent, Provincial Secretary. , and .Provincial , Solicitor. They were informed that a survey party were now engaged laying out the Southern Railway line as rapidly as possible. . The, ftinda were ample to' carry the; line %d, Kaiapoi, but .probably the .necessary'arrangeinents could not be. made for. a month. The work would be let in small contracts,, the *contraGfcprtf to :< makethe necessary arrangements with: the workmen. It was further stated that the': Governriiettt would- n.bt send for morel labor when any large number of workmen were unemployed ; and that,in the mean- ; t^me, the Gpy.ernment would consult with the Mayor of Christchurch as to jtemporary employ mfefat fbr th6>et""Vrb.o' were idle; ' , ' ' "'.' '"' ' .;' . PujfEpm, Anguat 19. The^re are great complaints from the unemployed. The Provincial Government has been compelled to' offer them employment. An advertisement for road making and stone breaking has been in-; serted in the newspapers. . . Wellington, Aug. 19. In moving the third reading of the Public Works Bill Mr "Yogel congratulated ■the.' House on that stage being reached, and indicated the railway lines for which Government intended during the pre-. sent session to ask authority to' .construe!/ They were as follows , :— ' .v; x \ . 1 1. From Dunedin to Olutha, on a more economical scale than that proposed by the Provincial Government, and, if possible, by a 5% per clent. guarantee for thirty years, if not out of borrowed • ihoney. . • : , ■-. ': '2. Eleven miles from Timaru to Ter inuka, ,at not exceeding. Lsooo'per mile, the Provincial Government to contribute a portion. . • ' 3. From Selwyn to the Rakaia River, and from Christchuch to Rangiora. ;. 4. From Pictoa to Blenheim. , .-. 5. From Nelson to Cobden ; the first 24 miles by a guarantee, and the remainder in land. , 6. Auckland to Waikato, at a cost of; L 3500 per -mile, by a guarantee of 5| per cent, over 3s years. ' . ' . -. i The Bill passed without remark. 2 - The Government are going; to place- a sum of LI 3OO per year on the estimates as a subsidy to intercolonial steamers conveying the Suez mails., ... > .. : The amount set down for Volunteer Colonial prizes next year is to be L 2500, and all who like to pay their own passages to the place of 'contest are to be allowed to compete. '','.' . The Priblic Works and Immigration Loan Bill has been introduced. The Legislative Council's amendments in the Reciprocity Bill have been agreed Mr Kynnersley's motion in favor of completing the marine survey of the West Coast has been negatived by 29 to 19. The Government, iri compliance with Mr Kynnersley's motion, is going to .introduce a Bill tp enable adhesive stamps 'to be used in all cases of transfer of mining property. ... . , : >. MBLBOTTIINBi.AugUptI3. j After the arrival of the Rangitoto yesterday, the Government is3ued an announcement that no mails would be made up hore for the California route, in Consequence of the Njsw Zealand Gbvernment refusing to accept VictoriaVterms. This announcement causes general dissatisfaction, and will lead to correspondence being smuggled. :