DUNEDIN.

Grey River Argus, Volume X, Issue 768, 20 December 1870, Page 2

DUNEDIN.

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'<■ J J. hi T •";■ ;i .i December iQ. After, sitting other three days, >wfiich were 'srjefctinostiy- in' -talk/ -th& r Provincial .Council was prorogued ob Wednesday by His fionbt the Snpgrlntendeiity iii' : 'a sliort speech, in which le recapitulated tiie work done during ;the sesaipnj;^n.tiniated the' Bills wtich r he . reserved * for the .Governors, assent, and those .he assented ( ,to , .himself, and then, proceeded to.r^ad the Coaribil a lecture^ on tne differences that existed 1 between' himself and ''his Executive,/ as well -as the; Council, on various, mattera. '[■ His, Hono^ expressed himselC "in favor,, of \ retrencament by amalgamating offices ratlier 1 thWby re.diicing salaries,? and. that the, office, of Superintendent" should be mofe intimately connected with the Council than hitherto, . >soi that direct Gontrol )of/;aE ;thS dbp^rtments should proceed frtfm him, hej%elng directly responsible to the public-as the custodian; of tiieir interesta.'. "JieJ K s&so pointed put . that by a<pt(ojn; ; qf Gouncil in regard to the land, tiiereyenue had so faUen off that ; iij Very/lijkely the subsidies to JRo^dßoarda, aB an,ai4 to public works > generally,, ■ .would " be altogether stopped during the -coming T Ps!\ : The differences between-.hisi^onor and the iExecutive had, almost brought the affairs of the Province to a complete deadlock.,. With a yjew : tQ^mitigate ia some measure ;the«vil» of tho position, his Honor- proposes to xefer the decision of the question to the; people themselves, ahd in vie^ of ibis bbjectfte propdßes to apply for an immediate dissqlutioh; :i '- : The political event of tiieweekyKdwever, hasibeentiiie-Tisit.of the Hon. Mr Yogel. That gentleman arrived at Port Chalmers on Monday, and wa6 receiVed by the, Port people in their usual.erfihusias'tic: style- a turn out of "the- VolunteerSj .firing : a salute,' and ■■-■& lutiqheon. Since his arrival he has been engaged in various departments of ; public brisiriess, and on Thursday arraugements -i for ; his addressing a "public meeting •"was made. It came off in the Princess Theati?© at nklfpast nine, and of al| the public meetings that ever took place in Dun^dih this one must occupy first place for rowdyism and

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( general disturbance. The theatre was ' ,cijp^e4 I|o suffocation, arid immediately ]^c proceedings commenced, a$ if by a ■\ preconcerted arrangement, there rose an uproar which is totally without a paralleL Ones, ' ahputs, groans, , hisses, and every conceivable sort of noise - were uttered or made; ; There was: a - difficulty about; the chair, which waa filled by the Mayor (Mr Fish); who also < came in^for his share of abuse. Th^ iuimita.ble ! :Grant turned up, ; dnd did Ibis " \k&t t6;tQake" confusion worse cdnT founded," and after he tejired exhausted, the chorus was kept agoing with tfemendo.us yigor by the , audieipce. It wras a long time before Mv Vbgei c'ouldj ge^a word said so as to be heard^^ and ieobre . alt iki, :clamor very patiently. ' Then Mr. ; gpfc ( up and Ranted to be heard^ : • bujt the: meeting would not hear him eititjier^ and so the ball went on till, I suppose, the audience got fairly tired out, i and Mr Yogel was allowed- to speak for some time in comparative quiet. But so much time had been lost, that the limited allowance i was nearly run- out, and the hdnt' gentleman could only make a rapid sketch of what.he : had to say. Theteleg^ijift 1 witt : hate" furnishea jdu ere this witfe a digest of his speech, so I ne^d not repapituiate lib j ; but the>hole iffair was most discreditable to the citizens of Dun*- . edin. '.'".'.:' .'." •'..■ '..'• ' ; ,:,„• ' The quarterly licensing meeting of Jus^tices was held on Tuesday in the Resident _ : Magistrate's Court. The Bench seems determined to discourage all applications for new licenses, as several were refused, and iv some cases of renewal, the parties were cautioned against the slightest breach of the regulations. About the average number of renewals and transfers T^ere granted. The Otago Rifle Association Prize Matches commenced yesterday morning, . afc'ttoe new range, Anderson's Bay. The 5 weather wasvecybad for rifle shooting, . and ; rather .low scores were made. . The • Mayor's Ciip was won by Sergeant Brown, °of East Taieri, with a score of 49; Na"Hional Association's silver medal was won by Corporal M'Kenzie, of Waikari^ with a score of 44. The otner matches will be finished in the course of to-day. ioi fjjhfj lately imported road steamer was put to a' very severe trial on Wednesday afternoon, in presence of his Honor the Superajteiideivt, the, Hon. the Colonial Treasui-er, nieiribers of the Executive and Piteyincial Councils, Mr J. T. Thomson, Chief Surveyor, the City Cpuucil, and a number of merchants and others interested. The machine was made to haul on the reclaimed ground a train of seven waggons^, whioh. it did easily. It was then run about on various sorts of ground, muddy aud ; stony; made to turn round and round in a narrow circle, at various ; rajtea ; of, speed ; - and was then driven right up" to the top of High street, rising about 250: feet in about a third of a mile. All this was performed very successfully, prbVing-beyond doubt that it is capable of being used on roads of any sort. ■- , t )jTiie;gQld espqrt. for last month was brought down on Tuesday. It amounted to 16,07.4bz.; . The weather has been very unsettled all ;W£ekj and-argood deal of rain has fallen. The farmers are very jubilant. :;