LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 1154, 10 June 1880, Page 3

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

- ; • --‘i ! ;■ •' {sftto&b; *6 : KUMARA TIMES,] ... .T^-r. IbOCAL AND. GBtfa&Al, PARLIAi , .- MENTARir . NEWS. ; . WifcfcLiN'GTON, June 9. If th’e Government proposals relative lo the abolition tjfSUbsidies be carried,, boroughswo'uld'be unfavorably, affected, thereby County of Westland subsidy would amount to £l9od, which would be equally beneficial also to the Grey County. ‘ The local -bodies* generally Will bo able to arrange financial matters. . .. Mr Seddon differs With the Government ire'Cxemptidn of personal property, hut supports a beer tax only as a means Wf raising ah independent revenue. Under the. new licensing law, publicans are, as usual, legislated- for as a Criminal class, Every restriction being imposed upon them, while illicit sellerfe {under the present BUI) may carry oh with impunity* Mr Seddcu forcibly this but, ahd ftadd he would Support the Government in doing away with bottle licenses and introducing a local option principle. Tenders have been accepted for the hew approach road to the Teretaakait bridge. The sludge-channel tenders “Were above the provision made bn the Estimates, but the Minister of PublicWorks has promised to reconsider the matter, and tenders may be accepted iu the course of a few days. The Court at Stafford Town is to be continued, and a building bas been authorised to be bought and fitted uj& The question of Hnngerford bridge Is agreed to be reconsidered by the Cabinet. With regard to the track to the Christchurch - road, the Minister of Lands asks that it may stand Over for the presen t. Parties are evenly balanced in the tlousei and warm work is expected. »5o far there has only been skirmishing. The Kdfriai'a Education Reserve Act is in force. . . .i ■!> jri LIFTING OF THE KUMARA EDUCATION RESERVE. THE ACT NOW IN FORCE. -Wellington* June 10. : The Kumara Education Reserve Act is gatetted tp be ip force on and after the Ist day of June, 1880'.' The Government has also Communicated , with, the Commissioners fixing same regulation And fees as prescribed by the Goldfields Actandßegulationa. ■- ■. •; * r : ■■ jTWfTED PRESS ASSOCIATION.] . > •- Oamaru, June 7. who was injured by tbe accjdent on Saturday, has Ayge > inquest ori tbe .body of .the taan jriiq tyfes.killed on the .Ngapara Bailey line it was found that he was the. influence of liquor, and a verdict..qf.“ Accidental Death”. Was rejV. ' Christchurch, June 8. At,a, public meeting at Newmarket, fee Property Tax as-iniquitous and unJttht ip its Rnd; urging its repeat.., ~ • Mr.jPemjberton, who cut his throat this lies, in a critical condition. Drs. Purchase and Torrens Stitched up the wound. The .cause of the act is Stated to be domestic trouble, his wife having left him, and taken the younger children, and gone South. Wellington, June 8. A message has been received by bis Excellency from the Secretaay for the Colonies cottvfeying the information that Her Majesty the Queen has graciously been pleased to Confer on George Maurice O’Borke the honor of knighthood. A mao named Con Croft, a well known bellman, was killed this aftertooon by a runaway horse.