By Electric Telegraph
(From our own correspondent.) ♦ — : Dunedin, Thursday Evening. In the Council,. Waterhouse in moving the motion of which, he had given notice;- regret-ting-the increase-in the indebtedness of the" Colony, was very, moderate in his languageand said that when, four years ag ?, the Public Works Policy was initiated,-Vogel said that £8,500,000 would be spent over ten years, or, including immigration, £9,500,000, which, however, was to he reduced by the sale of 3,500,000 acres. But Vogel had authorised the expenditure of £9,816,00 J in seven years only, and lie would have only 1000 miles of railway toshow for it. This sum would mate a total indebtedness of the Colony of over £17,000,000, Pollen said that if he were to follow Waterhouse through his argument he would- be obliged to disclose the financial" polioy of the Government, which would be more .properly done in the other House in a day or two. He moved the previ ms question, which was carried. - - " : -.
On the motion of Richmond the call of the Council was fixed for July 30. In the House, the Regulation of Mines Bill was read a second time, and the third reading fixed for Tuesday first. The body of a woman wasfound this morning in Silverstream, close to the bank. The mayoral election is causing considerable interest. -. A number of single girls bave~been engaged from the'barracks at from £25 to £3O a-year. One ploughman at £52. Single ploughmen enquired for, but none to'be had. The arrival of the Fussex, with close on 500 souls on board, put the Immigration authorities in a fix, as the accommodation'provided in the barracks, was more than occupied by those who arrived in the three Home ships jon Monday. Over .1500 have been landed here this week, being the largest ■ number yet poured into any port of the Colony in a similar time. Seventy or eighty will be sent to Milton. It is impossible to say how the rest will be distributed, as they cannot be quartered in the Barracks.
Complaints are being made that the Government are pouring them in too fast. . •
Communication, by telegraph; .with the North has been interrupted.
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 280, 18 July 1874, Page 3
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357By Electric Telegraph Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 280, 18 July 1874, Page 3
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