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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 295, 24 October 1874, Page 3

By Electric Telegraph.

■ (From oar own correspondent.)

Punedin, Thurslav "Evpnina

Wales addressed, his constituents 'last , night. The meeting was poorly attended: There were only seventy prest-nt. The only features of the address were his-emphatic declarations in favor of protection, and the abolition of thu whole of the Provinces, provided that the'land fund was not absorbed. AUCKLAND.' ' A fire this -morning destroyed four shops an I one hotel m Wakefield -street,' The loss, is not known. The insurance on three" amounts to £ISOO. After being locked.up all night, the jury ,in the 'Star' libel ease 'were discharged without a Verdict—eight being for "notguilty," and four for ',' irnilty." ' - At a meeting of the Bank" of New Zealand, the report'showed a nott profit of £45,703; the balance from last year being £13,212, a dividend of ten per c< nt. was declared, and a bimi3 of five p=r cent.—a balanse being carried forward of £13,916. ;sir George Grey petitions the Governor to c*ll P.irlhmsnt together ifivnediitely. 'The burden of the argument is that the Assembly dues n fc represent the people; that. Provincial Councils and Superintendents do; theref re it will be dangerous to the libertie. at ~-tbtrp««.pie if a superior legi-li* ure were permitted to niter the statutes affecting ttie cha-_ rjicter and functions of the inferior ; a«ks that nil correspondence cunne ted with inducing | Parliament, to alter the Constitution be l.ii I bifore Parliament without d«I;;y, otherwise, it will be im|'Ossiblf to prevent Parliament from taking steps which afterwards will be re-~ gretted; belie~es there is no instance, except bv tyranny or revolution, of ■ freely-elected legislatures being swept awav without the consent of each of such legislatures, and to do so in" this instance wo dd be to break faith, and be a bad public example to the whole Empire; he hoped that his tSxcelLney would prevent the momentous consequences of this step'by summoning the Assembly with the least possible delay, in orderto represent, a3 was necessary, all inhabiting the Colony; that a petition be sent'to-hcr Majesty, to b.-I'iirt-before the Imperial Parliament; Lliat hi* Excellency immediately send a _.lelegrap".i: message to her M. jest j's Gov riimeiu. pout' i \<i out that at present-there is no one consiitui tonally, in pint of law, qualified to negoti- i ate the aholitimvof Provincial mslitutiot s ; and ,"• therefore, to do'Bo, w<>i>ld be a violation of the rights and liberties of the people, and would be a great public error, as there are"' proper and constitutional means of settling the whole question. . Hobinson has been appointed District Land" Officer for .Naseby. - ""