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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 337, 20 August 1875, Page 3

By Electric Telegraph

(From our own correspondent.)

: • ••••• • < 7-'Dunedra?d3iarsßay' Evening. • Judgment was reservedrin banco on the motion to dissolve the injunction ..in, th.e matter of the Heriot Hundreds. Only Stout and Larnach contest tlie Caversham election, which will be fought on the issue abolition or no abolition. The City Council unanimously resolved that: tlie:Abolition Biil should not be carried till the constituencies have an opportunity, of expressing their : opinions tliereon. ' ■ r.,.;!.-, The, Eire .Brigade have resolved to-ad-here to 'its determination tb'resign 1 . ' The proposed Harbor 1 improvements will cost £611,542. •AUCKLAND. l _ Jacob Jones, employed on: the ballasttrain of the Auckland- and Mercer railwaywas ki lied ■ von : :• the , line. ;v . -He •iwa.s seated on the ballast trucks The train was coming down an-incline from the gravel pits when • he; fell/'of ;the .truck, the wheels passing over his; bccly- -laid bare ;his heart, crushed his head, and scattered ihis brains about.,, ...-, ... : - The Allumbagh, a ship 'from ,■ London, reports passing an iron ship dismasted and deserted in latitude 26.29 south, longitude 31.18 east. She passed- close enough to see that .fire had caused the abandonment, but the stern was top much charred to read the name. Per Qtago afc.llokii.ika-": —T, , ...LOXl)03S T . At "the Ministerial dinner at the Man-, sioa House Disraeli said he was confident; of the maintenance of peace.TheVforeign policy was conducted with prudence and. firmness. j-. r ." >■' -3 ; A'i'-cablegram' to jthe- Press Agency, dated "London, .August 7th, ; r say s-ithatiat; a "meeting of the Emigrants'-'and Colo-;, hists'vAid Corporation, Sir Janfes -Fergus--, soil-and the' Hon. William Eos strongly' recommended New Zealand as: an.: excel-J lent field for emigration. ' 1— The.manufacture of the New Zealand" cable , is entrusted to the Telegraph "Construction and Maintenance Company. The O'Connell banquet at Dublin? was* abruptly closed, owing to ~ dissension' caused by HomeEulers. •; ; . ' ; Catholic demonstrations were .held in ; England and Scotland, and a riot in Glasgow between the Orangemen and' Home iiulers. • • : . . - v" ' ; X'ARIS. ■" The Assembly has adjourned .to-No-vember. " -■'* r - : ■: >- ; '' * . ' MELEOTTBNE. . J - = _ < • .. August 11th. - The Berry Ministry, with La Peer (French) as Attorney-.General (outside the House], were, sworn in, and JParliaiiient adjourned to .September, for elections. .. .... Fitty-eight acceptances have been made for the Melbourne Cup. Castaway -and.. Calumny have accepted, but Lurline and Templeton'are amongst non-acceptors, c-

THE AEOLITIujST DEBATE.

In the Assembly, on Tuesday, tlie Abolition debate was resumed by» Eolleston, who pointed out what Provincial Government had already done for public works and education, aud to many social benefits resulting from local government, and contended that the Abolition Bill was op-

posed to all the true principles of Con'' stitutional Government. Bowen concluded a capital speecli by saying that only two courses were open to the Government —either to carry out Abolition, and earn the gratitude of the "country, or to return to obscurity with tlie ignominy that accompanies cowardice. Murray opposed the Bill, casting a great many imputations on the Government. ! ■ • Ballance made a splendid maiden speech in defence of the measure. "Webb supported the second reading, after which the debate was adjourned till Wednesday, when Ueid said that it appeared to him that the real aim-of the , Government was to get the land fund of the Colony, into their .hands. ... . V .. Sir Cracroft Wilson, the head, of the Canterbury Executive, supported the Bill on disinterested ground. Was convinced of the, evil of Provincialism years ago, and tried unsuccessfully to stop it. Cufchbertson would support the BUI and the Government in carrying the Bill -through: this session. " r ; = Steward supported'tbe Bill. ; , Von der Heyde deprecated .the Government interfering with so sacred a thing as the Constitution .without, the. unmistakeable sanction of the people. M'Gillivray supported the Bill, and the House : then'adjourned.' ! ~ DTOEDIN SHARE REPOE.I?. ' • ' '•: EAT EST QUOTATIONS. " Mr. Frederick H. Evans reports for the week ending to-day : — : : Saitjs.—Colonial Bank. 26a ; National Bank, Vis ; iSational Insurance, 25s 6d; Standard Insurance, 16s 3d. ' * ;r SelliEKS.—Colonial Bank, 26s 6d ; National Bank, 725; National Insurance, 25s 6d ; (Standard Insurance, 17s 6d. Buyers.—Colonial Bank, 265; National Bank, 70s j National Insurance, 25s ; Standard Insurance, 16s 6d; South British, 45s < Shotovcrs, 2s 6d.