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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 339, 3 September 1875, Page 3

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(From our own correspondent.) ■•.■.-... ♦- _,.-..-- Dunedin, Thursday Evening. The Clutha Railway was opened to Balcliitha yesterday. The first train left'Dunedin at >lo.iO a.m:, and arrived at the terminus (52 miles), including stoppages amounting to an hour, at 1.20 p.m. The train carried 400 passengers. There was not a single Jbiteh. ..Great -enthusiasm was-shown, all along the line. .All.the.TojkomairirQ townsfolk turned oiitr Blair, in responding.to a toast of "The Engineers'" at the lunch, said that the line-.was perfectly well able to carrythe. requisite traffic for a considerable tiflieV Tb-daywas observed as a close holiday. 200 personsitravelieif-by 4he~ first-tramr-' -'■'"■ -~ : . The public meeting-otf Tuesday protested against abolition without an appeal-to |ke ; country,-and de6lareii"against'the conduct of Dunedin members voting witliout asktt'gtTie: views of ..their, constituents. • The DunedinVPresbytery,-by nine to five, adopted th* overture approving of the,use of: iustrum«ntal music-in'churches. : "'""' WELLINGTON. ! '" : " The' Tribune' says thereis not the -least foundation for the statement, industriously circulated that the Government intend to abandon;the Local Government Bill. . They will first push, on the Abolition Bill; and thereafter proceed with the other. If the sjcond Bill does not become law this-session as well as the first one it will riot be from any wish of the Government to that effect, but will arise wholly either from the Opposition insisting upon a waste of the public tim.j, or from the apathy of the House. It is well that the situation should be realised and understood thus early. ..,. ■■. ; ' it- —— ■ ■ ST.. BATHANS. Thursday Evening: ; , . Aime'etihgof theSt: Bathans Water Works Company was;held.-.last.evening/- ; " Mr. William M'Comiochie was.in.the chair.VThe, (Uhairman stated that he had;called an.extraordinary meeting in compliance wfth a 1 requisition received from a number- of; the shareholders. ' He said that the shareholders were dissatisfied with, the dawdling manner in which the Company's works had up to lately been carried on. In Dunedin the St. Bathans Water Works Svere a laughing-stock, tie (the Chairman) was sorry for it, because it cast a cloak of, disgrace and suspicion over the.district, and when they wished in the future to launch forth into any public enterprise they would meet with poor encouragement. It was their_duty to try and restore public confidence in the St. Bathans Water Works Company, and he thought it would be wise to register it under the Joint Stock Companies Act. He was glad to be able to inform them that the water had been laid on that day, and that everything worked well. He was satisfied it would turn out a successful commercial speculation, and'a considerable boon to the people of St. Bathans, , ;It was unanimously resolved to register/ .the Company-as a; Limited liability. Company under the Joint .iftpc.k-.Companies Act, and .'Mr. -Buoriy was' requested to assist the dir rectorsin getting"the-Company registered:: '

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SI.! P PI , KM hNTA KY T BLEt+K A Ms. - .\JThe .following appeared in- oifcy■ ijiriie of 'Sa.lvtrd.Mj *"?*£.•—}..•• ■ " '." ..-.:.-•--i'-. ■--■'.■",y T ~ -3|v: "h -Iftined'ih, Fridav, 8 p.m. :q\.hi re the abolitioii-quest, ioil isconvenedfor Tuesday. .-, The Albion is"at the 8-uff «ith .the En* glish mail. --'-'■ loj<d«x. The -wooTsiuea are opened.'' The arrivals .ainbimt to 298J000 bales.- •Upwards cf S.GOU hales have been 'offered. The prices, as compared with the last series, show a slight decline; - - - JIKIBOtTRNE. .. The nominations-are orei*. All the Ministers are elected. - The Macgregor has arrived at Sydney. "THJ£ ABOLITION DEBATE. Last night.-Williams resumed the abolition uebate, as an uiicouiproujising supporter of tb'eßill. . Swanson would opposa the Bill at eTery stage. .' Ormond spoke heartily in favor of'the measure, iu.an effective speech. -Harrison wante"d=un appeal to thebut would support the seiond-reading.' Beynolds announced thatthe Government' ■would undoubtedly -press the measure through this, session. They hail no intention of applying abolition'-to.both, islands until they had .ascertained during the recess the equities pf.the .case and .-the feeling of the country demanded'fiat they should do so. -At yesterday's sitting Johnstone announced that he would support the Bill. -Bradshaw-.said he would vote for tho second reading, and would emie-uverts aid the Bill in Committee, but .would oppose the third reading. •He regretted that l»rger power* ■were-now_thr&wu,on Provincial'' Governments than was contemplated by the Constitution Act. He would recommend that more lime should be taken, so th:it after mature deliberation a measure might bo framed.-Wliicii ..woul.l give satisfaction, to .every-, one, because such a thing ought to be possible. ..There" could be oniy one result if the present* mea--_._ sure was carri -d —that was separation of the two islands. . ~.. Ormond was particularly/scathing incisive in criticising the former utterances of Sir George Grey- and Reader Wood. He reviewed Swanson's .speech and those o,Ls.eyeral of the Opposition speakers to showHhjat the Auckland-Goyeiiament had failed in its duties lameHtabtyJ.J: ; -&rey,-'"be said, had spoken about law-breakers. He CouJd;cite fifty cases to show that the hon. gentleman had been the greatest ever saw. Speaking-of the- increase- .of!! taxation, he hoped the Government would cut away tholast piece of. ground. froai-und3* -the Opposition; and declare their intentim of bringing 1 dowd; a .measure-1;6 ccimpgl-pf opertyto- coniribu be' to therevenueK of the' Colony -a? fair share of taxation",, -which.it wasnotnow doing. Would vote;for the Bill if it.had only clauses abolishing the Provinces after a certain date> as being the first step towards nierginglocal differences in a general struggle for the "national good, (Prolonged- applause.) Reynolds said that the Government woul«*~ undoubtedly press'it .through during the session, and argued that the Bi 1 was more libdlal to: the.Provinceii ;han their owatv.Government's, and stated that all their lands aud.~endowmests would be-seeured to thcia.