SUPPLEMENTARY TELEGRAMS

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 364, 25 February 1876, Page 3

SUPPLEMENTARY TELEGRAMS

(Froto our own correspondent.) [The folioitiintf appeared in vur issue qf Saturday last: —J v Dunedin, Friday, 8 p. m.THfe VOGEL BANQUET. THE GOVEKN'MK-VT I'OLICV. The banquet to ■sir Julius Vog°l las* bight was a great success—3so persons were jjresenf, and number unable to obtain admittance; The Major, who presided, was supported on eithet l hand by Ministers and the City Members: Vogel made a Jong speech, inferring to the loan, he said it was a great satisfaction to know that at Home it was a. treat- * uccesßRe regretted gr»atly the attacks made last session on the Native M blister, to whose tact, prudence, and discretion, the Colony owed so much. Touching Abolition : The struggle betweeti the Provincial and General Govern-

ments was inevitable; and the longer its determination was delayed the more the country suffered. He admitted that originally it was only intended to abolish the North Island Provinces; but the Provincial Govern-. i ments themselves made it necessary to < do away with oil the P- o iuces by reason of their anxiety to borrow while the Colony was executing Provincial works. Financial questions alone made Abolition im- ; perative. The debate was a credit to the Colony and the Eegislature. He did not complain of the stand made, but regretted the subsequent action of the Opposition, which was calculated to defeat its own end& ■ The separation cry was unwise, and the cry '■■ of upsetting the Compact of 1856 was merely another attempt to create a division.. Abolition \vas not unmixed good, but it meant a greSt wrench to our institutions. He regretted that party feeling had survived the determination to abolish the Provinces. Never wad there a time more opportune. There were able men on all sides to aid in determining the various points likely to arise in providing a substitute for Provincial Governments. Work must be done tentatively. Hp did not disguise that there were great difficulties in providing a substitute for all the machinery of Provincial Government. The Government were not unmindful of the great responsibilities of dealing with the land. He hoped that moderate mea would see their way to forego personal feelings and join in work. For himself he would endeavor all he could to heal the differences proceeding more from personal disseution than from differences of opinion. At the conclusion of his speech he resumed his seat ainid deafening cheers.

Tommy Dodd won the principal eveiifc a* the Timaru race meeting. A Iveison telegram says the landing of the cable was successfully completed yesterday. * St. Bathans, Friday. The examination of the National School was made yesterday by Mr. Petrie, Government Inspector. He expressed himself highly pleased with the state of proficiency to which the pupils have been broughb by their teacher, Mrs. Yorston. He proceeded to Cambrian to examine the school there. The sale of the Montezuma Hotel took place yesterday, the price realised being £220. The bedding, furniture, &c, brought about £7O. Mr. Haughton, Under-Secretary for Goldfields, was here to-day, in connection with the contemplated changes in that department. In company with Mr. Ewing he visited tha various claims, main channel, &c.