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' (From our own correspondent.), August 9thj : 1876. i yA friend at Court is ioften of great as-: sistanco to a suitor,'arid'thi s''has pretty exemplified in a case specially applying .to this heighborhbod. At last session of . t he Assembly £IOO was voted .for. • thp bui|ding .'.of.the., Court, House at Hyde, Tljiei .Colonial was repeatedly ,written to respecting the ex-' penditu.re of this sum.in jtheway required, by a public, body , known as the Progress Committee; but, notwithstanding the •exigency-of the case, and the respectfulness ot the manner in which the communications were couched, they received no attention from Governmental centrals ism located in the City of the Winds. But such treatment of a ma,tter involving business pfpubliccobsequeijcewas deemed to be .unfair, as, well as uncourteousi It Was therefore thouglit.proper to coin-! niunicate with Mr. de Lautour, and,' request him to move in tho matter. He promptly acted as'asked, as, will be seen in the appended extract from ' Hansard.' IW'PB COURT HOUSE . Mr. do Lautour asked the Minister for Public Work*/ If any correspondence, has been received from residents at Hyde in reference to the expenditure of a vote of £l5O for a Court House, sanctioned last session ; and. if it is the intention of the Gl dverniiient to proceed with 'the erection of the said Court' House ? Last year, he bfelieved, a nmall vote'was placed on'the estimates for a Court House at' Hyde, but it had not been expended. ' The ' l'esidtnts' at Hyde clid not like the Resident M agistrate's Court to be held in a public-house. it v/as qui ic true that public-house was one of the best, in the interior goldficlvls, but at'the same time it was not suitable as a Court Jiouse. He believed had corresponded with the Govcrnirient on the subject, bui 'they

had hot been favored with any reply in the matter. Therefore he placed the question on the paper. - • ■ Air. Richardson, in reply, stated that some correspondence on this subject had been received by the" Government from a Committee) apparently known in the niu-. nicipality 'as J tho "Progress Committee" The honorable member was not correct as to the amount voted last year. It was only £IOO, and the accommodation required there would cost nearer £2OO. Consequently the work had not been proceeded with. If the House saw fit to vote a larger sum this session the work could be proceeded with. Much vigilance will be required though to keep the Wellington people up to the mark, or,else tliis'little affair maybe a thing of hope deferred for a long long time yet. The member for the district is much to be commended for his assiduous attention to the just claims of his constituents, and his general liberal advocacy of the business of the Colony. The infusion of new blood in, the Assembly ;has been productive of great good. Some such incisive action as'most of the new members are taking with regard to, the ;past maladministration of the Government was urgently needed; and, whether the present Ministry is ousted or not, it must in either case be fraught with most beneficial results to New Zealand. A paucity of news brings me to an abrupt close.