TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 244, 12 October 1872, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

[Peb Gbevili/e's Telegbam Company."! PARLIAMENTARY. : '' '" * Wellington, October 12. In the Legislative Council last night, the Nelson Special Settlements Bill was read the second time. The Tramway Bill was amended by the insertion of a new clause providing for the voting by proxy by owners of property in the district where the tramway was to be constructed. The Life Assurance Bill was passed. : In the Lower House, after Mr. Vogel's Ministerial Statement, which was similar to that made by Mr. Waterhouse in the Council, Mr. Stafford contradicted a paragraph which appeared in the Independent charging the Captain of H.M.S. Dido with refusing to proceed to the Chatham Islands. The Municipal Corporations Waterworks Bill, Miaers' Extension of Franchise Bill, and Quarlz Crushing Machines Inspection Bill W6re advanced a 6tage. On the motion for gaing into Committee of Supply^ Mr. Giliies severely criticised Mr. Vogel's speech on the Want of Confidence , motion. He compared the colony to a rich heiress who had married a wild spendthrift, a gambling Lothario, Mr. Yogel replied. The House went into Committee and rushed through a large portio \ of the Estimates. Mr. Yogel promised a strict adherence to the terms of the San Francisco Mail Contract. > Mr. McLean promised a reduction in the Native expenditure. , • ... -..,-•