AUSTRALIAN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 286, 3 December 1877, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

[PER ALBION AT HOKITIKA. 5 ) There has been very little political action during the past week, as the House only sat on two days, but there has been a good deal cf talk and speculation on th e acts and intentions of the Ministry. The payment of members now actually appears on the Estimates, pud as the appropriations here will be laid a*?ide by the Council, the Assembly will adjourn fqr ?i*_ weeks, aud then further adjourn from time to time for so long as the present session of Parliament continues, as ao long does'payinenfc of members remain thc law of the land, the last Act having been enacted to remaiu in operation three years of the last Parliament, and during the -first session of this. The Forts and Armaments Bill, embodying Jhe whole of Sir W. Jervois' scheme of dcfcft.ce, And involving an outlay of £350,000, is to be isid aside by the Council because it contained a &&e t preamble. The Mining on Private Property Bill or the two disputed railway l>ills will not become law this session. The Governor has been somewhat taken to task £qv the part he has played in regard to the payment of members, but he prides himself upon acting- $« a, constitutional Governor, while Mr Berry $a# -declared that the G o y?.rnine»_; are determine«l to cfur/ry <?ut the clearly exf tesse * will of the people'. H.M.S. Wolver** 8 ***^y J* 3 *™*, for Sydney and thence to New v "* a **B <| .- The Foldene Company have e »PMng to crowded houses. Thev nnfl n"i n n di n at Christmas. 7 opeQ 1q Duu - A young man named Samuel O'nrii ™ ceiving £150 a year, having™ taS \£2QO y droSrLTad 7 ' last Sg ' 6 lmd W ° a monQ y ™* the 4 h o e oo ladian Famine Pund has ««*«d