INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 301, 20 December 1877, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

[PBESS AGENCY.] Wellington, Wednesday. The Chamber of Commerce this afternoon voted £50 towards the purchase ef New Zealand woollen yarns, wita a view of assisting Monekton Synuot, of Melbourne, to prosecute his experiment of developing a market for New Zealand and Australian wools in China, to be manufactured into cloth composed of wool and native cotton. A sample of this Chinese cloth has been exhibited here for some time. Dunedin, Wednesday. The railway line between Dunedin and Blueskiu will be formally opened to-morrow. Already land favorably situated is fetching high prices. £2500 cash was paid for sixty acres in the locality. Timaru, Thursday. In the breach of promise case, Flora McKinnon v Jno Loudon, in which damages were laid at £2000 for breach of promise, and *iooo for seduction, the trial lasted two days. The special jury returned in an hour aud a half with a verdict for the plaintiff on all the issues, damages £3000. Nisw Plymouth, Thursday. Mr Standish has been elected Mayor for the third time. | The Borough Council has decided to ask \ the bu.^esses to agree to a £25,000 loan for gasworks anii pther improvements. Auckland, Thursday. Sir G. Grey's reception yesterday was most enthusiastic. There were iI?S a > decorations, triumphal arches, aud a carriage o^n by six greys with postillions dressed m scarlet. All the windows were crowded, aud there were quite 12,000 people present. Addresses were presented from the public and fron ihc Mayor and City Councillors. In the eveuing bir George Grey addressed a meeting at the theatre, which was crammed. When the address was read the cheora were deafening

la the course of his remarks on public affairs he said there was at present no fair representation, and he and his colleagues were determined to remedy this wrong. Property should be made to contribute more towards the cost of the public service, and all should have an equal chance to get land. Colonialising the land fund was only brought about through members dreading a dissolution and losing their seats. The Crown should not ally itself with any particular class, but here the squatters were the supporters of the Government. If the plan now in use were upheld of allying the Crown with the squatters and the Upper House and of endeavoring to obtain advantages for them hurtful to the people at large, then the people would rise and create a Government for themselves. To cure this the Governor should be compelled to take the advise of his responsible advisers, and so make those advisers the real governors o£ the colony. The people could then reward or punish their representatives. Ministers' powers were at present too limited. Statesmen here should have similar powers to statesmen at home. That point ought to be insisted upon. The Governor thought the power of dissolving Parliament was a weapon given him to defend himself, but what was there that the Governor wanted to defend himself from? The Auckland members spoke enthusiastically of Sir G. Grey as a leader.