INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 171, 17 July 1878, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

TrUKSS AGENCY."] CuiusTOHcucii. Tuesday. -Mi; J. E. Brown, M.H.R. for the Ashley <hsf net addressed hisconstituentsat Amberly iast night, lie said ihat attendance at the Assembly had how become absolute slavery; and he doubted for some time whether or not to resign his seat. After referring" to the various measures of last session and tho course ne adopted, Mr Brown said tho course adopted by the House regarding the land fuud was wise, bufc Government had not since kept faith with Canterbury. He decidedly opposed manhood suffrage whicli would be a great mistake, in fact almost a crime. He opposed a land taxand thought aproperty tax was the fairest one they could bave. He advocated the extension of the railway to the West Coast, and said that Ashley should have two members, or Ilurunui should be the boundary. The Premier had not yet enunciated a single point of policy that he would support. A vote of thanks and confidence was proposed, but an amendment consisting of a vote of thanks only was carried. Wellington, Tuesday night. It is generally understood that Ministers will be icady with their principal measures as soon as the real Ibusiness of the session commences. Th" Financial Statement, it is understood, will be ready to be submitted for discussion at as early a period as the House 'may desire, after the opening of Parliament. Copies of the Licensing Bill will be available as soon as ifc is matured and out of the Ministers' and printers' hand 3. Grey-mouth, Tuesday night. A large meeting of coal miners at Brunnertown on Saturday, passed the following resolutions :— " That this meeting cordially endorses the action takeu by the public meeting at Greymouth, with the view of representing to the Government the necessity of immediately proceeding with the works for the improvement of the Grey harbor. " That the absence of any positive provision for the continuous prosecutiou of these works is not only discouraging to those who have largely invested their mouey for the purp se of developing the resources of this district, but absolutely prevents them from giving any guarantee of permanent employment to their workmen." "That this state of uncertainty has already been productive of very serious consequences to this district owing to the want of regular employment of the skilled labor which, imder other circumstances, would find an ample aud profitable field." "Thafc the Government be urged at once to assist the development' of the coal mines by subsidising a seam tug, so lhat vessels coming here for coal could he towed in aud out free of charge. A committee was appointed to draw up a memorial embodying the foregoing resolutions to be forwarded to the Minister of Public Works and to the members for tbe District, and subsequently it was resolve that the Government be urged to proceed with, the construction of the railway to the East Coast. The state of the coal miners is very deplorable, and many of them are leaving the district. New Plymouth, Tuesday night. Mr T. King has been presented with a handsome testimonial in the shape of a silver tea service by his friends and the customers of the Bank of New Zealand on his retirement from the management at New Plymouth. The Borough Council agreed that the Mayor should attend the Municipal Conference in Welliugton on the 19th instant. Blltj-, Tuesday. The Tararua arrived at the Bluff this morning. She left Melbourne on the 10th at 11-20 a.m. and arrived at Hobarton on the 12th, leaving at 8 p.m. same day. She experienced fre3h westerly winds til arrival. She brings 40 saloon and 27 steerage passengers, and 366 tons of cargo for all ports. She sails at 5 p.m. for Dunedin. Auckland, Tuesday night. The following are the particulars of the accident to the schooner Merlin, from Waitara :— ln crossing the Kaipara bay, the sea being heavy, the captain got in the rigging to point out the channel. The other two men were on deck, one of them steering. The captain, seeing a terrific sea rushing on the vessel, cried out, " Look out," when the man at the wheel became frightened, and ran forward, and the wave completely covered the vessel which broached her to, causing the ballast to shift and throwing her almost on her beam ends. When the wave receded the two men on deck were missing. The Captain got the schooner near the pilot station where it was noticed thafc something was wrong and a boat was sent off to her. The ballast was Tightened the same evening. She proceeded to the mills. The Harbor Board has received letters from the Government asking for permission to reclaim seven acres for the railway statioi at tbe Queen-street wharf. The Board resolved to defer their decision until after the receipt of Messrs Conyers and Lawson's report. The man Black, the victim of the attempted murder at Arch Hill, is recovering. Sailed : Taranaki. , Passengers for Nelson, Mr Morcom and Miss Paisley. Napier, Tuesday night. At a meeting of the Harbor Board to-day a rote of thanks was passed to Mr Carruthers for bis services in respect of tbe Napier Harbor and a sum of £100 was voted to him. Dunedin, Tuesday night. The Attorney General last night delivered a lecture in the Otago Institute entitled '•Apleafor studying politics," in the course of which he advocated the study of political science in preference to all others. The first annual meeting of the Prisoners Aid Society was held last night. The receipts for the year amount to £306 and the expenditure to £295. Pout Ciialmeks, Wednesday Arrived : Ship City of Dublin after a 93 days passage from London. She left the Start on the 19th April and had steady winds from N.W. (o S.W. across the Southern Ocean, passed Tasmania on July nth and made the Snares on July 15th.