INTERCOLONIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 145, 18 June 1880, Page 2

INTERCOLONIAL.

Mblßouene, Thursday. The Payment of Members Bill was read again under discussion, in the Legislative Assembly last night. An amendment proposed by Mr Murray Smith to exclude the payment to members of the Legislative Council was defeated on a division of 48 to 28. No progress was made with the measure and Mr Williams, the member in charge of it, threatened to abandon it unless the House dealt rapidly with it. There were angry scenes in the Chamber last night in consequence of the impediments placed in the way of the Bill passing. Sir Cunliffe Owen has resigned Ms position as one of the Commissioners for Great Britain to the Melbourne Exhibition, and Mr Herbert Sandford succeeds him. Money Wigram. have decided to withdraw from the Australian trade and are going to sell their vessels. Sailed— Rotomahana for the Bluff. Friday. ( Messrs. Service and Berry have come to an understanding that the division on the Reform Bill should take place on the 24th. inst. Many large meetings are being held throughout the country to discuss the present position of political affairs. The debate on the Payreent of Members Bill will only be resumed after the division on the Reform Bill. Sydney, Friday. H.M.S. Raleigh haß arrived from England. In accordance with instructions from the Admiralty she examined Amsterdam Island, where the captain of the* Vancouver .reported he had seen lights, but no signs of the Knowsley Hall or any shipwrecked crews were discovered. In the Legislative Assembly, a Bill to J impose stamp duties has been read a second time. ' Sailed — Australia, for Auckland, yesterday.