New Zealand Times. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4842, 28 September 1876, Page 2

New Zealand Times. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28.

At the political meeting in Dunedin last night, particulars of which appear in another column, there was a perfect festival of political virtue. The speeches of Messrs. Macandrew and Stout contain nothing new, and, with all due respect to them, little that is true.: The arguments used by them (if arguments they can be termed )do not call for notice. They ; have been worn threadbare in the House, and have resulted in nothing. The termination of the meeting might have been anticipated. It was, like those that have recently taken place in Dunedin, utterly unreliable as an expression of public opinion—not the result of deliberation, or of calm consideration, biit the outcome of a prepared assemblage. The end, however, was not apparently peace. It will probably satisfy Messrs. Macandrew and Stout, who will return to Parliament prepared to state that iu their wild policy they are backed by unanimous opinion in Dunedin. We take leave to doubt it.

The following are the amendments to the Provincial Appropriation Acts Extension Bill proposed by Government, and carried in the House last night:—“ All revenues accruing in any provincial district which if the Abolition of Provinces Act, 1875, had not been passed would have been provincial revenues, shall be issued and applied until the 31st day of December next, as provided by any Act or Ordinance the operation of which is extended by this Act. Prom and after the date on which the Abolition of Provinces Act, 1875, takes effect and until the 31st day of December next the Governor may continue and carry On in any provincial district the services or such parts thereof as he thinks fit of the Provincial Government existing in the province at the date of its abolition. For the 'purpose of giving effect to this’ enactment the Governor may by warrant under his hand from time to time empower such person as he may think fit to sign and issue any instrument, warrant, or authority that may be necessary under any, law or ordinance which may 1 be affected by the operation of this Act.’’