LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Patea Mail, Volume III, Issue 257, 26 September 1877, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[I’ER PRESS AGENCY.] WELLINGTON. September 25. The result of the International Match was:—American —3, 3, 3,4; British—3, 2,4, 2. Dr Lemon has just received a service telegram from Batavia, staling that the cable is now (yesterday) clour of traiTic. NAPIER. September 25. At the Synod this afternoon the Rev E. C. Stuart was unanimously nominated to the Bishopric of Waiapn. CHRISTCHURCH. September 25. Allotment of notices of shares in the Union Insurance Company were issued tin’s morning. The allotment appears to have been made with a very careful regard to the business position of the applicants. Many clerks and others, who hold little or no property, but applied lor a largo number of shares, apparently for speculative purposes, received no shares at all. A letter was published this morning from the master of the Loburu School, emphatically denying the alleged flogging of Catholic children for refusal to read Protestant Bible. Careful inquiry is to be made into the case.

PAR LIA MENT AR Y. o LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. WELLINGTON. September 25. In the Legislative Council, ou the motion of the Hon John Hali, it was resolved that the attention of Government be directed to lotteries advertised to be held in hotels throughout the colony, in connection with horse racing. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. In the House on Monday night, the Education District Boundaries Bill was further discussed. Proposal to unite Otago and Southland was lost by 23 to It. Bill then reported. District Railways Bill in Committee —term for which companies enjoy railways before Government can purchase, was fixed at seven years. Mr Pyke proposed a new clause, to allow County Councils to construct railways under the Bill, which was postponed. Progress reported. Provincial Laws Evidence Bill read a second time. Mr Reid briefly moved second reading ot the Settlements Works Advances Bill, explaining object was to allow Government to expend money in opening up lands for settlement before sale. Mr Barff objected to the Bill. He declared that the special settlements at Jackson’s Bay and Karamea were failures, and money had been wasted on them. Jackson’s Bay' land was not fit for cultivation. Before any more money w'as spent, a Commission ot Enquiry should be appointed. It might be necessary to spend a little to keep the people from starvation. Mr Reynolds opposed the Bill, previous experience showing that advances made by the colony were never repaid.

Mr Macand"ew thought the Bill gave Government too great power. Ho had no objection to the House voting money for specific work to advance settlement. Mr Gisborne defended Jackson’s Bay, which afforded fair prospect of success, tic would support the Bill. Messrs Hodgkinson and Wakefield opposed the Bill. Mr Manders supported it.

Mr Montgomery would only support the Bill if money under it was specially allocated by schedule, and npt left to Government.

Mr Stout urged referring the Bill to Waste Lands Committee. A better plan than that proposed would be to expend in roads a certain proportion of all money received for land. The Bill was a confession that the County system was an utter failure to promote settlement, as the provinces bad done.

Mr Bees said the Bill was a deliberate bid for votes, and proposed to place money at the disposal of Government to buy members’ votes, by giving thorn works in their districts. It was the most barefaced proposal ever made. Debate adjourned, and the House rose at 12.35 a.m.

In reply lo questions, Ministers said: (1.) That experiments wore being tried at the Manukau Heads to check sand drifts calculated to injure harbors. (2.) Government would try to improve the Timarn Hallway Station.

(3.) Government were considering the appointment of a Commission on the Hawkes Bay Land Transactions. In Committee on the District Railways Bill, Mr Pykc’s danse allowing Counties to construct railways under the Bill, was agreed to. The Bill was reported as amended. Provincial Laws Amendment Bill was read a third time. Mr Sheehan resumed the debate on Settlements Works Advance Bill, and moved that it be read a second time six months hence, lie approved of the principle of opening Crown Lands to settlement before sale, but objected to the House abrogating its functions, and giving the Ministry power to spend public money as it liked. Mr Stafford opposed giving the Ministry power to determine the expenditure of money, but strongly supported the opening up of land before selling it. Mr Kelly supported the Bill, and said the system of opening land by roads before settling had worked admirably in Taranaki. Mr Rollcston strongly opposed the Bill as a complete reversal of the policy laid down by the Ministry’s late chief (Sir J. Vogel). Mr Reid regretted statements by Mr Rees, of Government desiring to buy votes, and members being willing to bo bought. Only £50,000 was asked, which would lo recouped from land as sold. It would be better to get a Government that could bo trusted, than reject a useful Bill. After several members had spoken for and against, Mr Whitaker said lie would agree to an amendment that Government should only expend money on the recommendation of the Waste Lands Board ; there could then be no buying votes. Mr Carrington supported the Bill. The House divided —ayes, 3G ; nocs, 3G. The Speaker gave casting vote against the amendment, in the hope that the Bill would be amended in committee.

Another division took place on the second reading, with the* same result, the numbers being 37 on each side. Tire Bill was read second time.

CROMPTON AND GARSED ROADS. A numerously attended meeting of ratepayers of the Patea West Road District was held at Carlye, on Saturday afternoon last, to consider the question of closing portions of Garsed and Crompton Roads, in accordance with the provisions of ‘ The Public Works Act, 1876,’ of which legal notice had been given in Gazette and by other means. Mr R. E. Mcßae was voted to the chair, and after the object of the meeting had been explained, it was proposed by Mr Ball and seconded by Mr Lett, That no portion of the Garsed Road be stopped, but that the road remain as at present, open to the public.—Carried. Amendment moved by Mr J. Wright, seconded by Mr Hunter, to the following effect, was lost—That this meeting considers that the portion of Garsed Road proposed to be closed, to .open the new road proposed, should be done in accordance with the Public Works Act, 1876. Proposed by Mr Ball, seconded by Mr Balmforth, and carried, That no portion of Crompton Road be closed. An amendment proposed by Mr E. R. Morgan, and seconded by Mr Honeyfield, as follows, was lost—That a portion of Crompton Road be closed in accordance with the Public Works Act, 1876. Messrs H. Williamson and Hunter spoke in favour of the new road and for the closing of the old road, and argued that great expense would be incurred in forming and completing road on present line, and that after all it could not be made a good road on account of gullies and the uneven nature of the ground, whereas the proposed new line w'as in every way suitable, and could be completed at comparatively little cost, and would not greatly inconvenience the settlers who were affected by it. Those objecting to the proposed deviation pointed out that the closing of

road as proposed would deprive Mr Houston of about thirty chains of road frontage on present line, while he would only get about one chain of frontage on the neiv line in return, and was in other ways disadvantageous. It was argued that expense ought not to he taken so much into consideration. Those who wanted the alteration all had good approaches to their property, and should not now begrudge the expense of placing less favoured settlers on an equally good footing with themselves. Mr J. South by acted as catechiser-in-chief, and put some pertinent questions to the advocates of proposed deviation, in his characteristic style, and took occasion to remind the meeting that it was necessary to bo careful in voting and recollect which was the resolution and which the amendment, and “ not to stand there like a lot of kittens grinning and laughing,” and taking no hoed of the business in hand.

The voting showed only a lew in favour of closing the present road, whilst there was an overwhelming majority against.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATES’ COURT—CARLYLE. (Before 0. A. Wray, Esq., R.M.) Tuesday,- Sept. 25. DEBT. P. Campbell v Rangetuki; claim £l2 7s 3d —settled out of court. The same v William (a Native); claim £9 18s 8d —settled out of court. The same v William (a Native); claim £2 11s 9d—judgment for plaintiff" for amount and costs 9s. E. Church v A. Weller; claim £4 2s Gd —judgment by default for amount and costs 18s. BACK RATES. W. Cowern v Thomas Hawke; claim 4s 4d—judgment by default for amount and costs Gs Gd. The same v Charles Thomas; £5 8s Gd —non-suited with costs and 23s Gd for witness. £5 8s Gd paid into court by A 0. Fookes. The same vF. Hunger; claim 8s Gd—judgment for plaintiff by default for amount and costs 9s 2d. The following amounts for rates for which summonses had been issued were all paid into Court —R. Wilson £l, 12s lOd, G. Hayward 8s 4d, A. Hutchinson £8 GsGd, T. Robson 8s 4d, G. Hunter £3 11s 2d, and G. and J. Howie £3 7s.