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Poverty Bay Standard, 14 October 1872, Page 1

i Standard office, Monday, October 14. I We congratulate our readers on the .'news to hand from Wellington, which came up by the ‘Dawn’ on Saturday levelling. The telegrams, however, 'leave us in the dark as to the result of 'Mr. Vogel’s refusal to form a Ministry I (if such be correct,) and Mr. Fox having 'been sent for. It is idle to speculate as to the final Issue of this struggle ; and, pending the arrival of the ‘ Keera,’ hourly expected,, we can only hope that such a solution will have been given to the difficulty, as to remove this expensive deadlock' Ito public business.

October 2. . To-day Mr. Reader Wood moved a . resolution deprecating any further expenditure on Government buildings at .Wellington, until the House, next session, had an opportunity of considering the administrative changes which the Government had promised then to propose. He admitted that the motion jaimed at the removal of the Seat of i Government from Wellington, and said] that the question would never be allowed; to rest while it remained there.

Mr. Stafford said the Government would raise no question at any time involving the question of the Seat of | Government, and although still thinking 'that the removal of it from Auckland in 1864 was a great mistake, he considered (that the colony was now bound by the! decision then arrived at. Saturday, October 5. Mr. Vogel moved his no-confidence resolutions in a speech of a. little over Itwo hours. Mr. Stafford at once rose and said that if the motion was not debated, Mr. Vogel would have no right of reply, and the division could be taken at once. Mr. Fox complained of his party I 'being taken by suprise on the division' being pressed without any debate. | ' The Speaker left the chair for the! usual twenty minutes interval. On resuming, the division was taken. The motion was carried by a majority of two. Friday, October 4. Major Atkinson has gained the seat for Egmont by a majority of 24. Atkinson polled 114 ; Moorhouse 90. Patca 'controlled the election. Joshua Strange Williams has been (gazetted Registrar-General of Land in the room of Mr. W. Moorhouse.