TELEGRAMS.
(from our own correspondent.) WELLINGTON. Monday Evening. There was a great fight in the House on Thursday night on the Representation Bill. Sir George Grey opposed Mr. Kelly’s amendment, that a member be given to the southern East Coast district, instead of to Napier. Mr. Bowen said the Government must adhere to the proposals as to the number of members. Mr. Kelly’s amendment was lost by 43 to 22. The House agreed to Napier having another member. Mr. Pyke proposed that all new electoral districts be eliminated from the Bill except the Thames and Dunedin, which should each have another member which was carried. Mr. Dignan’s amendment that the two electoral districts of the city of Auckland remain as at present, was accepted by the Government.
In reply to Mr. Richmond, the Government declined to relax the regulations regarding day press telegrams so as to allow evening papers five hundred words at evening rates. The rest of the evening was occupied by Major Atkinson’s immigration statement. According to this 61,000 souls have been introduced under immigration scheme distributed as follows :— Auckland, 8,700; Taranaki, 1,400; Hawke’s Bay, 4,800; Wellington, 9,300; Marlborough, 1,080; Nelson, 1,200; Westland 600; Canterbury, 16,000 ; Otago, 18,000. The statement was very full and well received. Mr. O’Rorke gave notice that he would move for a gratuity of £6OO for the widow of the late John Williamson Esq. Tuesday Afternoon. The Representation Bill, providing for 84 members passed the House last night. Parliament will be dissolved on Thursday. Latest English news states prices for good wools at close of sales remained at an advance, inferior on the decline. NAPIER. The Agricultural show was a great success. There was a splendid exhibition of long wools, and horses, and a large attendance of visitors. The Luna arrived on Monday from Wellington, bringing Mr. Ormond, Col. Whitmore, Mr. Locke, and Mr. G. R. Johnson and family. The steamer returned at once.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 317, 20 October 1875, Page 2
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320TELEGRAMS. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 317, 20 October 1875, Page 2
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