BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Southland Times, Issue 1288, 2 August 1870, Page 2

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

m ' — ' (fboh our owjsf correspootjemts.) "Wellington, August I.Mr Vogel's proposed compromise on : the Q-old Duty Bill has been rejected. The Government- have withdrawn the Bill to consider what course they will pursue. On the representation resolutions, Mr Gillies moved an amendment on the .first, empowering a committed to consider the whole question, which Government accepted; -on the. second, he proposed making population the basis of representation, and giving Auckland 18, and Otago and Southland 20 members. The Government;, opposed the last amendment, which was rejected by 43 to 117."" ' "Government promised to bring down more definite proposals. - . ... The steamer Comerang went ashore in Poverty Bay, but was got off slightly, strained. The schooner Enterprise collided with the steamer Tauranga on-the -23rd. - The former foundered, but the crew were saved. Nothing has since been hear Jof the- Tauranga. The telegraph between the Thames and Auckland has been opened. ; The line between Taucanga and the Thames, which completes communication throughout the island, is progressing favorably. -< i

Dttnedin, August 1. Between midnight and four this morning, two boxes of treasure were abstracted from the police station at Clyde. They were supposed to contain 2000oz. of gold, and a largo amount of bank notes, probably £3,000. The boxes were locked up in a cell, and two doors were required to be opened to get at them. This morning the outer dopr waß found locked as usual, but the inner one was open. The Bank of New South Wales is the heaviest loser, £2000 in notes, and £5500 in gold.

"We take the following from our Northern contemporaries :-r---"Wellington, July 26th. Mr Pox to-day give notice of the following resolutions :— (1.) " That it is expedient that tie boundaries of the electoral districts should be re-adjusted, and fresh provision made for the representation thereof." (2.) "That within each province, and the county of Westland, the number of members be as follows :— -Auckland, 15 ; Hawke's Bay, 2; Taranaki, 3; Wellington, 9 ; Marlborough, 2 ; Nelson (including Cheviot), 8 ; Canterbury, 12 ; Otago, 15 ; Southland, 2 ; Westland, 2." (3) "That the Goldficlds districts within the province of Otago should be subdivided into ordinary electoral districts, but without prejudice to the rights of the holders of miners' rights, who will vote as they are at present entitled to do." (4.) "That the number and position of the Maori members be not affected." (5.) "That, subject to instructions to the foregoing effect, a Select Committee be appointed to report upon the most convenient \ boundaries for the electoral districts and i the number of representatives for each I district, with power to call for persons I and papers, and to Teport within ten days. The said Committee to consist of Messrs W. Wood, Webster, Macandrew, Driver, Eolleston, Studholme, Curtis, Parker, Eyes, W. H. Harrison, ■ Kynnersley, Taylor, Bunny, Ormond, Carrington, Williamson, Gillies, Stafford and Farmer." . M Mr Birch's motion for copies of all correspondence bearing upon the; terms and conditions upon which the sum . of £400 was advanced to Mr Mantell mi reference to the Princes street Keserye, ; Dunedin, has been agreed to. _'__ : The Otago and Southland Eeunioni Bill has been passed through Committee,! j with an amended clause giving Southland; j seven members in the united Provincial; 1 Council, and the present Superintendent «

of Southland also to hav^a seat eos The Otago Hundreds^*!; A" i tretfaffleS^^^ Bill (Mr Macandre^'s) Jfas been read a second time, Mr Haugfhtdu intimating that he would proba'ity oppose Us farther progress after it ha;i'been reported oa by the Waate Innds Committee; j . . M^ Maeandrew's motion rega-rdi rig the San Fradcisco mail service has been postponed for a week. ---■ It is rumored that Mr Staff >rd intends to join, issue with. the. Go^muenjty^njt&g question of. allowing the ProyineiatGovernments any control over 6r.-vbice'in. the expenditure under "the'" ""colonial immigration and public works scheme. The Government are going to introduce.--a Bill to facilitate trade with the South Pacific Inlands, by allowing drawbacks oa exports to them. ~~ : -- ■'-.;, : : , y t^ Mr Togel made a Ministerial explanation . to-day. He saidjhat the Government' saw a reasonable hope , of; being 'able, to pass their financial measures this session, iand that they intended to endeavor to do so, but would not consent to any further modifications. If they could not be' passed in their present modified form, the Government would not pas 3 them: at all. He trusted that both sides would yield their individual opinions in the desire to pass the Bills this session, and not make them fthe battle-ground . for abstract theories of constitutional changes: They had plenty of opportunity tddiscilss such questions. It was impossible to ignore. . the provinces in regard to the expenditure, but the Bills would be so framed as to ' make the Ministry of the day responsible for everything. The modifications' were the same as previously announced; except that the sum for the purchase of . jjiaijiye! lands would be left, at £200,000, the amount for the goldfields* water supply still being £300,000. The. Bills would be brought down to-morrow, and he hoped that if members 7 were filling lip r go on with the Bills and. the Estimates, 1 , the" session might end "in a month. ""' ; • .■ „ , y , m-7T"-'^. rv? vl yA2Btb.. Colonel "Whitmore jriw given notice' of the following resolution .* — '* That the time has now arrived for a radical alteration of the provincial institutions of the colony, and that it is especially desirable to restrict the legislative functions of the Provincial Councils to the enactment of bye-laws, and the administrative functions, of Provincial Governments to matters of a purely local and municipal character.' That it is desirable that the Superintendents of provinces should cease to be political officers, and that the -General Government should introduce an f Act into both branches of the Legislature without delay, to give effect to these resolutions." The previous question was carried today by 27 to 25, on Mr Traverses motion regarding taking the verdict oftwo>thirdi of a jury. • "".-"'.■ .'-. :•'; ; : : '"^ The previous question was agreed to after theresumed debate on Mrßeynolds'a motions regarding fiuanciaf separation. Mr Reynolds stated it to be his intention to move them again on the motion for going into Committee of Supply, and said that he still had hopes of carrying them. Mr M'Gillivray withdrew his motion regarding the conduct r^'of'tlie'Tfilpeml Government towards the The Payment of Jurors ~ Bill has been read a second time.

Napieb^ July 27th. Mr Palmer's stables were burned down to-day. The cause of the fire is unknown. An inquest will beheld to-morrow. . A meeting has been held to form a water company, with 'a capital of 7£3000 in £5 shares. 200 shares have already been taken up. It is believed that-if the company can be successfully established, *it will be the means of lowering" the premiums for .fire insurance.; - j >