NORTHERN NEWS.

Southland Times, Issue 1291, 9 August 1870, Page 2

NORTHERN NEWS.

"We take the folio wing from our Northern contemporaries :— Auckland, July 29 th. A meeting of the shareholders of the f Bank of New Zetland has been held. The proposed increase in the capital-of the Bank is considered certain. The shareholders of the Auckland Q-as Company, met at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The Report of the Directors recommends the declaration of a dividend at the rate • of '15 per cent per annum, the profits 'for the year being £4^8'0, ; and' the reduction of the price of gas, to 15s per 1000 feet for cash. There is no sign of the missing steamer Taiiranga, or of the barque Cantero.

• ■ Timabtt, July 30th. . On Thursday,- as the mail coach was^ crossing the Waiho river on. its way north, it was capsized arid washed down. the stream, and tho three, horses drawing! it were drowned. Knight, the driver,, stuck-to the -coach as long as he could, and was' washed against a steep shingle banjr, where he was rescued by .'; the ..only passenger, who happened to he on the box , at! the- tiiriefof the 'accident. The coach was washed nearly a mile down the stream, and ■is 'much damaged. All the mails were, recovered, except two private • bags. '^^ Uil "■■^'■■'■-^•■ : «-■.; [By a telegram from Oamaru, we learn that the accident was caused by the ford having shjfEed/]!! (.[7.1.. '':"'T^ r J.l'I. ;

Napieb, July 3lst. > The New Zealand fftraldi ?in a leading article, congratulatea-the colony on the result. of the debate upon the Budget.? .; .Colonel Gk>rtoh-hasi arrived here on a tour of inspjsotipn,, , .... . • ' ' v ; '■ Bishop' Patteraori proceeds - to Norfolk Island to-morrow in the mission schooner Southern Cross. — ■ ; The steamer Duke^of Edinburgh took to Auckland [I fr6m- -the Thames 2341 ounces of gold_foiL..the Bank of New Zealand. The fortnightly return of the Moanataiari Company was a bar of gold weighing 354 ounces. — . ; The Bank of New,. Zealand shipped 2833 onnceSof " gold' by the^s.s Auckland for-Sydney; .r- .^' ' Dreadful floods have occurred in this ' pFovin^eTcoveritig tEe Meariee and Clive;! flats.. The : heavy sea running -.also washed j tthe Star of tne further up the beach. "Her engines have been brought ito Napier. -■-- ' ->■ ■.■-;-•■ 'v. :;:. •■ -^ :

j l ' ' WELLDTGTOir, August Ist. i ■ The Rangatira has been purchased by i .Captain Reriner, the chief engineer^ 'Mr '* \ Traill, and others, for £3000. \ \ Mr Collie writes to the United States • : Consul here positively denying, Mr Hall's! I statement that he had been offered Mr; "Webb's boats. Mr Collie has reduced: his demands for a. subsidy from all the colonies to £50,000. ; August 2nd. Mr. " M'Lean, in the .House to-day, statejd ".the,, facts of . the atfcacfc, on tho friendlies at Tologa Bay. He said that he apprehended no serious results. In reply to Mr Armstrong, Mr Pox promised to extend the jurisdiction of the Resident, -Magistrate's Court at Akaroa to £100, and said .that, if the present Magistrate was hot competent for such a jurisdiction; the Government woufcU replace him by another .more experienced. The Payment of Jurors Bill has been pasaedj a clause abolishing the exemption of. Volunteers. The .Colonial Reciprocity Bill has been read a. second time,. Mr Yogel declining to say whether it^would .be. assented to pr reserved, but stating that the best" legal opinion would be taken -as" to the power of the House to pass such a measure. The second reading of' the' Payment of Provinces Bill gave rise to a short discussion, Mr Fitzberbert and others objecting to the .Governor -in Council ' determining as to the annual distribution to the Road- 'Boards. . Mr Stafford advocated the distribution being made strictly in proportion to the rating. Other members opposed this, as being likely to prove unfair to new and remote districts. Many opinions were expressed , tin favor of the road money being left to the Provincial Councils for distribution. ' The "Westland/ members energetically protested against the capitation system. The Bill was read a second time. < t r The debate- on the Colonial Defence Loan Appropriation Bill is now going on. Mr -Stafford strongly supports the^ Bill, jdeclaring that it would render Separation still more impossible than at present. "Mr "Wilson declared that he would prefer Separation to the burdens which were being imposed to an unbearable extent. ,-..._.., _ : ..■-.. .•- - .^- .- •-> Mr Richmond opposed the ielea of borrowing for ordinary Defence purposes." Mr Jollie said he was willing to borrow half the amount necessary for Defence r charging the other ; half to revenue, but he thought' the floating debt already incurred should be taken up in the proposed million loan. . , : Mr Reader "Wood opposed the borrowing of the whole of the Defence expenditure. Mr Stevens thought that the Defence Minister should give a full explanation of the Defence policy of the "Government; before asking for the means to carry on the Defence expenditure. A new writ has been issued for Christchurch, for the Beat vacated by Mr Travers., ■■■ • - . : ■ ;( v ■;■ ; ; -v v /" .. ,'. « ' August 3rd. , -In -the- debate -on his- representation resolutions last night, Mr ]?ox announced that the Government had resolved to increase the number of the House by two, giving -an additional ; member; , each to Auckland and the "West Coast. Westland bounty and Westland North would thus have four members between them. ■ -Mr ;Swan objected -to only one additional member being given tp Auckland, jis not being enough, arid moved for two. j Mrßeynplds though t. that Auckland . ftvae entitled to three more members, oneof '

whom should be taken from Taranaki, and the other two from Wellington. The Q-overntnent^p.rope4|l^thA<r?'A lttckland should have : 16 mejn^ers, • was carried by 41 to 21/ Mr Reynolds moved that tpeLnunbor of members for Taranaki ! snout d be, reduced to : two, but the motion fiiaV lost by 43 to 4. .'•■■': { ;| \ ] / , M^ Reynolds ; .tfefen: 'moyfei^afc^^the number of menjberstor W«Uiqfl§3rooiild be reduced to^ibut the proposal was negatived by 40 to 3. The otherresolutiong* "if ewpassedy ex-cept-that relating, to the Maflri [representatives/ which' was withdrawnjfGr reference to a Committee. , „;.,. .-,/»j During the debate soihe~Very strong personal recriminations occurred between Mr Gillies antt ' Mr Yogel. Mr , Gillies accused Mr Yogel of 'riding 1 a high hone which had had an ignominious fall. Mr Yogel replied by chaffing Mr Gillies to try his strength- and le ; id (the House. He also spoke^pf Mr Gillies'* conduc6 : as being ' dogmatic arid p ugriaciousy ,' and: said that he would iq future treat Ilia remarks with the contempt they deserved:-- A Mr Barff moved' for five memtiers for Westland, * but. his : proposition did not meet with a seconder." , ': 1 „•£ The Defence . Loaa Appropriation Bill was read a second time on a division by 48 to 7. The noes were — -Messrs ..Carletori, Swan^ Miinro, Brown, OoUrna',' Jollie, and Wilson/ The last named gentleman avowed himself to be . converted to Separation by the Bill. r It o.C The Reciprocity and Pacific Islands Trade Bills were read a second time. The Immigration and, Pablip-^orks Bill was postponed, aa it had! pnly, just been circulated in its revisedfform; t* s£ The Otago Board Boards Oirdihance Validation Bill was read a second time. The : Blaiiche 'arrived^f iiignf^from the Auckland islands, 'having fouad no tracia . Jof . any'castairays — — Captain "Palmer, ot r the - Eosario, goes home by the njaiLJl 0 " 111^** having received promotion. - His, succj^sor^Com- , mander CKailis, will 4rriye^faeW-: ; l^lhe ■'■ • ■'-■•■■ ■•■ 'iV 1 ' 4 '" ''" : L"Vt S^T^^^^^^B? ? Mr Macandrew Amoved ihis iresolatiiotis regarding the San Frandsco-qiair^lefyice to-day, nlling r .up' the blanks *-mth" QO hours,"-and \£10,000." Mr Creighton r seconded the motion. , ]^ Fitzherbei^ jtmogly^upportod^t^ idea of New Zealand for an efficient_Jsernce t .;:k]ij^iji[p^giifJL.Jtb^,.i^ expenditure of the £50,000 required by Mr Webb would prove amply reproductive. He thought that Hpucn^ji service was necessary to give full effect tp r^he w financm! |>dlicy-of the f OoVernmeifV and l that the colony could wel^ afford, it. 'The port of call should bVie|tTj<> the decision of the,eonteac£prs, , „r v . .- M -■■'- The^o^mbn'of-theHbas^iitemWtdle strongly in, favor, of this, kst,.sug^m«tion i and' Mr Williamson expressed it woe his conviction that .Mr MHali rtrboldi notb> able to, carry, onj his, contrac^ ; 4>ut that Auckland would,- be ? 'blind 1 *t(>-^'ts own interests if it^did jiot' carry>oa |feef[senM» ohits ownTaecounET Mr John' Hall tßou|hl;- that America would ,not snbsidise'a vline.terininatine in New Zealand. The debate, was adjouraed for-A^week, as Mi Yogel intimatel.^al^he expected important correspondence on the subject. The Public Bill has been read a^secondrtyng;, , T Mr Richmond opposed it asUaTa^pi considered, and inconsistent in its pi<Mnlsions.—AlHhat was proposed -to~bißrdonfr^ within the. next year could be Authorised by a short Bill, and tholargerioneleft for the consideration"of-the new Parliament. Mr Wilson moved that the Bill b«-ri»d that day six : jm;onth«.';^ V V' T t'^H »>< '.<■ ' MrMtzherbert^ and Mr Hall supported the. second reading of; the ; Bill K »na;<>n ■« division the amendment was- lost by° r 45 to 7. • : j • , v > .'* .It Mr Haughton Accepted, tjbe- previous question with! 'regard to bis manhood suffra^e~res6rutio^^"' r '~"^**^~ s*^^^5 *^^^ Mr Stevens asked why the sentence of death passed upon Smyth, the- Lyttelton-wife-murderer, had been cpmmutedii. _|J Mir iPox Replied i;hat the^fes^njjii, that the jury seemed to have_bee*n^tii¥ieß' to^arriveTaf a yeivlict.lrf tnVjudgeii intimation that if -feey^ did not quickly agree they ■ w,ould> Sunday. The judge also seemed to hata charged :^lhe jury* as to the ■unanimity of the medicai testimony, since Turnbull's -evidenc^ftlwaß contrary to jthiat of the other .'medical, /men. JPurtheiv, Qoyerhment; had intimated it to be his' belief that the prisoner nwght^^npjejbaye in tended, to kill his wife, though 4 both morally and. legally he was { guilty of 'murder: J ' ' - ' *' l - *f * - Mr Gillies moved the following resotuti 9 Ti:— "That it is. essential mm ■pendence of Parliament and the efficiency of the public service, thatlwlonial officers receiving salaries under an. appropriation. of the Colonial Legislature, except thos^ who hold political offices, shoola^not in future be eligible for appointment lo^tbe: Legislative Council, or to jit in the House of Representatives; and that no, member of the Legislative Council : o^^House of Representatives shbiild be eligible for any office of emolument under too Colonial G-overnment for. a period of one y«ar affce? his ceasing to be a .' member of P'ariiament.'* . : ■ ' \* \ : Mr Yogel and Mr Fitzherbert opposed the motion,' and Mr Fox nipved tiha omission of the . last paragraphu 'l ■■s&s i LudUam proposed to exten,d>th^j 4ii^ualification to Provincial officers, Superintendents. Mr • Q^ies iaM | } be Irvould agrbe •to v|iiat, ; and : tb^3e^il| r sp|»';, jhen adjourrie'd." ''" ''.^ ''[[ '& " ti^\"vd " ; Mr.iStaffprd positively denied tiiatlibete: was any truth in the jrumpr that he was likely to be appointed Immigration Agent for- the€olony-,-or-anythingelseß— — — *— | The Pacific IslandsfTradeßillhaspikSsed through ; committeet/T ; : ta <:::! )± i\G t j The House is: now in .CoinmitlwHol^ Supply. Mr Reynold^ withdrtw hfii mo-' tion as to shaping the^nancial J^li^'so

as to admit of the financial separation of the two Islands. He said that he saw the House was determined to support the Government financial proposals, so that there was no use in his moving his , motion. The Otago Hundreds "Regulation Act Eepeal Bill (Mr Brown's) was thrown out on the second reading by 29 to 15. Mr M'lndoe has given notice of a resolution—" That it is desirable that the constitution of the Legislative Council be assimilated to that of the House of Bepresentatives." r" Mr Haughton has given notice of a resolution— "That it is desirable that the Native race be represented in the Legislative Council."

Hokitika, August 4th. Public meetings were held yesterday at Greenstone, Waimea,andStaffordtown,at which resolutions were passed unanimously condemning the capitation system. A public meeting is to be held to-night at Kanieri on the same subject. Disturbances are probable, if the Bill is passed as proposed.