WELLINGTON.

Southland Times, Issue 1639, 27 September 1872, Page 3

WELLINGTON.

» ■■ — (fbom a. cobeespoitdent.) The end of the session cannot; now be pronounced to be so ae«r as it was supposed to be a week ago. Messrs Yogel and party mean to fight yet, and another no-confidence debate is actually expected to come off next week. The defeated ministers, it is said, have secured the co-operation of the Hon. Mr Waterhouse, whose conduct lately has rather lessened the estimation in which he was formerly held. A colleague of Messrs Fox and Yogel at the end of last session, he attacked them bitterly at the beginning of this. He subsequently coquetted ■with Mr Stafford when the change took place, and broke away at the last moment, Mr Stafford, it is said, having declined to take him at his own valuation. He then, it is stated, wrote to the other party, that if they succeeded in turning out Mr Stafford, he would be willing to become Colonial Secretary, but that in the meantime he could give no active assistance in ejecting the Government. This is talked about here now a good deal, which is my excuse for saying so much on the subject. The Assembly has now aTrived at the stage of turmoil and feverish excitement ■which generally precedes tbe close of the session. The prospects of the future are at present somewhat complicated. Messrs Yogel and party are determined to recover possession if they can. The Stafford party are confident, and believe that they will be able to stick together. But no one can tell what may take place when the majority ia bo email. If the question of no-confidence is raised again, it is believed that the new Government will, in tbe course of aueh a debate, be Able to strengthen their position as regards the former Ministry by an exposure of their recklessness and carelessness in Administration. In point of fact, with the exception of Mr Ormond, the late Ministers possessed do faculty of administration at ail, and the business of the country was carried on almost exclusively by the permanent officers, interfered with now and then capriciously by the action of Ministers. I ought, however, to except the action of Mr Gi-jhorne, whose services, ' as & mere official drudge, were certainly' valuable. Mr Stafford, it must be remembered, has the ad vantage of being able to ask for a dissolution, and with that additional string: to his bow, it is probable, on the whole, that ht> will succeed in getting through the remaiuder of the session in Bafety. The Otago Waste Land Bill passed through committee of the House of Representatives this morning, with a few, and some rather important, alterations. It is probable that it will pass into law this time. Yesterday a deputation of Southland members, consisting of Messrs Webster, Calder, Hallenstein, Taylor, Nurse, and Menzies, waited on the Executive, and pressed upon them the necessity of going on with the Winton-Kingston railway, at least as far as the crossing of the Oreti above Benmore. Messrs Stafford, Beid, and Curtia were present. The Government had previously agreed that it was desirable that that part of the line Bhould be constructed, without deciding how the line should go above that point, as the worst part of the ground would then be passed. The deputation also urged the extension of the telegraph line to the Elbow, and the reform of the postal arrangements with Queenßtown. Their suggestions, it was promised, would be favorably considered. 20th September, 1872.

To clean your hair brushes properly put a few drops of ammonia in the water, and you will find beautiful results and but a moment's trouble. Ab four or five darkies were passing an agricultural implement Btore down South, one of them, pointing to a cultivator said : *' A man can just sit on dat thing and ride while he's plowing." " Golly," replied the other, " de rascals was too sharp to tink of dat fore the nigger was free." The Smiths had a dinner at Pittsburg on New Tear's day. The first toast was " Pocabontas — Heaven bless her for saving the Smitbß to this country." The balance of comfort — An easy chair. Experiments are about to be tried in Condon to test the applicability on street tramway Jinee of steam propulsion.