SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS

Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1831, 4 June 1874, Page 3

SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS

(Per Anglo-Australian Telegraph Press Agency.) ,'.,'. WitLWGTON, Wednesday/ In the General Synod, leave was given to bring in,abill to regulate of St. John's.College.:. A bill ,was read a second; time fpr ; the purpose of making certain necessary alterations in the formal organisation of the Church.'..';lt was resolved „to appoints select committee to ; inquire into the desirablenoas or otherwise of adopting the new lectionary,— Wool sale: Bethune.and Hunter report to-day, greasy',9|l, highest price. -A number of bales were sold from 7d to Bd. The .Custpiis'reveniio,collected from the 7th to the 31st of May, was 68,100. '■■■■■< •■'.->■■■■■ .Wanganui, Wednesday.. A crowded meeting was held at Sandon to hear Mr Alexander McDonald's account of the poin.ts.in. dispute • between the-natives and the 'Government.; Tho meeting lasted six hours, and at tho conclusion a committee of settlers was formed to represent th'eir feeling' upon the matter to' the : Government.; Mr McDonald had'the meeting entirely with him.; The chiefs present expressed their determination to, prevent, surveys or leasing or selling of-land .until .the final ad- : justment of the dispute. • ;.

_.;,,;■ .; } Napise,'Wednesday. ;: The Provincial, Oouacil mofc tins afternoon. All the member's- were present except Messrs Tiffin and Johnston.. The Superintendent, in his opening speech, alluded to the prosperous state of the province, 'which has ; made greater progress than at, any previous period ' The population has increased from 6,039 in 1871 to 9,239 in ; the. present year, being an increase'of 52 per cent, more than double proportionately than that of any other province. The revenue had largely, increased and there was a balance in the Provincial treasury on .May 3.lst'.of £53,221.: His Honor recommended tiie towns-people iq, tax themseivesmprqfor.B.tree.ts;aud roads. He, advocated; the. mikiog of a., breakwator, and'-proposed that a rate;be levied on certain lands to pay for its construction. He considered most iraportant.of,; all the proposed work<, lie said measures would be submitted• for the re distribution of seats in the Council, for theamehdmentof the' Sheep Act, which is>at.present ultra vim.;, tor a fencing reduction; a resolution in favour of amendment of the Act of 1866 iore'erence to land, at Seventy-mile Hush, so as

to enable Ihem to be put up to a iction at

such an upset price; as ihey «i;i fetch. for the present is to be proryviled out of..revenue.. Teachers' houses " are to.be built..''.it'll! that the Superintendent shouid alter (he construction of the Council w that he may bo elected by electors of the whole of the province.. Mi;Orraon'i intiuiatea that he, will not sej-k re-election.

Caßisicni/Eo ti, Wednesday.

la the Ifovineial Council a motion was.

least three hours every Sunday afternoon, and carried by 26 votes against 7. Lyttelton, Wednesday. Cleared.—The ship 'Dilharee,' for London, with 2,020 bales wool, 14,817 sacks, wheat, 1,300 cases meats, 80 tons tallow, 68 packages sundries.-It is estimated that about "three thousand tons of stone were removed by the last blast, which was only partial; one chamber, .containing over two tons of powder, did not fire. Gbeymoutb, Wednesday. A fire occurred at Paroa, ux miles south of Greymouth, at one o'clock this morniug. The premises occupied by Mr O'Connor, hotelkeeper, the' office of the Road Board, and a private dwelling were destroyed. Three other building were pulled down. A girl named Elizabeth Houghton, twelve years of age, was burned to death. The other residents were severely burned while tryiiig to escape. The cause of the fire is at present unknown.,. The estimated loss of property is £1,000. No insurance.