PER ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN PRESS TELEGRAPH AGEHCY.

Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1761, 25 August 1874, Page 2

PER ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN PRESS TELEGRAPH AGEHCY.

Auckland, This day. The Suez mail, per Luna, closes at Auckland to-morrow at'noon.

Wellington, Monday evening. The Mail Service. Sir Oracroft Wilson aslced what truth there? was in the statement that the s.s. Tartar had been with great difficulty liberated from the hands of the bailiff. The Premier said the Tartar would hare nothing to do with the contract. It was true she was detained several days at San Francisco while negotiations were going on between the A gent-General and the agent for the service, and until arrangements were made by which the Tarter was allowed to come on with, the mail. He could inform i the House, that if the mails were sent \ from Wellington the Government would take care that they should leave San Francisco. There was every reason to believe that arrangements would be made with builders of new boats for the carrying out of the contract. As far as New Zealand wai concerned, it had discouraged the idea of any renewal of th.c temporary contract, and have telegraphed to the Agent-General to have all mails sent by Suez untill satisfactory arrangements are made. . Resignation of the Governor. In reply to Mr Stafford regarding the resignation of the Governor, Mr v ogel said he might say his Excellency had not resigned through any dislike to the governorship of the colony, or to the arrangements. His desire simply was that he wished to resume a more active life at home than pertained to the governorship of a constitutional colony, Wellington, This day. Motion for Dissolution. In the House of Representatives last night, Mr. Fitzheibert moved his resolution for the dissolution of parliament in a very short, temperate speech. The Premier replied at considerable length, taking occasion to refer to the previous debate, and combatting many arguments used by quoting a larg« number of precedents from Eneflisbr-Parlia— mentary proceedings, to show that there was no necessity for the dissolution. He concluded by moving an amendment to Fitzhcrbert's motion by striking out the principal portion and substituting the following—"That the Provincial form of Government in the Worth Island be followed as soon as possible by an • inexpensive and more thorough form of local government, under which the Island will be divided into districts and sub-districts, which shall be endowed with substantial revenues, and that the residents therein be entitled to assume larger control of the affairs and expenditure of local revenue than is at present the case." The original motion was negatived by 45 against 19. The Premier's amendment was carried on the voices. Mr. Swanson moved an amendment— " That a Bill giving effect to the resolution be circulated two months before the meeting of Parliament," but it was negatived by 40 to 21. At a quarter to two the House adjourned. Dtjnedin, Monday, Evening. The total insurance on the buildings and stock belonging to Messrs Guthrie and Larnach amounted io over £20,000, of which the following maybe taken as destroyed:—New Zealand Company : Guthrie and Larnach, £3,000; Haworth, £5,000; Spanish Restaurant, £6,000; total, £14,000. Guthrie and Larnach ire also insured in other offices for following amounts:—National, 2,500; South British, £2,000; Norwich Union, £2,000 ; Victoria, £2,000; Standard, £1,500; Australian Alliance, £1,000. Haworth was insured in the Royalfor £500 ; Gibbs and Clayton, with exception guaranteed from Guthrie and Larnach, a few hundred pounds their lossis £2,000 ; Rendle, chairmaker, was altogether uninsured. An inquest will be held. Nothing further is known as to the cause.