LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 251, 21 November 1872, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL .

An Executive-has been formed. - It consists of Messrs W. A. Tdliuie; Geor§4 Tmubull^ Hn^li /i/'Dertniil, and Duncan Jif TArthnr. 3fr, i'olinie is Provincial Secretary and Secretary for Lands, and Me. TurubuU Provincial Teasurer. Wht did the Mayor of Lawrence object to propose success to the promoters of the new Luluitry i.iauguniie I in the .li^.rict on .. onlay last l>y she Gubiiels Guliy Quartz Miuit/g and O.utbing Comy.uiy? is a question we have neen us .ed »y saver.il persou*, but Wuich we ciunot answer. VVI understand that it is contemplated by some gentlemen to upj.lv .to the police autLjorititß for peiniis»iou to .'erect a U;iiu.f<i,~Jthe .j=iwience police jmdtlook for the purpose of ■vecuriug a sheet of water far baibing. 'The sue selected is a very good one." as an ample 3Ut*l>ly of water is always available, and it is wioliin e.i.sy distance of cue' town. The concert in aid of the funds of the Cuui'di ol England will take'place on the oth Otceml>er. 'I he programme drawu up is a reiuly excellent one, and from the assiduity ■ v/itii which the ladies and gentlemen who .ire to appear liuve beeu pi sic using toi souio time pii.it, a musical treat of a higu order .u.iy lie anticipated. Litigation is not generally productive of iuujU good, except to lawyers, but o.i the Blue Spur taey have made ati innovation on the .stiiiilislied order of citings, aud have invoked the aid of the phonographic art to help* in .>eit iit£ cheir disputes. .»ir. Mussen was corn. • , .uisaioiitd t>y the plauicitfj and defeudants 111 h- petnling case ot day ton and Co. v, Morrison ii'nl (Jo. 10 t.ike a nunrier of views of ciicir cla;i;j«, troiu diffe.eut points, tor tile '^i.edb of the Sup. erne Court. Tu<s ■ lews taken by Mr. itlus.-.en art, us indeed, .ni photographs execuced liy aim are, rs«i:ty <txejlifuc. \v'e may mention tints Air. .ilUisen will extend his stay iv L<*wrruce for another i'oituigut. The season promises to be prolific of the bounties of nature. Ripe strawoijrries havj already been plucked aud gieeu peas puUeUm vJr. Pyke s at VVaideijSthorpe. H esuall expect a veii.ioa ,ion preseat uesC week. A coKKKsPO-vaKNT uiforuiu us of cwo or three very Uang.-ious ditches on the main road, in tae vicimcy ot die is. aud iilou&. VV c ho,ie the Govern men t road engineer will reuedy cue evil compiaiueU of before auy acjideut o^oars. Ma. W. H. Calder, M. H. R. fo.- Invercargill, while add. easing the sJouchlaud Railway ijommittee on the sc.i. i iubt., made the t0.10w- .»,; I'em-j.rKs : - " With regard to the supposed 'inttgonism between this [the U iaion and Kiug.ttou line] and the Lawrence i ail way, he saul it wag purely imaginary. The latter Hue «Viis* supported hy ueariy all the Uta^a meuiicisas oie simply jusuned by tlio tr.iffij and lequiieiueuts of the district, and, troiu information which be had, he thoroughly - agreed with that view. Instead of hostility, he had received heany co-op<'iacio:i widi ie^ard toche ion hl.uid u»es ir.j.n t .c me a aviov L'u.ipeka, ai.d others inteiested in that district. Mr.. John Maclean notifies that as the term during winch he wus precluded from engaging - in business, ny his agreement with the late Lru of Driver, Maclean, anil (Jo., expires ou tue ißth prqi.; on tue following ddy ac will commence, business in Dunedin as auctioneer, stock -tiul station; agent, wool aud produce broker, aud o 'euei;il commission agent. i Thb fifth anuual meeting of the shareholders < •f the Phoenix Water Race Company was held •in Tuesday afternoon. D : Stewart occupied •'he cimir. The tuiuuces of the pievious meeting were read aud c>.i firmed. Tue auitu.il uport ;ind fiiiaucial statement were reatK-autL a lopced. .Ur. \V~. O. Ball was elected »s ' JiiiiKilin director. -Messrs. J. U. Biowu, Jiiiues Ch.iluiets, [I. Bastings, and Dr. Stewart .vere appointed loc.il directors. A vote of dunks was passed to the retiring directory. The meeting then terminated. SHARKS are being taken up in the Beaumont and Tuapeka Race Company, Registered, with sausfactoiy lapidity. We remind those intending to invest iv this undertaking that the share ■ist closes ou the 31st December. B? our advertising columns it will be seen that Mr. Matthew Hay has beeu appointed collector for the Tuapeka Hospital. Mr. Hay will commence to canvass forthwith, and we nope the public will liberally respond to his call. The Chinamen working in Gabriels Gully, have rendered the road in the bed of the creek almost impassable. If these heathens are permitted to extract the ;jold tio.n British soil, tliey .should ut least respect the lives and limbs of BiiUshers. Mr. AH Tono, Mr. Brogden's Chinese emisary, accompanied by a few of his Celestial friends, depat ted from Lawrence by CobU and Co. 's cnao ion Monday morning, en route for I'okoiniiKiro. - During his stny here he soemed ■ to lie übiq lifcous. aud his poi. severing effoits to induce his fellow countrymen to become "navvies" were crowned with success. He • obtained nearly the whole number of Celestials dr. IJrogden wishes to employ on the C>utha Railway, viz., about 509. Air. Brozdi'.a wished to despatch Mr. Ah Tong home to Cliiia as au iin migration agent, but he declined, as he lelieves lint a large immigration of Celnitiais would conduce neit >er to the beuefic of the colony not of the immigrants. Mr. Hrogden, yi<d heliave, has secureil the service^ of another - agent, au.l purposes importing large numbers of (Jhitie-te - the liist batch of which he purpose^ . iocaiing at Mauaw'atu: province of VVei.iugtod, i'here will be a vice rsusu of people then: 80io*» diy it the Dauea anil Chluese inter uiurr^ ' ' We understand that the uwuihers of the frd» vimaial Council die about to forward a meuiorial ii the Saperiuteudeut. requesting him to cop* •■ene a w^etiug of tne Provincial CvanciL >V& -tbiak it is ueoeasary tljitt » meetiug of tb9 .Obilnall should bd he'd at once, and aiaoeroljr hope that HU Honor will accede to the M<]ae4t\ of the members. The Ministerial crisis, ihft "change iv oqr land lawn, are each in-tbenvtelyes sufftiieut reasou for a meeting of the'P?c?iti^ail Coarctl. , - . — Mb. Bcbhell hft" beep exceedingly anforh*. Nat« in his horses <f late. Twp fine aniiuals, to-, gether vorth £80, die i dailng the hist week oy iwo. A Bubflcrip .ion ia beu>g Joaulft-Joreiil«tQft|i4 l«Ha(» ox fcb« \q&.

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which you state led to my ceasing to be a member of the Provincial Executive;. You will no doubt recollect that, before I left Dunedin to attend to the interests of my constituents in Parliament, arrangements were made, and a deputy appointed, with the concurrence of yourself and the other members ot tl><=s I- xivutive, for carrying on the business or my department during the term ef the vSession. . I may also state that I informed the ' Provincial Council that 1 would be absent from the Province during the meeting of the General Assembly, lat the same time intimated to the Council that, if in its opinion my absence from the Province during that period would prejudice my position as a member of the Executive, it would be necessary to make other provision to fill the office, and the Council acquiesced in the arrangement, on the uuderstanding that a deputy should be appointed to temporarily to discharge the duties of the office. It was, therefore, with surprise that I received your letter of the 25th ult., intimating that in consequence of my acceptance of the appointment of Minister of Public Works, you had removed me from office as a member of your Executive on the ground that the appointment was in your opinion incompatible with the proper performance of my duties as a member of the Provincial Executive.

It must have been obvious to you that I had no intention of filling both offices, and that in due course my jesignation would Lave been placed in your Lands, but I consider ed it was due alike to ij yself, to nay colleagues in the Provincial Executive, and to the Provincial Council, that I should return to the Provmce before tendering my resignation. One reason which induced me to take this course was my desire to con.% elude certain negociations now pending which were entered into by myself acting on behalf of the Executive, and which could not be completed before I left the Province. Having conducted these negociations so far, 1 l«lt it my duty to see theui carried out in the spirit in which they were- entered into. I believe this could have been accomplished in such a manner as to fulfil the engagements made and at the same time conserve the interests of the -Province and allay the excitement which has in some instances been created in regard to them. It was also my intention before resigning to have asked that the Provincial Council should be convened immediately after the prorogation of the General Assembly. In order to comply with an opinion very generally expressed by members during the last session of the Council to the effect that it was desirable that the meetings <sf tbe Council shou d in future be held immediately after the meetings of the General Assembly, and also for the purpose of bringing the Highway Boards Empowering Ace lino operation within the Province. Owing to an oversight on the part; of the Provincial Soliciter, this matter was overlooked during the last session of the Council, and I take this opportunity of reminding you that it is a question which very sGriously affects the position of the Road Boards of the Province, and which- if not attended to may lead to embarrassment and litigation. It appeared to me that the reasons given for requiring my immediate resignation were not of a valid nature. You must be fully aware that none of the Executive business •was transacted here, and while I was always ready and willing to give my opinion on any matter in regard to -which f was consulted, it could neither be required from me as a member of the Executive while I remained iv Wellington, nor could I, while residing out of the Province, interfere in the slightest degree in Provincial matters, even if 1 had the desire to do so, which I had not. Under these circumstance, I am at a loss to know what necessity existed for the hasty action taken by you in requiring in terms at once discourteous and peremptory my immediate rp<3j<_rnaH"ii, or for summarily removing me from office. ■ - l Ud.\ c only to add, in reply to your letter now under consideration, that while I consider it, and trust it will always b&«steemed to be, an honorable position, to beleader of the Provincial Council of Otago, and while I will be prepared, should the Council again require my services, to place them with pleasure at its disposal, nevertheless, after the uncalled for and unmerited indignity to which I have been subjected, a sense of the respect "which, is due to myself, and a consideration of what is aue to the important constituency whom I have the honor to represent, compels me firmly but respectfully to decline to accede to your request. D. Hew. James Macandrew, Esq., M.H.R. Wellington, 19th October, 1872. My Dear Sir, — f have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 12th instant. In doing so I have to express my regret that you decline to accede to my request that you should resume your former position in the Otago Provincial .Executive. M-jr action in this matter has been taken from first to last • purely on public grounds, and in the exercise of an official duty, which was incumbent.on me, and which, as the correspondence shows, I should have beenglad to have been spared. 1 altogether disclaim having been actuated by desire to cast upon you "indignity" in any shape or form, and can only reiterate my regret tnat our opinions should be so entirely different, as regards our respective duties in the public interest, under the circumstances in question. Yours faithfully, • J. MACAHDBSWj J). Eeid, Esq., M.H:R. 1