BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
(from our own correspondents.) WELLINGTON. August 15. The General Government have decided on a County form of Government, uniting Westland and the Nelson Goldfields. A bill to that effect will be shortly pruduced. In tho Hotise last flight Mr Curtis moved a resolution re the General Government utilising the provincial machinery, Mr Fox said the resolution proposed, though not taken as a direct vote of want of confidence, would cause the resignation of the Ministry if carried. Mr Stafford has since framed a motion of direct vote of want of confidence, to be tabled this evening.
NELSON, A Urge pnblic meeting lias been held, urging the construction of the Foxliill Railway. The Tarttrna has anived from Melbourne. She could not t>e tendered tit llokitika or Grey owing to bad weather. Australian news unimportant. HOKITIKA. At the cattle yards sale fat beef, 35s per lOOlbs. Store cattle, £3 5s to £5. Inferior sheep, ewes, Bs. A public meeting, unanimous for the union of the whole West Coast under one form of government, has been held.
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Westport Times, Volume VI, Issue 996, 16 August 1872, Page 2
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177BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. Westport Times, Volume VI, Issue 996, 16 August 1872, Page 2
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