TELEGRAPHIC. (From the Daily Southern Cross.)

Waikato Times, Volume VI, Issue 310, 9 May 1874, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC. (From the Daily Southern Cross.)

Wellington, Thursdny. The receipts from piisenger traffic on the Hutt railway, from the 14th to 30th April, inclusive Uover £300. [Two Sundays' work in Auckland.] Mr Gillon, editor, of the Evening Post, vai last night given a testimonial, a dinner, and a purse of soys. by the publicans of Tborudon Flat, in recognition of bis journalistic services.

« Dunedin, Thursday. Mr Reid, Provincial Secretary, made to-day a statement of the Government policy to the Provincial Council. He intimated it was intended" to apply to the General Assembly to have a loan raiiod by tbe Colonial Q-overnmont for the province to enable tbe latter to carry out large brand) railway works already taken. and proposed, The Government looked upon the deepening of tjie Ql»go harbour to bring up tlie Invest ship to Dunedin a» tmly a provincial work, and would .i-si-fc to the utmost to carry out the favoured appointment of Harbour Trust for this purpose j and while the Government would only recommend the expenditure of a small sum at present to giro a commencement to the work, they would n«Hist the Trust to rnixo u loan for carrying out tlie'woi k. The Government would try to obtain the alteration ot the bind Bill, so as to throw open more than 30,000 •lores annually under deferred payments. The blocks are to hi intersected with blocks of land, to be purchased for cash, toennble men with faimlies to take n f,T#nter quantity than 200 acre 1 ;. They did not propose to raise the price of lund nil oxer the prim nor, but would perhnps rniao tho prico of the bestugiicultnral land to 10s per ncre. It win proposed to dispose of as much land as po»siblo under deferred p»>ments, mid declare sevcrnl new Hundreds.