SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 796, 24 July 1877, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

[Press Agency.]

STOPPAGE OF TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION SOUTH OF AUCKLAND. It would appear uhat the wirea between Auckland and Wellington were not in working order y.tsr.erd»y evening, for we understand that no telegrams whatever were, then received' in iucklatid from the latter city. Strange to Bay, we did not even receive our usual Auckland telegrams, Moa-iay 's.not a sitting day with the House, still we should, but for such oauae, have received some communications from our special correspondent at Wellington in reference tj the political position. In the absence of all such tele^rama, wo give from yeaterday's

'Herald' the following from the special correspondent at Wellington of that journal : — • ' Wellington, Saturday. THE MINISTRY IN DANGER O.N THE IiA.NO FOND QUtiSi'lON. There , is some auxieiy among the Ministerial aupportera respecting the issue of a fixhb on the Lan/i Fund. From! good authority I learn that there is now a opnsiderable majority in the House in favour of generalising the fund, and the differe-noi of opiuion amoog Miuiatera on this subjeot ia well-known. Canterbury members will figlib for the fund, because "Canterbury is* the only proviuce which has not acquired a fictitious laud fund ttirpugh Treasury bills At pr»s«nt the majority of Laud Fund geueraiisers are divided by other questions; but aotuetaiag unexpected may arise and bring about a auddeu vote ou the question, and ouat Miuistera. Tnis la what Ministerialists fear, and what is believed to be Sir Gr Grey's o-oj-sct. •-.-.. LEASES Ob' THIS CANTERBURY UUxN HOLDERS. There is a growipg feeling against the renewal of the leases of ihe.great Canter^ i»ury ruuholdors. Inside and outside lufliience will be used to renew ..hem. MK PfiITCHAKD'S APPLICATION bOR LAND. A letter from the Agent-General, dated Mvy last, states tuat he has hoard nothing further from Mr Pntonard respecting his ap^lioauou to the Auckland Waat Lands lioard. Ha had, at his request,, iu February, sent a telegram which coat £23 13a Sd. Mr Pritehard paid £20, but, thjugu aw .1 Vogel applied bath to him and to the Chairman of Pritchard'a Company for payment of the balance, no notice was taken. ■ . CHBisTOHr/RCH, Saturday. Mr Moorhouse, iVI.H.Ii. for Cnristchurch, addressed his cunstuueu's yerieraay. There was a moderate attendance, lh* iVJ.kyor uu upied the eh sir. uvir iVl'.iorhoustj avowed huuaedVa pariisitu, aud s.i.i he s.Lcted h.s party before -;Uteiiog the House. He waa prepared to sacrifice his individual views to the ruling of the majority of that party until he found they were radically wrong on the broad principle, when he would go over to the other aido. He strongly condemned the ceaseless ' chattering 3 of some memoers last session. He hoped the present session would be free from it lie «aid moat of tae commercial succasand present adrautage to the colouy was due to the work of the party he had aupported in the Assembly, and proceeded to quoce tigurea to demonstrate how New Zsaland had progressed while that pa ty had bean iu power. He showed that the population had increase.lsiuce 1867 from 137,249 to 39D.075, and that in value of property. we had increased as much in proportion duriug seveu years as Europe in 14 year o . -jfteferriug to public dissatisfaction on railway aud othsr mattera of administration, he aatd it was impossiLile suci political revolutions iu the (Jonatuutiion as tae oolouy had recently undergone could be reoovored from at ouce. It would take time to get into Bmooth working order. The Mifli^iry hid worked moat iudefatigably, and were so overdone that they were scarce y fit physically to faoe th^ trial of meotiug the opposing element iu the Assembly. The Cousticution was now rou^h, and would require two or three yeara legislation to get in proper order j but he waa sure before long they would be able to congratulate themselves on having a much larger share of local self-government than waa evsr likely under the old system. He had no doubt railway orievances would be the subject •or special inquiry during the session, when matters generally would be put ligat. It was desirable to have a universal rula for the mauagemeut of ail the railways in the coio y, bat, on ihe other hmd, iroa rules wera apt to become oppressive. Speaking of railway fiuaucisd, . he said he kuew the results ot working the railways during ihe past year wei'o very cou?iderably_ in excess ot any estimates matie by tha Goyeiument or Opyo sition. He bad good means of knowing the general financial p laition of the colony, aud firmly believed the resources of tbeolooy would be quite equal to every call the public creditor mignt mike on u, He did uot contemplate that the oolouy would be vexed by any more taxation, . unless some extraordinary Sjcialcataair» phe shoul i occur. He said it advisedly .and boheved .Slew Z^aiaud would y<-t Oe the leading commuuity of the Southern Seas. Tue r always wei e going to pay off tie national debt. He quoted bank otatiatioa, including the Savings Bank, to tthow the weaithy and prosperous condition of cue community as a w bole, also laud returns, to show what was the increase which hai taken place in land sales. Speaking of thw North Island, he said it had a great future of prosp rity befo.e it, and, from a doutheru point of view, hd strongly deprecated severancd of the two islands. He erpressel himg^lt in favour ot free, secular, aud compulsory education, which he believed could be paid for out of the consolidated reveuue. ChaiitiaoSe iuititutions Bhould be aohir'^t ou tue cons di-litad revenue. He quit^ agreed ihit Ohrtdtchurch was entitle i t- * lar.je eadowmeut iu laid, as corauen*a« lion for town reserved tiken by tn's Pr-.»---vinoiai Goveiuiueut aoma yeara ago. He waa opposed to Government endowing other schools than their -own, He would ' not support the deferred payment sy3tem for land. A vote of thanks waa carried, vWith only three disientients. A vote ot no confidence was proposed, but not secouded.