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Bruce Herald, Volume VI, Issue 532, 26 September 1873, Page 5

The Committee on the Otago Reserves re-

port that from the paucity of information procured,and as the late period of the session precluded the possibility of obtaining additional information from that Province they cannot recommend, that any legislation in the direction proposed by the Bill should take place during the present session. Waste Land Bill.— The Upper House proposed a proviso in clause 5, providing that the fees to be paid in respect of the purchase and occupation of the lands so set aside for sale on deferred payments shall be double those required to be paid under the aforesaid provision of the Otago Waste Lands Act, 1872. A new clause is inserted, providing that nothing in this Act contained shall prejudicially affect any pre-emptive right created under the Southland Act, 1865. Wellington, Sept. 25. Last right the debate on the Hawke's Bay Loan Act was resumed. On the motion of Mr Tolmie a new clause was added, that all the works constructed under the Act be paid in cash. The Bill was then reported with amendments and passed.— The Marlborough, Wellington, Otago, Nelson, Taranaki, and Auckland Loan Bills were passed. — Mr Vogcl moved the first reading of the Governor's Salary, Ministerial Residence, Leases and Lowry Bay Sale, General Purposes Loan, Immigration and Public Works Lean, and Purchase of Native Lands in North Island Bills.— -Mr Reid urged delay on account of the lateness of the hour and the thin house. Mr Rolleston severely criticised the proposed purchase of the native lands in the North. He said the Bill defeated any attempt to solve the difficulties between the North and.South Islands. The present difficulty between the two. Islands prevented good government, and caused a, monetary scramble. The Government had introduced a sheaf of Bills ?f a most ruinous character, and the House had gone in for reckless borrowing when the money might be^ obtained in a more statesmanlike manner. The Premier had been torn away from anything like prudence, and had allowed different powers in the country to exercise such influence over him that he had been plunged into an inextricable dilemma. Mr Vogol replied. The first readings were merely formal. The Bills were read first time. The House went into Committee to consider clauses 34 and 10 of the Immigration and Public Works Bill. The clauses were reported, and, the Bouse adjourned at i a.m. — Mr Shepherd moved for a Committee of the whole House to consider the desirabil ity of increasing the amount to be borro wed under the Otago Loans Bills between the passing of the Bill and the end of December, 1874, from LIO,OOO to LIOO,OOO, which sum was necessary for the immedif\to construction of the Dunstaji Bailmiy. — Mr Macandrew tjaid the amendment if carried would not accelerate the construction of that railway. If that line of railway 'tfere commenced at once there would be 375 miles of railway under construction in the Province, which would absorb more labor than was likely to be available in Otago up to the end of 1874. — J. L. Gillies qoncurred with Mr Macandrew/a views. — The amendment, was ciefea^Qct on tf^e voices, »

The 'Independent' severely condemns the report of the Committee on Brogden's petition, and accuses +he Government of having suppressed certain correspondence from, the Agent-General regardirg Brogden's claim under the immigration contract, and says an interview took place between the AgentGeneral, John Hall, and James Brogden, the result of which was that the Agent General wrote to the Government, recommending that the proposal of Brogden be accepted. Auckland. At a meeting of the creditors of James Oldham, wine merchant, High-street, lately deceased, a letter found in his pocket, describing the mental torture suffered by him owing to'his position towards his creditors, was read. He knew he had acted wrongly, but was led away by the hope of retrieving his position. He said he lost heart, and rather than face his creditors would appeal to a merciful God. The letter proceeds to say, " I give up all I have together with my life, which is the only sacrifice I can make." The deceased had been unwell for a long time, but it was not anticipated that he would commit suicide. The body was buried without an inquest. Alexandra. The report that Purukutu is on the move is not true. Yesterday he was afc Kuiti potato planting. Dunedin, 7.55 p.m. The Albion, with the English mail on board arrived at the Bluff at 4.45 p.m. She left Melbourne at 10.40 p m on the 20th, and brings 34 saloon and 24 steerage passengars. She sails for Dunedin to-morrow afternoon. London, September Bth. One of the chief attractions at Vienna was Brogden's New Zealand birds. Wool reports confirm previous telegrams. Good New Zealand combining wools continued to command keen competition. Current prices about the same as February, 1872. Greasy combing was in great demand. Arrivals from New Zealand : — Zealandia, Agnes Muir, Chile, Celoena, City of Dunedin. Departures . — For Wellington, Bavaria ; for Otago, Queen Bee, Otago, and Lady Jocelyn ; for Auckland, Hydaspes and Ferndale ; for Canterbury, Merope. The judges and jurymen in the Tichbomo trial have been anonymously threatened with assassination if the claimant is sentenced. The judges have forbidden the claimant to attend public meetings. The steamship Great Eastern failed to repair the Atlantic Cable of 18G5. A despatch received at the Admiralty under date 20th August, states that the town of Vamah on the west coast of Africa was destroyed, through the inhabitants treacherously firing upon the exploring party, several of whom were wounded. In the encounter Commodore J. E. Commorell, C.B. was wounded severely. The ' Times ' correspondent at the Gold Coast describes a serious affray which took place at Chewat as a great disaster. There is enormous mortality amongst the English troops which have been fighting Ashantees. Oi several boats filled with men, to effect a landing on the Gold Coast, not a single man escaped unwounderi. Colonel Sir Grant Wolsley intends constructing a wide 'road and railway to the Ashantee capital. The Duke of Edinburgh has gone to Livonia to meet the members of the Russian Imperial family. i Fiiahce. One hundred anil reven deaths occurred from cholera in Paris last week. The last German soldier quitted France on the lOlh. The British traveller, Stormes, arrived at Paris, and announced that Dr Livingstone was alive mid well at the commencement of July. The Comte de Chambord partially agrees to the demands of the constitutionalists to grant a charter. Spain. Dissensions exist among the besieged at Carthagena. There is great scarcity of provisions. The Cortes voted extraordinary powers demanded by Senor Castelar. Fourteen thousand Carlists wero defeated by tho Republican tronps with great loss. The bombardment of Carthagena has commenced. i Austria. Victor Emanuel has been cordially received at Vienna. Netherlands. The King opened the States General and announced the Acheen war would be prosecuted vigorously, America. A serious conflgaration occurred at Chicago* 1 The yellow fever is raging in Lousiapna,