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Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1851, 11 July 1874, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS

GENERAL ASSEMBLY. [anglo-atjstralian press telegraph AGENCY.] Wellington, July 10. In ;the House of Representatives, Messrs Luckie and Creighton were granted ten days' leave of absence, and' Messrs Montgomery and Rolleston one week .each.. . ■ '.. '....■..'. ... ... . | '" Mr Reynolds gave notice of his intention to movei the House into Committee of Ways and Means on Tuesday, to [consider the' following proposals : — "(That on July. 1, : 1875; the duty on Colonial distilled spirits should be seven shillings r per gallon ; after the Ist July, 1876,, eight shillings per gallon ; and after July, 1877, nine shillings." . ,i: i ' Thie^ Premier gave a polite refusal to state in reply to a question of Mr Wakefield, .what .steps,, the .Government! had, taken since last session to bring the murderers of Sullivan to justice. . * ; . . In answering Mr Steward, Mr. Yogel said that, in the face of the official report of Captain Johnston, he would not.be. justified in asking- .the House to sanction the erection of a lighthouse at Cape Wanbrow, Oamaru. . . ... r „....;■ „, The Premier said the Government were going to introduce a Bill to remedy any defects in " The Native Lands Act, 1873." A resolution was brought up that the Imprest Supply Bill, of two hundred and fifty thousand pounds, be read a third time on Tuesday. The Premier said there was no particular urgency for the resolution, except that money for carrying on the necessary work of the Government was now being spent without the requisite authority. The Bill was. read a second time without amendment. The Electric Telegraph Bill, caused an interesting debate. . ; . . ' Mr Yogel said, in all probability, they> would sob be abler to send fac simile telegrams, so that the operator would not be obliged to learn the contents' of telegrams. Their ? endeavour ; was to' assimilate;, the Telegraph Depart-: ment as much as possible to the Post Office, : tfy maidng it a mere piece of .mechanism.. Mr Atkinson suggested that : the operators, should, . after taking the message off, address it aud place it at once in the Post Office.' Mr Gillies thought the measure was slightly touched with panic legislation. The debate and the House were adjourned till Tuesday. : ; Christohurch, July 10. At a'meeting of the Board of Governors of Canterbury College, Mr Inglis moved that the Museum be opened three hours each on Christmas Day and Good Friday. The motion was strongly opposed by the Church party, and it was ultimately withdrawn. : The Canterbury Chamber of Commerce; has requested Mr Montgomery, M.H.R., to introduce a new Insolvency. Bill into the Assembly, the main featere of which is identical with the one thrown out last' session. ■ '■ .■-' -. ;.-.'■- - :