THURSDAY, JUNE 11.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 12, Issue 954, 23 June 1868, Page 2

THURSDAY, JUNE 11.

[Tho following items were shut out of last Council 1 report, and inadvertently omitted from the publica- , tion following.] Waipawa Telegraph. ' This subject was now resumed. Tho Speaker said that, acting on the , order of the Council, he had sent the re- : solution to the Government at Wellington, but it had been returned to him as infor- : mai, as it had not tho signature of the ' Speaker. He signed it, and again on the 28th October forwarded it to Wellington, but the General Government had not replied to it. * Mr. Obmond said that he was doubtful whether he could give any further information, as the whole of the correspondence on this subject had already been : published. The only reason the General Government had for thus setting aside the wishes of the public was that the Telegraph Surveyor hac[ reported in favor of "Waipukurau. Major Lambebt, in the course of some ", rather long remarks, said that it might be taken for granted that the General Government would not send an > incompetent man as telegraph surveyor. In allusion to the remarks of the member for Hampden, he said thnt the position of the telegraph could not make much difference to the inhabitants of a.city twenty-five miles distant. He said that he believed that one of the members wished the Government to quietly bear llio expense of a second station al; Waipawa, ami said that the audacity of the idea was monstrous. Mr. Tannee said that no fault.lay wilh the Provincial Government in the matter, but he did not know whether this was tlio manner in which all Provincial Governments were treated by the central authority. Government Contracts. Major Lambebt, pursuant to notice, moved — Tbat on nest sitting day His Honor the Superintendent will cause to be laid on tho table a return shewing what part of tho road made between Waipawa and "Waipukurau has been done by contract, and what part not j and the reason why all has not been contracted for. Motion agreed to. Pvblic Works. Lient.-Col. Whitmoee obtained leave to withdraw tho following motion standing in his namo, as from the state of the Provincial funds he could not expect any good to result from it: — For a return of what parts of the road known as the Te Aute havo been repaired or made from the loan ; also, a return of the votes for roads and bridges of last session, showing which have and which have not been expended, and the reasons for the selections made in eaoh case. Leave granted. Education. Mr. Wood moved the suspension of standing orders 26 and 27, to enable him to give notice of motion for a committee on the Education Act. Mr. Ferard objected to the standing rules being perpetually suspended. The motion was agreed to, and notice given accordingly. Finance Committee. Mr. Buchanan, after obtaining tho suspension of standing orders 26 and 27, moved that certain papers relating to finance should be referred to the Finance Committee. The motion was agreed to, and the Conncil adjourned.