WELLINGTON.
-TUEBDAY, AugUSt 17. CoioNjut, Ijyoj'i. has Jbeen- gazetted. tc> the command'of the^Auckland district.
Mr. Yogeils sufficiently recovered to resume bis seat iti fcbe Ilouse.
Further successful lifts have been made of the wreck of the Taranaki. ' The masts are now seven feet out of the water. .
Melbourne- telegrams have been received per Omeo, dated the 9th.
Kinneary b as been released — the Fenian who was being prosecuted for being illegally at large in the Colony of Victoria. . A diamond half-pound weight lias been found at Armidale. -
General Chute's action regarding the l&fch Regiment has been universally approved.
American newS; received via Sydney states that the Cuban filibustering expedition has failed. At Teco, a thousand soldiers died of cholera. The insurrection has been totally quelled.
Thursday, August 19. Mr. Stafford's Gladstone County Bill has been thrown out by ;31 to IS votes.
Mr. Macandrew's motion for a loan of £50,000, to be expended on public wovlcs in the Province, of Q,tßgb, ; arid to be raised on the security of the pastoral rents, has been assented to. by .sß t0. 16 votes; Considerable progress has been made in the estimates. The Steam subsidies are now under consideration", and a great reduction thereof is proposed.
The Bill for the reuhion of Nelson and Marlborough has been withdrawn. .
Shoals of financial, militia, and other Bills are being introduced. The session is likely to close in about a fortnight.
The Grey of Dawn Company has actually struck gold at Makara.
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 13, Issue 1076, 20 August 1869, Page 2
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246WELLINGTON. Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 13, Issue 1076, 20 August 1869, Page 2
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