POLITICAL NEWS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 5255, 22 December 1877, Page 3

POLITICAL NEWS.

[pu tm ram Aanror]. ■ j ~, , AroxLAND.Dec 21. to ?U oikesion^Sto 1 a. h G^.^ Merely paid a visit of eoortesy; and he will gtve a qualified support. : i The Premier will YiiiifcV' i^i address bis oonstituents on his return from Kawen. Ha will than, go to Wellington, calling in at parang* and Gisborne. ! Mr J. 0. Brown has gone on a visit to Cape* Marie YanDiemecandfiamoa. '"■■ : i / ? JJHHHPiH,Deo 21. i The -meeting to present; an.Mdrees '.to Messrs Maoandre w, Lsmaeh, and other Otago representotivef, which’ Was fixed for Monday evening, has bssn postponed till after .the holidays to suit the oonvenlenoe of some.of the representatives. ! (raok. OUB OWN OOBEHBPONDHNT ) Wellington, Deo 21. ; The Armed Constabulary Depdt at Mount Cook Barracks here is broken dp. In latnre the DepAt will be in the Waikato, where Colonel Lyon will command the whole force, but notas Commissioner. No inooeisor will ha appointed to Colonel Moult, hut! Colonel Whitmore or some other Minister will aot as Commissioner. The olerkshave been removed from Mount Cook to the Government Buildtogs, and it is said that Colonel Header ie lobe appointed Hr der-Secretary for d * fence. The oitil police will from Jon I be under Commissioner Weldon for the Middle Island., and Commissioner Shearman for the North Island, and be quite distinct from the. Armed. Constabulary. I Mr J. Evans Brown'contradicts the report that he has formally; severed his connection With Sir G. Grey's party.