By Electric Telegraph

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 323, 7 May 1875, Page 3

By Electric Telegraph

(From Oil? own correspondent.}

Dunedir, Thursday Evening. . _ Oil tlie" House assembling on Tuesday Keid moved that Gillies li& re-appointed as Speaker. Fish opposed the mdtion in a rather violent speech, objecting on the ground of incoriipafcibiiity of holding two positions, and wdtind.up by proposing M'Ulashan. The dnly other speakers were de Lautour, -who said that the Council, if it was true loa sense of its o'wn dignity, must oppose Gillies' re-election; Turtori, who spoke in the same strain; and Green; who said that n6 vote since he had been in the Council had given him more pain, but he felt bound to vote against what would practidally be the Harbor Board's representative in tHei. chair. Gilt lies, in a temperate speech, said the fault really lay with the Council, in framing the Ordinance so. as to make it possible for a person to hold the dual position. Next day the debate was continued, mostly by the Southland members: Gillies .vas elected by IS to 4—the rises being, Fish, Green, Browne, and de Lautour. If there had been a better man than M'Glashan able to be brought forward, it is thought Gillies would have been closer run. The principal business in the Council yesterday and io-day is the debate on the reply to the address—tlie chief dissension being on the abolition of the Provinces and the proposed education tax. Fish and Armstrong strongly condemned the latter. The principal speakers in favor of abolition were —-Fish, Turton, M'Dermid, M'Glashan and de Lautour; against—Beid, Stout, Keeves; and. Lumsden. The address in- reply was carried to-day without debate. The Council adjourned till to-morrow night. It is understood if Menzies had been nominated for the Speakership he would have had the general support. , There are thirty-seven entries for the Queen's Birthday Races—twice the liomW of last year.

A flood at Waipori River broke into the Sludge Channel. Extent of the damage is not' known.

The Governor and Lady Normanby, accompanied by Dr. Pollen, Rolleston, Macaudrew, and Bell aarived at Oamaru 10 a.m. They were convoyed by a train: to the brtakwater, where'the Governor named it Macandrew wharf. Reception was very enthusiastic.

The Provincial Treasurer of Conterbury, making his .Financial Statement, startled the Province by the pieture lie drew of the finances! There is an actual deficit of £78,000,to meet which it is proposed that there sha.ll be a household tax } school fees and district contributions should be doubled, railway tariff increased, and withdrawal gradually "from supporting charitable institutions. Seymour has resigned his seat for "Wairau; Moorhouse is a candidate. Per Albion at JTokitika:—- . , ST. BATHAN3: - 1 Richard Wheeler's tender ha 3 betii ted for. the erection of a post and telegraph office heq;, and' the building is to" be commenced at once. : - - CLYDE. May 6. _ At four o'clock this morning the pneumatic steam dredge became a total wreck. LOUDON. April 24.. In the Commons, Kenealy's motion, for the appointment of a Royal Commission enquiring into; the Tichborne case was rejected by 434 to 1. Kenealy's speech was principally confined to a weak attack on the alleged misbehaviour of the judges. Wool market is quiet, but prices continue" firm. ■ - ' SYDNEY. The rush to the Palmer continues, but sickness is very prevalent, and the blacks are troublesome. Moods in Queensland. People compelled to seek refuge ii£ trees. '