TELEGRAMS

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XI, Issue 612, 23 June 1881, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

, PARLIAMENTARY. (From our owu correspondrnt.) Wellington. The Licensing Fees were discussed last nignt. A motion by Mr Bastings to reduce publicans' licenses to ten o'clock from £4O to £3O in Boroughs, was lost on «, division. Mr.de Lautour moved to strike out the £3O fee, proposed for houses outside Boroughs, which was accidentally declared carried before a division was called for. A motion was then made to insert £2O, which was lost. It was then proposed to insert " not exceeding," in order to give discretion to the Bench up to £35. This was lost. Mr Bowen then proposed £29, which the Government supported. It was lost by one vote. Ultimately £25 was fixed. An amendment was carried the day previous to compel country houses to have six rooms for travellers. This will be .reopened.' A special clause to provide accommodation in licensed houses in remote districts, on easier terms, has been given notice of. The Premier stated yesterday that the Representation Bill will be brought down as early as possible. The Otago Runs Question will be referred to a Special Committee, representative of all interests. This is preferable, as the Waste Lands Committee is not representative of mining /interest. Dr Menzies, and Messrs de Lautour, and Bastings waited yesterday on the Minister of Education, to urge that the support of the Government should be given to a measure to make primary Educational reserves in Strath-Taieri, Waikaia, arid Southland, available for settlement under the Waste Land Laws. The matter is to be laid before the Cabinet.

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{The following appeared in our issue of Saturday last: —] ' ,' o SUPPLEMENTARY TELEGRAMS. (From the Press Association J Dunedin, June 17th. The New Zealand Government have proclaimed the City of Sydney and Port Jackson infected places, in consequence of the smallpox. Mr Etching's loss by the fire is estimated at £3OOO. The buildings - contained 75,000 rabbit skins, 150 bales of wool, &c, and all was uninsured. O. Clark, a cadet in the telegraph office at Russel, disappeared suddenly last evening. He is supposed to have cleared out by some vessel. '■ —o

CABLEGRAMS. London, June 16. The Ascot Gold Cup was run today, aud resulted as follows:—Robert the Devil, 1; Petronel, 2 ; Exeter, 3. Melbourne, June 16. The Reform Bill, framed on the basis of the proposals made by Mr Ramsay, and adopted by the Conference of joint Committees yesterday, passed through the Assembly last night, and was forthwith transmitted to the Legislative Council, where it was also carried through all its stageß without discussion. Great satisfaction is expressed on all sides that a compromise has been effected between the two Houses.