BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 2679, 7 September 1870, Page 2

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Wellington, September 6th. Mr RollesWs Water Rights Bill has

been thrown out.

The amendments made by the Legislative Council in the Immigration and Public Works Bill have been accepted by the House with a few modifications.

Mr Macandrew complained that the Traquair and "Stuart Hundreds Bill circulated in the Legislative Council as haying passed the House of .Representatives, was, totally different from the Bill actually passed by the House, and contained four more clauses. The Speaker said that his attention had just been called to the fact of other Bills having been similarly tampered with. Mr Stafford, Mr Creighton, and others, expressed great indignation and alarm at the discovery. No one being able to explain the matter, Mr Fox, at the Speaker's suggestion, moved the appointment of a Select Committee to investigate the affair.

Mr Jollie and Mr Bichrnond protested

against and opposed the second reading of the Public Works Loan Bill. On a division, however, the Bill was carried by 36 to 6.: r

Mr Vogel explained that the Government could not consent to give the Imperial guaranteed Million Loan priority over the Defence Loan, or the money now proposed.ta be, borrowed for other purposes. As they did not know the exact terms of the Imperial Act, they could not say what course would be adopted, but they would ask for power to negotiate the matter with the Imperial Treasury, and hoped they might get the guarantee at a lower rate, or for a shorter term, or for the interest only, over the four millions.

Mr Hall opposed the guarantee being accepted at all.

Mr M'lndoe has given notice of a motion in favour of holding the next session of the General Assembly in Dunedin.