TELEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 3907, 25 August 1874, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

Monday, 24th August.

The Legislative Council refused the application of the Ward-Chapman Joint Committee for a General Commission to follow up the inquiry into the case.

The Council adjourned at 5.30 p.m. In the House of ReDresentatives, Mr Reynolds laid "a reporb on the table regarding lighthouses, which was ordered to be printed. The substance of the reporb was that new lighthouses were being erected as follows : — Cape Maria Van Diemen, East Cape, and on the Brothers, Cook Strait, which was expected to do away with the Mana one in Cook Strait; between Akaroa audTimaru; oneatMoeraki; one inFoveaux Strait; one ab Rabbit Island, which would render unnecessary that on Dog Island; one at Cape Farewell, and another at Cape Foul wind. It was expected that the erection would notbe delayed much longer. The report also stated that Captain Edwin expected to be able before next session to perfect a system of storm signals, so as to give warning several hours m advance to mariners in open roadsteads, such as Oamaru, Timaru, New Plymouth, of approaching bad weather, and thus enable them to get to sea in time. Mr O'Neill moved that the report of the trial made at the Royal Mint, Sydney, of New Zealand woods, by E. W. Ward, Captain Royal Engineers, dated December 20-h, in 1556, be printed. Agreed to. Mr T. L. Shepherd obtained leave to introduce a Bill to borrow £3000 for the purpose of establishing Water Works at Clyde. The Bill was read a first time. Sir Cracroft Wilson asked what truth there was in the statement that the Tartar had been with great difficulty liberated from the hands of bailiffs. The Premier said the Tartar would have | nothing to do with the contract If; was true that she was detained several days at San Francisco while negotiations were gomg on between the Agent-General and the Agent of the Service, until arrangements were made by which the Tartar was allowed to come on with the mail. He could inform the House that if the mails were sent from Wellington, the Government would take care that they would leave San Francisco. There was every reason to believe that arrangements would be made with the builders of new boats for the carrying out of the contract as far as New Zealand was concerned. He had telegraphed to the Agent General to have all mails sent by Suez until satisfactory arrangements are made.

In reply to Mr Stafford, regarding the resignation of the Governor, Mr Vogel said he might say that His Excellency had not resigned through, any dislike to the Governorship of the Colony, or to the arrangements. His desire simply was, that he wished to resume a more active life at home than pertained to the Governorship of the Colony.