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Star (Christchurch), Issue 114, 24 September 1868, Page 3

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[by sub:m:a.bike telegba.ph.] Wellington, Sept. 23, 7.52 p.m. Mr Bell, who spoke for three hours, and Mr Richmond, occupied all last night iv the " Alarm" debate. Mr O'Neill's inotiou to-night is, " That in order to enable the taxation of the colony to be reduced, and with a view to an equitable adjustment of provincial liabilities consequent upon a dissolution of partnership between the General and Provincial Governments, it is expedient to rescind the*resolutions of 1856, through which the laud fund of the colony became provincial revenue, and to repeal all enactments under which the land fund is so appropriated." Dr Evans, well-known as one of our earliest settlers,* and lately PostmasterGeneral at Melbourne, died this morning after a long illness. Groves, the prospector, reports that after three months' exploration in the rangea of the "West coast in Wellington province, he has exhausted his faith in discovering gold in payable quantities. Private letters state that Colonel Haultain has ordered the abandonment of all outposts, and the retirement of the forces on Patea, also that Colonel McDonnell baa intimated his intention of making an attack on the rebels immediately, and then resigning. The next news from Wangauui is looked for with the greatest anxiety. To this hour, the business before the House of Representatives has been uninteresting. A resolution has been passed, that a compensation of £200 to MrOsgood, re Bellamy, be paid, and deducted pro rata from the honorarium of members of both houses.