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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 309, 6 November 1879, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAPHIC

(I'ivl! PHKSS AGENCY.)

WliLLlMi'im'. Wednesday. PARLIAMENTARY.

'. Select Committee will iiiijiiiie in'i the | üblie iiccoui.ts, Hamlin gave not in to move for the atieiidame l«fo;e ll; ( t Lands Committee of G. li. Morgan. now i:i Wanganui gaol. A similar request w.h mule by lhe Native Lands Conmi tee. The Premier considered (lie request nim-iiil ami aslvml time to enquire into ■ lie case. Trimble considered that Ihe House was is-ked to pursue an objectionable c urse; more inf.irnviti.iii should be furnished. Murray mid Kelly i height discussion hul better be udj mnied until the Housi knnv more about the nutter. Hu'cMsnn said they could not he belter occupied than in seeking jmtice for the poor uud oppressed, and this was such a case. Sheehaii wanted an assura ice that the mmter woud be taken next day, Grey said rerson and justice demanded ibat ibe matter be piesscd mi. Rollestou said the Government wished to conform to the feelings of the House, but the question was a very important one and it behoved them to know something about it. De biuitonr said it was not the duty of the UoverumanUo know anything of tincase until the Committee reported. Aikiiison said it was time the power of

Committee to sumuio.i witnesses from all parts of the Colony was taken away ; i led the country into great unnecessary expense. He would like to see the matter come on to-morrow, hut felt the Government were only doing their duty in asking for an adjournment. Montgomery, Turiibull, and Gisbome urged the carrying out the wishes of the Committee. McLean siid reason should he given why request should be made, Ulimi itely thoadj mriiiiunt mu carried by 40 in 21). Three o'clock to-morrow being Ihed for debate. The Premier at 7. JO ivill adi '.lie House toau;li>iise the \V\illin,';.oii Fix ton railway and Pipitea contracts 11 be proceeded with at oiiie, as the wo.'k wis ui'geit to liinhvoikfoi'uiieui.iliyeJ. 0 iver said t'ut at profit it wn impossible to authorise sale of nilway tickets at [lost ollii/es. * Several 13,11s were real a firsttima, and a Committee appointed to eirjuire inm what facilities can be given to ihe press for the use of telegraph, A return was promised of revenue and expenditure of each branch railway line coiinejted with the trunk line in the Middle Island. Murray's motion that the House sit on Mondays was withdrawn. The Wairoa has been placed in quarantine; two cases of sciuhitina ami two cases of measles. On the voyage there were two deaths from consumption. A child died this morning, The Agues did nothing to-day; the final repairs are anticipated to be completed to-morrow, The Court of Appeal opens mi Monday next. Arthur Cooper, son of the Under-

Secretary, is said to be appointed secretary to Chief Justice.

Redwood's Grip and St. George have to Ohristchureh.

Deputations of the Local IndustrieAssociation will wait on the Goveriimen and the City Corporation relative to blimanufacture of railway carriages, drab pipes, and other articles capable of bein manufactured in the colony. The Chamber of Commerce is moving in the matter of tariff revision. It is reported the Government intend b. repeal the Land Tax, increase the stami duties, impose a property tax, reinipose duties on tea, sugar, and flour, and in crease the duty on spirits two shillings a gallon. Another building society is about in bi started. It is slated the Government will accept Montgomery's • amendment to abolisl plural voting. OAMARU.

Wednesday. A fire broke out this morning in e hoarding house in Wear street, occupied by a man named Keenan. It was a wooden bui'ding, two storeys high, There being a strong wind, the house was soon destroyed, and the fire catching the adjoin ing premises on the right, consisting of a malt-house owned by Lintatt, mid on tinleft a venetb blind maker's, both store biddings. Owing to the exerti' ns of ilu Brigade the fire was kept from s reading, The malt kiln was damaged to he extern of £SOO, insurid in the South British. James' stock was insured for £IOO in the Colonial office, Feme & Rock's photographic studio above James' shop windestroyed, and all material and apparatus riiinpd; insured for £l5O in the South Br'tish. Keenan was insured for £3OO in the New Zealand, re-insured in ihe British. The building occupied by James and Ferrie & Rock was consi lerably damag ;d ; insured for £4OO in 3 mth British.