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Wanganui Herald, Volume VIII, Issue 2664, 27 December 1875, Page 2

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Mei__ourke; Ded: 17. ' Division -on the Budget debate was* * taken lat 2 o'clock^ this mbrnin^j Ber- « ry's amendment was negatived by 43 A to 28:' A* further amendment has been:'' proposed in favor of dissolution^ but-is ' not likely-to ;iheet f:with!;a better fateV1 as the majority of the HouseMs against ;; dissolution. ; There is little prospect of- ■ the session coming tb:a close yetli'---; 7; The Dido proceeds to -_iigland,being • under Home orders." The non-arrival of the steamer Gblima irt • Sydneyhas left the agei]ts-without; any boat to take the.niailoirto'* Cali-* !' fbrnia".- \a>;:::'aA:A:i a■■'■ ■-.-■.rAiiy-i =-7:7 Ay: ■ ; The Croverrime'nt < has •/deelmed; the offer of the McGregor for the conveyance of the mails. •' : The agents advised that in the event of the non-arrival of tho Colima there will be no boat available - this month:: > _- H., H.. : Hall has served a .writ axA \ Dibbs, M.L. A., for slander contained 'A, in his public;speeches. Dibbs has ac-; cepted the service aiid retained counsel, and, it is said, intends to pleadjustification. ~: y Sydney....-. A Bill for abolishing verdicts oifela • de se has passed its second reading in , Council, also Married Women's Pro- ;' peity Bill, and Secret Bill of Sale' Negotiations Bill. A'number of cases of erysipelas are'! reported. : The1 contagion was "cauked ~l; by the attendance of medical iheh,"' who had visited persons similarly dis- ! eased. ■' y -'-■' :*_ ■'"'■'■] '." ■'' Complaints are made 'bf the scarcity ' of labor in the country districts.*.-, ""''-'■