Tuesday.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIII, Issue 22, 25 September 1885, Page 11

Tuesday.

In the House of Representative yesterday, the Hon. W. J.* M Larnacb moved that the amendments agreed to by the conference in the Mines Act Amendment Bill be agreed to. Mr. Seddon asked whether the Minister accepted the refusal of Council to reduce the fee for miners' rights. The Hon. W. J. M. Larnacb said he preferred to accept it rather than lose the bill. Mr. Seddon moved that the amendments be disagreed with, and a fresh conference appointed. The Hon. R. Stout opposed tbe amendment, contending that there were other important provisions in the bill which it was desirable should become law. Messrs. Fergus, Pyke, and Guinness supported Mr. Seddon's amendment. Sir Julius Vogel hoped the amendment would not be pressed, as it would jeopardise a useful bill. Tht amendment was lost by 28 to 25. Mr. Scobie Mackenzie moved the adjournment of the debate. After some discussion the motion for the adjournment was lost, and the original motion carried by 31 to 21.— Tbe Hon. R. Stout moved that the House meet at 4 p.m. tomorrow (Tuesday) for prorogation. As a ballast train was on Saturday afternoon approaching the Bilverstream station from the Upper Hutt, the driver and fireman noticed a child of Mr. R. Hogan's, aged 18 months, in the centre of the line. The brakes were put on hard, but as there is an incline at this spot, and there was a heavy load on at the time, the train could not be stopped. To make matters worse the mother, alarmed by tbe shrill whistle.rusbed out and got on the track, but somehow fortunately got off when the train was just upon her. When the engine was within a yard or two of the child, and when those who were looking on turned away to avoid witnessing the sickening sight, Trueman, the fireman, at imminent danger of Mb own life, jumped with a bound, whipped the child off the line, but before he could get clear was struck heavily on the leg by the cowcatcher.

The Arrow correspondent ef the Daily Times says : — cake weighing 700oz. came down to Queenstown last Saturday from the Phoenix claim at Skippers. The mine looks well and promises equally good yields for some time to come.

Synnot Bros., wool brokers, of Melbourne, have issued a circular in which a proposal is made to convene a meeting for the purpose of taking steps to promote the exportation of wool from Australia to China and Japan.

Mr. Donne Ploves Van Amstel, Consul-general in Australia for the Netherlands, has received a telegram from General Van Rees, Governor-general nf the Dutch East Indies, reporting that Asiatic cholera had broken out at Kolpaug, in the island of Timonin, and that it had become epidemic in the island.

Spain is now landing troops throughout the Caroline Group for their protection.

Advices from Admiral Miot, commanding the French forces in Malagasy waters, state that the troops under his command recently made a reconnaissance of the Hova position at Taragal, but were attacked by the enemy and repulsed with considerable loss.

Telegrams to hand from Roumelia state that Prince Alexander, of Bulgaria, has issued a manifesto to the inhabitants of Bulgaria and Roumelia in which be accepts the Crown cf tbe two Bulgarias, and calls upon the people to help defend the union. Prince Alexander is on bis way to Phillipopolis, the principal town in Eastern Roumelia. The feeling of the St. Petersburg Press over the revolution is one of triumph. The Berlin and Vienna papers are perplexed aud irritated, while the Standard considers that it does not concern England unless the Powers interfere in the matter.

The Czar of Russia and the Czarina arrived at Eroriser on the morniug of August 25. The party avoided the town, and were driven through a vast bush surrounding the schloss. The Emperor Francis Joseph and Prince Rudolph met the Russian Imperial party at the railway-station. There was a magnificent reception in the evening. The object of the interview, it is generally conceded, is to enable Russia to secure perfect freedom of action in Central Asia. Lines will be drawn and agreed to as to how far Austria is to advance southward in Europe while Russia is engaged in her long-prepared war with England. An eye-witness says that the Czar was uneasy during the whole time of his visit, and many secret precautions were taken for his safety. He was pale and careworn. The Empress' trained mastiff was his bodyguard, and watched beside his couch every night.