TELEGRAPHIC.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 12 September 1881, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

PBY ELECTRIC TELEGR/IPH.] [FfiOM OUB OWN COBBESPCNDEXT ,{ HOCSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Well-xgton, September 10. The Railway Bill passed, the I lp'rd ready ing at 4 o'clock this morning and" it>vri-!l go to the Legislattre Council forthwith. There was an animated debate, though not a very large House. Reeves and Reid were not in the House, Seddon was u'reat'y excited, and opposed tho Bu] st'Utly ; his action was very offensive lo tiie Speaker, and he received a reprU maud. A misunderstanding arose hp ■ween himself and Vincent Fyke. an j j^,

for Hurst's interference there would have been a fight In.;.' the- House the business is being rushed thrfi|gh, and the prorogation will i&ko place in ten days, ' Tbe Governor's departure has given rise to comment, but the Government vindicated him by saying they concurred. Hall told the House that the Governor expressed his desire to be mulcted in.the per, cent if the civil servants were debited but tho deductions are now removed. , The Goid.KD.aty Abolition Bill is in the Council, but not likely to pass. The Chief Justice is to be sworn in on Monday.,.^ ■■ , .. The law students examination for the Colony taltes place on the. 19th instant, and there are sixteen candidates. Messrs Weston and Holmes are tbe examiners. The debate on tbe Representation Bill was continued in the Council yesterday afternoon till 5 o'clock, when a division was called? for, ; and resulted in the second reading being carried by a majority of six, being 14 against 8. Ayes " Noes Ackland Buckley Brett Chamberlain Eraser * " Dignon Holmes %v '^ • Lahman Johnston . ' . Mantell ' Agrtata Martin Nurse Richmond Peacock Scotland Peters Reynolds Robinson Whitaker Wigley ' ! Wood The following members left the Cham 5 ' ber, declining to vote either way : Hons. Waterhouse, Phasflzyn, Johnston, Grace (of Wellington), and Williamson (Auck-* land.) . In the House yesterday several Bills were put through the final stage. iDutfEDiN, September 10. Mr James Mills goes!* to England on Tuesday week to make arrangements for building new steamers for the Union Company's intercolonial trade. Auckland, 9. A Sugar-beet Company is proposed to be established <at Tawberai Waikatlo; the settlers agree to plant 300 acres at once, and sell the beet to the company at 14s per ton. Nei'on, 9. •There is no doubt Captain Evans did 'not falT over board accidentally, as a note was found in his handwriting containing these words: -:Good~bye, God bless yon all ; take care of the steamer Mr Back.strom till yu-u Jht to Nelson '; he also left a will. | Thomas Cojjfe-ick, lately telegraphist nt Whangaro, wsrb attempted suicide there by taking cmi&l, and was sent to the lunatic asylum for a short time, was killed by, the Waikato: dowtTtrain. to* day, at the Eltarslid cattle-crossing'; it is presumed that he had been awaiting the traiu, as his head was en the line ; the cow»catcher struck it and knocked the body down an embankment ; his nose had • been bleeding as his. pocketshandker* chief was stained with blood ; his wife and child arc at Auckland.