TELEGRAMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1282, 10 August 1883, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(FKOM OUR OWN CoßllstojS 7 DENT. ) Dune din, 8. The Rotomahana enquiry commenced to-day, before Mr Carew, E.M., and Captains Thomson and Scott, assessors. Captain Carey, in his evidence, said that the charts showed that the Hood stream set to the eastward, but his experience was that it was much influenced by the wind. Had there been a light on Waipapa the mishap could not have happened. He could account for it only by there bcung some unusually strong current. On arrival at the Bluff he found that f _>r three days before there had been a southerly gale, and he expected to pick up Dog Island Light before, and ibuncl the ship more to the south. From 3 o'clock she must have set three miles out of her course. In his opinion, the accident was due to the vessel being set out of her course by a

current. He had uo reason to believe that the chart was incorrect, although it was said there are rocks outside those shown oirthe chart. The New Zealand Shipping Company's chartered steamship British King, Captain Kelly, arrived- at Port Chalmers this morning, and went right in, and was berthed at the wharf, completing the voyage from Plymouth in 43 days, including all stoppages. This is the quickest t ; me in which Otagohas ever been reached from England, and runs very close the lonic's famous passage of 48 days 22 hours to Wellington. The steamer Hoihow took the remains of 286 Chinese away to be reinterred in the Flowery Land. It is understood that £7 per body is paid for their conveyance to Hong Kong. Timaru, 8. Two parties have been fitted out in Timaru to prospect for gold in the country behind the town, as there are several places where gold has been found at various times. Ohristchurch, 8. At the Waste Lands Board meeting to-day a large number of applicants for prospecting licenses wei'e disappointed, lhe Chairman announced that Holders of licenses to prospect forfeited them if they trafficked them; that future licenses would be only for one hundred acres, and that leases would be for 60 feet by 60ft, except in case of.pros- ! pectors, who would have 10 times tha, quantity. The question whether holders of prospecting licenses are to be considered prospectors is to be decided on Monday. Auckland, 8. On Monday the secretary of the Kegatta Committee wrote to the Australean Yacht Clubs, stating that a prize of £200 will be offered at the next regatta, if yachts will come over to compete for it. Wellington, 8. In the House of Representatives yesterday afternoon, Mr Macandrew moved fho following motion " That in the opinion of, tins House a single .copy of hansard should be sent free by post on application to every householder (who is a registered elector), throughout the Colony, and that it be an instruction to the Printing Department Committee, to made the necessary arrangements accordingly. " Mr Macaudrew expressed his belief that the expense which such a course would involve would be a mere trifle as compared with the advantages that would ensue. ■ ' Mr J, C. Brown seconded the motion, and Mr Dargayille supported it, even though the expense had to be deducted from members' honorarium. The Colonial Secretary opposed the motion,, and Mr Sheppard was speakin opposition to it when the dinner hour arrived; and the debate was suspended. At the evening sitting the Gold Duties Abolition Bill (Mr Seddon) was considered in Committee. Mr Munro moved for an amendment in the second clause with a view of providing that for the next 12 months the gold duty should be Is6dper ounce, instead of Is as proposed in the Bill. The amendment was negatived on a division by 40 to 25, and the Bill was reported. On the question that the Bill be read a third time, the Minister of Mines called for a divisidti, but the third reading was carried by 42 to 27. ' The Charitable Gifts Duties Exemption Bill (Sir George Grey) was afterwards committed, slightlya mended, read a third time, and passed. Daigaville moved the committal of the Eeligious Charitable Aid Educational Trust Boards Incorporation Bill. Mr Sheehan moved an amendment " That the Bill be referred to a Select Committee . to consider and report upon (1.) the provisions of the said Bill ; (2. ) the extent, position, management, and present condition of the various lands affected by the Bill ; (3.) the desirability, or otherwise, of the resumption by the Colony of so much of such lands as have been obtained by grant on endowment from the Colony. The Committee to have power to call for persons and papers, three to be a quorum, and the report to be brought up within three weeks." Mr Conolly, speaking as a private member, expressed a hope that the Bill would be postponed till next session. Mr Montgomery rejected any attempt to get at the educational reserves l>y a side wind. Holmes, Itish, and others also opposed the amendment. Mr J. C. Brown urged the House to deal with the Bill upon its own merits, apart from the amendment proposed by Mr Sheehan. The Treasurer supported Mr Sheehan's amendment, with a view of postponing the committal of the Bill, and he would ask the House to consider the three divisions of Mr Sheehan's amendment, when he would move to strike out the word " permission/ If he did not succeed in doing that he would ask the House to reject the whole proposal. Mr Shpehan announced his willingness to withdraw the third division, and explained that in moving his amendment all he wished for was an enquiry into the title of educational endowments throughout the Colony. Mr Wynn Williams warmly condemned the present system of secondary education, contending that the funds for such education had been misappropriated in the past, and that the system enabled the rich to get their children educated at the expense of the poor. Mr Wynn- Williams remarks were taken exception to by Mr Macandrew, who stated that in Otago the education reserves did not belong to the State.

Mr Duncan and Mr Levestain also advocated an enqnirj, and after further discussion the motion for the adjournment of the debate was agreed to without division. j The lionise rose at 11 a.m. '