TELEGRAMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume X, Issue 1587, 14 August 1885, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(FROM OU K OWN C'OIIKK.SPONDBN'r. ) r ■•*-.'' " * Wellixotox, 13. Iv the Upper House yesterday the School Committee Elections Bill was re-committed, and its title changed to •'the Education Amendment Bill." -' The Life Assurance Policies Act, 1884, as amended, nnd the Customs Excise Duties Bill were read a second time. In the House of Representatives the Hospital and Charitable. Aid Bill occupied nearly the whole afternoon, and part of the evening sitting, and ultimately passed the third reading ou a division by 55 to 21. j The Bill emerged from Committee j much mutilated from its original form, the amendments being numerous. The chief alterations to the tiill and in so far as applicable to the Reefton and Buller districts may be summarised as follows : — 1. Contributions to hospitals and charitable aid are to be levied from the various contributing local bodies, according to rateable value of property, and not as at first proposed aMgl'dhtg to population. 2. *Ttre districts as defined in tlie schedule to the Act are retained for the purpose of charitable aid contributions, but the hospital districts have been subdivided. The Buller and Inangahua, while forming part of Nelson charitable aid district, with the Counties of Waimea, Collingwoodand the borough of Nelson, -arc "formed into separate hospital districts, the County of Buller and borough of Westport forming one hospital district for the support of the Westport hospital, whilst tlie County of Inangahua is constituted as a hospital district by itseif",. the. Council of tlie County being", the s d_ilnct board. 3.. Patients "in* hospitals who are "fttntngors to the district are chargeable to the district where they have last resided for six months. The Colonial Treasurer next delivered his supplementary Financial Statem np, a copy of which has been sent you by the Government. llie Treasurer on concluding asked the House to go into Committee on the Estimates. This was strongly opposed, on the ground that owing to the absence of Major Atkinson on l_ftve ijfc Would lo au act of courtesy to that "eutfeiifaii to postpone the con sideration of the Eslimat.es till tomorrow (Friday), evening. The motion to report progress was, alter some discussion, negatived, and the House went into Committee, and after voting several sums on account of various departments of tho public Service progress w.-w. 'reported at 12,45 a.iii., ami tji« H-use rose.

This afternoon has been taken up s over a few question relating to the l opening of the Exhibition on Sunday and • riuiuing excursion trains during the s< asoti. ( House alSo went into Commit- ( tee on the CHsborne High School Bill, * the" didciission on which wiil be con- ' tinned to ui.dit. Ivi regard to the. proposals re the ( West Coast railway, it is now df finitely , understood that tho Government have- i consented to ask c, vo'e "f £1-30,000 for the prosecution of tho work. ! The matter will come on in connection with tho estimates for public , works, a Statement for which it is expected will be made on Friday evening. AU manner of rumors are afloat as to the intensions of the Opposition against the Ministry. On Major Atkinson's return tomorrow a meeting is to b 3 held to decide on the course of action. It is rumored that a no confidence motion will be tabled immediately after the delivery of the Public Works •statement. Auckland, 12. At the District Council a motion was passed iv suppmt of the Friendly ; Societies Amendment Act proposed by Sir Julius Yogel. Captiii i Smith, formerly master of the Westport Coal Company's steamer Kawatiri, died in the hospital, Napier, 13. Twenty -six unemployed met the Mayor to-day and asked for temporary employment. The Mayor promised to cot. mmiiei'.e willi the (Jovernment. 23 are _ib.-,i. r.=, 18 being married and •having 74 children. Twelve of th-:» number belonging to other parts of the Colony, chiefly Chris tehu!\:!i. Welungtox 13. The Exhibition has been largely attended yesterday ar.d to day.