A meeting of country representatives, numbering 26 of all parties, passed reso lutions to-day deprecating any interference with the proportion of country to town members calculated to make the former less than at present. It was said that the new bill would give the country two members less than the towns, whereas if the existing proportions were observed the country electorates, allowing for in creased population, should have nine members more than the towns. A depu tation was appointed to interview Govern ment on the subject. Sudden Deaths. Christchurch, May 2, A Dane named Carl Kahbe died very suddenly at Kaiapoi, yesterday. Charlotte Askey, a married woman living in Christchurch, died suddenly this evening. The Unemployed, Dunedin, May 2. The unemployed agitation is not settled yet, and to-day a number of men waited upon Mr Colin Allan, steward of the village settlement system. About 100 men will bo sent to Gatlins River railway on Friday. They will receive free passages. About 30 have decided to take up sections in two blocks of land which have been set apart under the village homestead settlement scheme.' Preference is to be given to those who decide on this course. The Premier was also communicated with to-day by Mr Solomon, chairman of the Benevolent Committee, to whom the men had made application. He replied expresaing’regret that married men were out of work, and said that he would lay the telegram before the Minister of Public Works. 1 Otago University. The 1887 session of the Otago Univer sity was opened to-night by a gathering in the Lyceum Hall. Professor Salmond delivered a long address in defence of the study of mental science, and Dr Stuart and Mr C. B. Cargill also spoke. The students were more orderly than usual.
