PARLIAMENTARY.

Auckland Star, Volume V, Issue 1393, 29 July 1874, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

[By Electkio Telegraph.]

AUCKLAND COUNCIL PETITIONS,

WELLINGTON.

This day. A petition from the Mayor and Councillors of the city of Auckland that the fees arising from certain licenses and taxes may he secured to the municipality was presented hy Mr Vogel. A petition from the Mayor and Councillors of Christchurch with the same object was presented by Mr Richardson. The Cyphrenes is detained to tie at OtagO one day. She leaves here on Friday. TRAINING SCHOOL.

On the House resuming last night Mr Macandrew hoped the Training School item would not pass before a Bill had been brought in.

The Premier considered the experiment of great importance to the colony, and the opportunity of ebtaining the Southern Cross and station was very favourable for testing the experiment. Mr Rolleston hoped to see similar establishments all over the colony. The item passed on the voice. WELLINGTON BOTANICAL GARDENS.

Mr T. B. Gillies offered opposition to the item £300 for Wellington Botanical Gardens. Carried.

MR GILLIES AND THE STEAM LAUNCHES. Mr T. B. Gillies ridiculed the idea of a steam launch for Auckland where there were plenty already, and besides being cheaper to charter one. •

INSPECTOR OF ASYLUMS.The item Inspector of Lunatic Asylums, £800, was opposed by Mr Reeves, who said that the first natural consequence of such an appointment was the appointment of a second officer.

Agreed to. The remainder, except one item, was passed without alteration, and with little discussion. -, VOLUNTEER ESTIMAT*^ *onth Item Militia and Volunteers for tv«. <s — Island £7401 7s 6d. «• Mr J. E. Brown moved that the iteSr-tfif. struck out as perfectly useless and a sheer waste of money. He said volunteering was a / mere sham. He knew of fifteen officers of J Militia and Volunteers who would receive £2500 out of the whole amount. /,' Mr McLean said the Government inteate* to ensure greater efficiency amongst the Volunteer than had been the casft It** paused,

The Municipal Corporation Oas "Wink? ] Bill waa read a third time and parsed. ] The remainder of the sitting was occupies by a debate on the Qualification of Elect-or* Bill/ ,-- Mr Andrew opposed the measure as unwise and generally unfair to the propertied c!he3, . jnd calculated to give the Ministry of the . 4 .,"»£ui--.isvy tauch power by giving increased ' >? ;["•" +./v»*l privileges indiscriniinately to ne-.A j «l~sVals and all others He moved that tao rf be read that day six months. 41 he Eeader Wood said the Bill did not go ■ ss^l • enough. He was sorry it was not the M^rtne Bill as that brought down by Mr Gisgi'borne in 1872. He hoped that it might yet Vbe substituted. He would, however, en%J eavour to get the Bill amended in several $/ Erections. To provide for the consolidation ' existing electoral laws j also, for a member Tlr »ting office to vacate his seat and meet eSectors, but to be eligible for re-election, ujSja'i* for elections to be issued more speedily °y^%. for triennial Parliament. Mr McGillivray supported the Bill, though he would like to see it greatly modified. Mr Tribe opposed the bill as against the interests of miners. Mr Steward thought the bill was calculated to have a prejudicial effect upon the politics of the country when so many new arrivals were pouring in who would soon have electoral power. Mr Parker could not see that such a measure had been called for in any shape by the general public. Mr O'Neill considered the bill was doing a great injustice to a class of men who did more for the colony than any other. Mr J. L. Gillies said the only fault of the Bill was it did not go far enough. The electoral privileges were shut out from too many intelligent people in the colony. He accepted the bill as a step in the right direction, but would prefer Mr Gisborne's bill. Mr I.uekie supported the second reading of the bill, but would like to see a period fixed before granting privilege extended. The Premier thought the great feature of the bill was that it did not interfere with existing rights excepting as regarded the power to vote by purchasing a miner's right. He thought the bill might be amended in the direction of extending the franchise to women. He endorsed the view of the member for Parnell in compelling members accepting office to go before their constituents. He ■would even go so far as to compel those who received remuneration from Government even for a Royal Commission to go before their constituents. If they found no fault no one else had a right to do. Mr J. L. Sheppard strenuously opposed the Bill, which he considered ought to be entitled a Bill to abolish the Miner's Eights franchise. It was highly inpolite and unjust to treat such a wealthy and powerful class in that way. Mining property of the country represented over a million and a-half of money.

Mr White also opposed the Bill, as the virtual disfranchisement of miners.

Mr Stafford said that as the debate was the most interesting of the session, and as a great many members would speak he moved its adjournment to Friday. The House then adjourned at a quarterpast twelve WARD-CHAPMAN SCANDAL. '

The Ward-Chapman Committee has got an extension of 14 days to report, and will bring up a separate report. Judge Ward is now on his way to Wellington.