WELLINGTON.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1752, 25 September 1875, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

Friday. The business of the House this afternood was of a miscellaneous character. Stairway Management. The Minister of Public Works iawplyJo a question, stated that the Audit Commissioner had reported most favourable *m the management of railways. Mr. Macaudrew said he intended to move for the production of all papers on the subject.,, JJWJ is a commission now sitting here compose* of Government officers upon the wlggg railway accounts, especially with• wgg? to the manner of dealing with and accounting for stores. Three Kings Grant. The Native Minister intimated the-iawn tions of the Government to resume possession and utilise the grant of 300 acres at we Three Kings Auckland; the Wesleyan body, to whom it was granted having faded w . comply with the conditions of the trust. Work in Committee.. - t . A good deal of work was done m ooßffln .. tee. Various bills of no special interest a Auckland were passed through. *U »" son carried out the promise he made jw - people of Ponsonby, by getting »; «» added to the Highway Amendment a enabling boards to levy a M«J3 I The Municipal Corporations Act Aj^ggg Bill, providing for the election ot ma* M J was passed T,h;ough committee an g^ Sheehan therefore withdraw AIS.? IU-; $!,«. able only to Auckland. The Railway W ; panics and o;her bills-were also advance* 'committee.

. Public Libraries. ft , In the House Mr O'Rorke camed second reading of .a bill {$*». o*J powers to public libraries, /^^/Sal mo* them to enfo.crf t'.eii rules and deal m easily with grants. _. Signs of the Close. - to The Government have now re^» eff4ct Monday sittings, a motion to "^cLe-ft having been carried by Sir Donald Mc£e The Colonial Treasurer also notifiedan tion to go on with the estimates next . when he would also etate what measur^ j, would be necessary tip sacrifice in bring the session to a close. _*ima&__ The Proposed Gonpession to Goverß . Speaking of the e"P\ Outages W ment to preserve Toppciai » Timaru (th^HonMr^^M^T_!^

Sir George Grey said: And this is the ereat national policy which is to make us all, and to make us live at peace, when no longer people were to say,—l am from Canterbury or Otago, but we are all New Zealanders w ith common hopes and objects. Nothing more improper had come before any Legislature in the world. Auckland, with a inrge Customs revenue, was to be left in pi_ ?rty, while some SOOO people were to have f f a o s.illions of acres. Why did it belong '"lis m • as *fc reserve(* f°r them speci\Jr ;. If so, should not the Customs revenue /**%_" /utkland be reserved for the people of V'_Anckl»ntf ? The hon. gentleman still believed justice would be done. He compared the condition of Timaru, with its 8000 of population and £280,000 in bank to its credit., and Auckland, with its 80,000 people left in poverty. Timaru was to have frothing taken away from it, but the Government were about to take away from Auckland and the other provinces the power to choose representatives who, in their Provincial Councils, would protect the interests of the people. If (said the hon. gentleman) we 3re to be one people, ruled by one Legislature, then the income of the colony should he the property of all. A common revenue is an essential part of such a system. He knew of nothing so unfair as to keep 4,0.0,000 of acres for 8,000 people. This land had not been purchased with their money, and did not beloDg to them any more than to any other portion of the colony. The hon. gentleman would attempt by every means in his power to reject clause 23, and hoped he would find members on both sides of the House who would join him in affirming the principle that the attempt to secure to Timam and Gladstone Board of Works such advantages was an unrighteous one, which must be resisted, and should be overccme. i

Several other members belonging both to the Government and Opposition parties spoke bo strongly on the subject that the Govern: ment was compelled to accept Mr Brown's amendment, which withdrew from the Timaru and Gladstone Board its land endowment.