PARLIAMENTARY.

Auckland Star, Volume IX, Issue 2601, 19 August 1878, Page 3

PARLIAMENTARY.

FROM OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.

(BY STAR SPECIAL WIRE)

WELLINGTON, this day. THE BROOMIIALL SETTLEMENT. Mr Hamlin will to-morrow give notice of an important resolution affecting the Volunteers. Mr Rowe will ask the Government their intentions with regard to completing the Broomhall title to Aroka, or reserving the land conditionally sold to him for miners' leasehold. CHRISTCHURCH AND DUNEDIN RAILWAY. It is understood that at the caucus of members to-day the majority have resolved to move that the House adjourn from Friday next for ten days, in or.der to enable members to witness the opening of the Christchurch and Dunediu Railway. h. ■ - '<■ THE RAILWAY. EGreat preparations are being made for membee's Southern tonr. The Hinemoa will convey nearly all the North Island members with many of the members' wives. The Hinemoa leaves Wellington at six on Saturday, sharp, araiving in Lyttelton at ten on Saturday morning. The members leave Christchurch by train on Monday morniDg as early as possible, taking half-ah-hour for breakfast at Ashburton, an hour at Timaru, an hour and a-half at Oamaru, and arriving in Dunedin the same evening at seven o'clock. Members will leave Dunedin as they please. The House will adjourn during the interval till Tuesday.

CAUCUS OF NATIVE MEMBERS.

A caucus of the native members of both Houses was held to-day. All were present except Kariatana. They are going to ask the Government to bring in a new Bill to provide for the addiuioual representation, by which the North Island would obtain two more members, and the South Island one member; and to do away with the Maori vote (?) except wheu the Maoris are ratepayers, who should be allowed to vote for Europeans as well as Maoris.