General Assembly.

Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 63, 23 September 1875, Page 3

General Assembly.

) a }i:.izE^m^B I In the Legislative Council, The Auckland Improvement Bill was passed. The- A-ucfeland^^ity and Reserves Bill was. read a second time, and referred to the Select Com,mit|ee. y*- > ; <■>r ~t r\ \ t^eGoldfl^MAlt^n^diaWß.-ll was read a third time and passed. The Kakanui Harbor Board Bill, and Timaru Municipal Council Empowering and Waterworks Bill were read a second time. In the House of Representatives, Mr Stewart brought up the report of the reporting DebateslCbmmittee, which. w§s read.- Attached % the report wiis a memorandum from the Government printer, stating the printing of members' speeches as supplements, though not expensive, was rather inconvenient if many demands were made in that direction', and ivroulA s^ripuslyf retard the printing of -Hansardf'unleis rhore type were procured, Mr Basstian asked the PostmasterGeneral if the Government' will make provision for a mail servics to Gore and Mataura, the railway being now open, to' that township;^: also/ iif iti'-W- thej ftv- 1 tention of the Government to make provision at an early date for telegraph communication being opened to the township of Gore and Mataura. Mr Reynolds said arrangements had been made:; b£ which a daily;,geryic^ waS to have' been' commenced/ 'The leeorfd' question was answered in the affirmative. The. Oamaru Gas- Works Bill was passed. The Hawkes Bay Volunteers Grant Bill was discharged, at the request °f th? 'Native-; -Minister. The second reading, of the Fraudulent Debtors Bill, Bills of Sale Bill, Stamp Bill were~;rep'orted wi ( th amend me nts.. f , The Treasurer intimated that the Superintendent pf -Auckland had made application to' carry on' the public schools of that province, for which, they were officially informed, there was not sufficient money to carry on. They had been requested to advance £1500 at once, and £5000 more w,puM be shortly required.; The Government proposed, unless tlie Committee directed otherwise, to make the necessary advances, pending the Committee's declision as to how the public*departments of Auckland province were to be carried on. The Debtors and Creditors Bill was after a debate read a second time. The Electric Telegraph Bill was read a second time. September 15th. In the Legislative Council, The Public .Health ..Act, J. 1872, Amendment Bill was introduced by the Hon. Dr Pollen. The Highway Boards Empowering Bill, to \ adjust] dilierence^ ■ between* Road Boards, was'read a ieconfl time. 1 The Kakanui Harbor Board Bill was passed through Committee without amendment, and read\a third.time^and* passed. ].: '-.••- A, „<• ~i x -*'- y zz\% A-A The Timaru Municipal Council Empowering and Waterworks Bill was passed through Committee. The pre- [ amble having been amended, the third [Treading was fixed for Friday, In the House of Representative?, The. following motions by .MtfD'Neill were agreed to, in as far as the information required could be supplied : — That reports of various Boards of Health : laid upon the table during the present session be printed. That returns laid before the House showing the quantify and value .of coal imported into NeW Zealand from Ist July, 13^3/ to- 30th' June, 1875, giving locality whence imported, the port where discharged, be supplemented by a,retpr 4 n. shpwj.ng the quantity of the cbala&pbrteft- annually, from 30th June, 1870, to 30th June, 1875. For return of the names of all, persons who have been drowned in any river or mfeam~of~Nrw^mlTOd™from" 30th June, 18lY0, WSO^h.-June last, giving the name of *such;riv.er\or stream, and of the province' in which it is situated, in continuation, of a return ordered on the motion of Mr Stafford for the names of all -persons drowned in any river... or stream in New Zealand, from Ist January, 1840, to 30th Tune, 1870. For a return showing .the num-y b^r of mining accidents in New Zealand, specifying the localities; from the date of discovery of gold in 1857 to the 30th June last. Return to show the r number of yearly accidents, \the_causes,' as far as is known, verdicts, inquests, and any general remarks, together with the names of the persons killed, whether married cr single, and the number of widows and children of persons so; kiilled ; and that, in continuation, there^ shall be laid before the House each session a yearly return of all mining accidents. : ■ y • . Sir Donald M'Lean stated that in, adjourning the House on Friday evening last, it was done in consequence of having received a proposition from the Opposition members in reference to the, Abolition Bill and other matters before the House. That led to several interviews between the Government and members ofthe Opposition, the, result; of which was that it had ,heen. agreed that the Abolition Bill should pass the • House that session, and that the should be considered entirely upon its mprits, arid Without' offering any unreasonable opposition^ tb its^main principle.- „It s was agreed that the billsllduld' come into operation one day

"a rt_«^«alosrotl_e'_r«t^es^oiPs^^ : new P^liaihf^it.iO K_ l\64iadli-iasiilts arrived at would, meet the general concurrence of the lM„e r : £x LP Sir George Gre^~eoißsurred in subsi ance^ with £ 'tKe4'l»te'n^ent ; of 'ffie-Native- ' Ministi?r,e ißscmsh&^toj&dd, ho.wey.er} that personally he was not able to act , in ftf^ikttgr^Ttn - J t_Lb__ e 'WiA u^_6W, r ' upon all other subjects^ he^ waa united. But the agreement-having been come tp/li& wouWdo fiisibest^ to r^effect to the vie W3,j expressed. „,_ , y\ f ! Mr Stout^ mbysd-^i. J '/That m tlie ' opihiotf of ihfe H!oiise^he'mbst desira^W and profitable way to dispose 1 of > the: r Waste , Lands T of .the.^jCfpwn^is .Jby^ a leasing system". 2. L Tbdii the G()ye>nment should, during .tlie, recess, prepare a [Bill ,to give effectijtp ; the !ftl3ove; rejsplution. This question might at present be considered a^theoretical & oiie^ but J he felt the 'day •'was not -far f distant when it- would become a most 'pressing one indeed Although _many might consijder it Utopian, hie had r no doubt a party • Would'- gradually arise who would advocate the principle. ! -The honorable gentleman referred —the House to a nuniber: of, eminent -modern,, who, whatever their differences, I all . ,a^ree^ in "that "tlreVry—ttiat.'a' nation not part with! its j lands. 1 ' The question had ; *even been*bfotigit \ip iri the Otago Provincial Council,'; and the motion was defeated .only by ■■ 1 8 eto- 1 5; In Victoria, too,, spnae of the,able^t men voted. in tayor of ifc,' ( ; men '"whb; like r -orant and Higinbotham, had made the subject a special- study. At l present, a single: individual could buy up all ther ; l^nd ma-city or- district, and by right of property could prevent anyoneiresidirig there, just the same as wholesale evictions \^efe' possible in' Scotlarifd Tirid' Iceland. ' Looking at the question from aipoint bf 'expediency, he thought the position- of thisucoloriy was strongly in favor of the theory r he advanced^ as would: be seen by the . great: value the: lands- of the, colony i would reach : in time. ; The, principle; was. not new, as, it; seemed the... theory, was, carried , put, iri practice by granting reserves^ to Education Boards, 'H&rbbr Boards, Municipalities, and other social ttbdies, : to retain these lands in their hands for the purpose-" or* future _ profit. The, hon/ , gen deman /quoted from . Stuatt/Mill,. M'Donald, • and claimed; to. show the . wisdom of the State ' owning the land. Taking this colony;, they, saw the State, by making* a railway hear a person's land, increasing the value of that land fourfold, witliout the owner having done anything to. make his land more valuable.. . It might ;be urged that the principle was opposed to industry and enterprise, but: it did notdo. tbat, for. men would have wealth and everything open to them that could be got by exertion excepting the ownership of the soil; which he' could not create/ : Grey, whbwa^ a great political writer, • certainly urged with"all his weig T ht that the Kest'mbn should enjoy the 'land, but' experience had' shoWn that the best hien did. not enjoy the land, 'arid! that mdno- ' \pOly had 'riothingf'td do with "raising aracepf,cleyer riien. ..He agreed with Emerson, in sayins: that an Englishr man, born ; with, nice.pconafortableliving as an inheritance rarely developed, iv to -an- intellectual -..light, Sor long as they believed in . the existing, practice they could not complain at ther wholesome..e.viclions„whieh. took ..place.. . in Scotland.and Ireland, ylt had been uijged that if you destroyed the freehold system, land agriculture would languish, : as men"' wduld :; -hot' "display l tlfd ' same earnestness in improving the land that 'they' would af -it ' was their- : ovvn-. property,; sbut;5 but ; the . facts.. .we.re. against that. ' Nations had been built [ up ahd : agriculture -developed r urider the tenant system, and -at the •' present • day, in the lowlands of Scotland, where-! some of thevery best-farming was car^--ried' ori, J faririers' Were all' tenants. Jf'l thersystem, , of, pftly^ leasing the -Jand I were introduced into this colony, we TJOuld dO without tasiatibfi Altogether/ IfJ the^uns were rr placed in rthe market open to the. whole people,, . the rjurely pasto^rrurishliglit be riiade to yield a/. qiiari.er_.of a million rent, yearly. The J prjemi.ums now paid to squatters showed- .5 they were at a ridiculously low rental. ". ,He" estimated J that : 'ttie' : vast' "tracts in jiOkgo, pai*tly..pastpral.,and.;.pa?tly. t agri- } „ .cultural, ought to realise another L 150,000 yearly. Applying^the same - calculations, to . the, rest, of the colony, thjere would be subh a revehtie derived that thp Treasurer would absolutely not ykpow what to do with the money. Take it from another point of view/ Oijight the colqny .to be' expending its millions for the beriefi_t_jirid creation of a capitalist - While .recognising^ ; the !usefulness of • capitalists, -he ;;con- '. tended the colony "was kt present going in! tW wrong direction., We left Europe iri; the -hope yof coming ;.to a country, where; the evils, of the Old Country did; , not exist; but What. •was' the; fact? ;»In C-interbury, sVhvch^ wh& held "up as. a mpde,l in,tjhe '< .way -..0f dealing, with its .lands, he could mention several instanr /zeds where one ijidividrial pwiied <niiles of: Jap(| ;ri t brie block.., "Those who"; thjoright that when the land was sold. 3 . tli'e laftd qUestiSn .wou:ld r he. disposed of . tw4re entirely mistaken. That wouldc be one Qfithtj^first.tliing's jto-^ lead sigitation on the; iand-questiani) Even in! Atmerica^^whp^epj lands, f.might r, be. h , thought; nlimitable ?t the gu^stion , r \vasj; ' J assuoung ; ff^^!;i^r|^,:a|d^e^ : a difficulty against this scheme thai the 1

obstacle to that that could not be overcame. In bringing: forward this questfoij&e (fed s^_^gW&^deur^l&_> be -.under" the notice of the people, with the hope t fas%§^&li"F&WM&&ti<W take 0 e the matter up and initiate > c s; -systeqay which would prevent the ruinous taxat^y^bei^#theml i<7 Hm u m°6^ [ginatori of theigrenatrscheme*. itheyywere fnpw carrying out.n^ade.the .saiiie .pr*)-, , vision for a rise in* the price of land con/, •sequent—on the_execution--4)f—public-i yforks,} h^[wpijld:Jiayp placed his/scjleme upon* a comprehensive ,and statesmanlike basis. If t_e~col6ny would but take the lead in the 'matter, it would nbborilyCbe setting a good; example '- to/ ojder councils in T a great social question, I but' would get'Hd ot* all 1 , her financial | difficulties,' arid initiate- a hew theory "of i Govecniheht ifi the system' of- progress such as had.:AQtJiftritofore been, seen; f ! |Mr Bowen hoped the motion would be withdrawn, because lfrwouid infe possible for the Government to intradjice legislation upon such a many-sided question. V. J\ ; Mr Ballance thought the question-of such importance as to call for considerable discussion.* ' He io therefore:' movejd the debate be adjourned till Wednesday' next. - \ - '> . . c , ; The debate was : adjourned according^' . y . y... In Committee a discussion took place upon the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, and progress was reported. : '"'"'■' :'• '- ; The^Municipal Loan Bill was read a second time. :•;...• ; September 16 th, •; "■' • In the . Legislative . Qquncil, on the motion ol Mr Ngataka, the speeches of ■ Native members were ordered to be printed in the WakaT Maori.. ; The Wellington' 'Harbor Reserves' Bill. : w,as thr.o f >yn, put.: , .... j Op the motion of Mi* Pharazyn, the Highway .Boards 'Empowering Bill was further considered arid amended in Committee, but not passed to the third .reading. ;: 7 - • : : i The Public Health . Act was read a third, tim.6.. ; * The Electric Telegraph Bill' was r&td a third time. :, .' - ' « : --, , The Oamaru Gas Works Bill was committed," 'arid ordered to be further, considered ori Tuesday. ' , ,'. T.he Taranaki ;Waste Lands. Bill was read.a third tiirie.< • . . : . y. In the House of Representatives, Mr Taiaroa.gaye noiic.e..to..ask leave Jo introduce a Maori-Representation Amendment Act. %; i . ' ; : -; „ In reply to Mr Rolleston, Mr Bowen said the Govern ment" did not intend giving any representation to the New Zealand' University next-Parliament. In reply ;. to.. rMr Brown- ( Tuapeka), Major Atkinson said the Government would not consent to alter the second clause of- the "Abolition^ Bill, so that 'it should' not come'into' operation until the passing of a resoluti-an-by_the new Par-liament.-asking., tbe, Governor, to give .effect to it/ ' : ' ; ' . : : The following. Bills were .introduced arid read a 'first time":—^A Bill to amend rthe r Coroners' Act, 7 - 1867 (Pyke)/Anatomyyßill'/ "arid" N'egleefed r Children •- Act ;Amendrnent:B.ill, •- (Bowen), Riddle. • Land Grant Bill, Succession Bill, and^ JPiako Land Exchange Bills (1 and 2, Atkinson.) y :.;,-- y \- ; Upon the House going in to. Com - mi ttee upon the Abolition Bill, ■ ' '. IVjCr., Stout at, . once ( mo : yed that the the title of the "Bill be altered to the Two Provinces Bill;' 1875. There was , nothing in the Bill to justify; the title, which: was al.preserit a^misnomer. f I The ymo.tion, was/ negatived;, on the voices. " ' ... „..-- '•■; Clause 2 was struck out. An amenclrment was made in clause 3, (interpreI; tatin g) , ••bringing- within* • the ' m ea ri i n "g* -pf^ the term/ governing body " any per-sons-or [ havin ff, vi control oi' the ; government of, lopal, jaffairs. _.. , „., ,i !0h tlie motion of Mr^ tout, the latter, , part ofthe Clause Was s'truclc out, thus" -prefehtittg' the ; "Gehml Governmeri't 2 Buildings being classed- as "public p- y ;; -._-y • Clause 4 — "Provinces .to be abo-. lished. , _!r- = .M.aj.or_.„Atkinsiin._moved . the/ first three- lines ,b,e .struck , put, ,~and-the-fojlowing "words Inserted:-— ""The se-' cond section of thePOonfetitntion Act is hereby repealed, aneLth&t -the Provinces ofj Auckland, ../ljaranaki,: Hawkes Bay,Wellington, Canterbury, ' Otago, Nelson, Westland, , and T Marl]bprough be, 'and v are hereby 'abolish edi" ' \ i Sir George; Grey pointediOiit.that the clause -had 3 been inpperativ.e ,10^ years, •and it , mattered, little . whether it" was struck out J ,'or . not.^ He, however, moved that Ihe SvOrd *' Auckland " be .struck out, as iva jbelie yed c: his -right to dpubt the legality r ,of their. proceedings in future. He "uh:derst66u from the Minister *of Justicey 'thattlt'he^^t.Ovfirnwere about to obtain an^lrripPenal opinion on this qiiestiori^th^hgh the H;ouse had never been made acquainted as to whether such'.'a_^'opinio ri^halllb^enl taken. As he intended to^ -'test 'the" legality Of "abolition 1 : when the proper tipie came, he moved-the word Auck"laind be struck orit;z- »« -yz z ■a: ;The^mendtneiri?---thafr-AcaGkland be-st)?uok;viOufcr-was'^)ut and on; voioas. Xj'XJ 'vj ; JL.y J I The doprs, haying^ been locked, rl'jOtagjQ^eJel^^piit, and called, for a 7^iVist6h^l_r r„Uit being 53 against and II for, '

P | .y -J..Lu 11L„?. . . L ,i,..- --= Qrey, M®si^.Hg^^ r^acSHeehan, Swanson, Thomspm a JjHgnan, Brown (jTuapeka), Reid, Stout, and Murray. GUuse^S wa?,anaended nnd passed.,, ,. , Mr'Wbbd m^vbd^haMause^'beW -Wnged. , ;i iy o: „yyy..,i :y-y.„: £ mini providing for "the creation 'or new/ tfrovincial'^iStridts 'ofOOTtam area oh oh-tlfe^a^fficWtibn' Of thre#fifths : OiF-tHe 1 ejectors for the House of Peprejsentaf< tiyes. After some discussion, Mr .O'Connor withdrew r his 'amendment. -Mr ;r Wood¥^m^nament was tneh put, and was strongly supported : by' :; SiF' George Grey. ' Vi < ■■ , Mr Cuthbertsonimoved as fih Shifridnpient, that Southland and the riiUnici|cipality of Queenstovyn.:be iQcludedras district HedidndlfMnk a^iy difficulty would -be , .fouud in the way of a financial adjiistrrienC \P> I Mr Macandrew would support the amendment if /it w'as T Extended fS as to include Dunedin. When he thought of what Southland ■ wa's^before'C^ie reunion, and what it was now, h l e^ould scarcely find;., words,, to characterise the ingratitude of the Southland people. IMr Stout would support^ Jibe amendment if the Provincial" district Wjere reduced to what it was r.before the reunion. " He agreed/ with' the "member ■'•for Port Chalmers itf at ' Otago had gained nothing by her connection) with Southland. / '-* I Mr Macandrew took occasion to explain that a.;strict \ account between Otago ( , and ; Southland had. beenikept, and,tliat: showed/that. when ; 'the land rai\wais,;;tbe,CAS^ was to be met out of the Otago Treasury, were c9mplete.d,;Sputhland. would be- indebted t0 .Otagp.abput L120,0f1.0.. //" Q ;Sir Dillon Bell pointed: out that Southland^ since, her reunion, contributed L3'4'o';'o66' to the Treasury of Otago. „.,_'"" I | Major Atkinson and Mrßuckland hoped the member for Invercargill would: withdraw' his amendment, f :: j A long discussion ensued amongst ithe .Otago, members^ the. mairii points of which were the re-union: of lOtago- and SputhJand, and which .territory profited most by the arrangement. -i . Clause 6, allowing the present... Provincial laws to remain iri 'for|e till altered, and Clause ?, providing for Superintendents arid' Provincikn Councils to hold office, were passed unamended. ' ■;.•-./ }':. !'■ :.-/( '-3 . ; Clause 8, making Superintendents' -powers regarding waste-: lands! vest/in ■'.'•the Governor, was strongly opposed by several members, and ,a ;: lpng ; discussion followed. The Government explained there wpuld.be no interference with education beforenext session^.. . Mr Macandrew then moved viso tg be added" to the 'clause 1 placing the control of education in Otago" iri the hands ofthe Education Boa'rcfr li"" Major Atkinson, in the course !v of his remarks explanatory of. the idelas :of the . Grovernment, used the expression^- that Provincialism- was- : i the ■ r worstV/form of Centralism. Sir. Geprge.,Greyy immediately: : arose "and denounced the language„.of the colonial Treasurer _ _as exceedingly oifensive^and intended .to lowec- f Provincialisiii' itt"the ;v eyes of the "people, , just in the same waj'a's in calling the position .6f Auckland a^ulilic'Scaridle. The Government had-alithe advantage, of the- p'osi tion. -They 'sent "these state- 1 ments forth,-and they- controlled; ninr/a g|ieat measure, the.JPress of ,the. colony. ThiS was the Worst form of central government that 7 pYe'vaM ; 'in tlie British He : .would ?: gi;ve, -the House one ins|ap,ce,.of. the unwprtjby actibns^to'' Which'' he'liad'' alluded/ A? claim was sent-forward^by^CSrt-airi' -prb- j spectors on a gold field, and while ne--gotiations-far-the opemng-of-the yfieid were? peu T dihg the^prdspMtofe Mhvs to ' a[ General Government, jagent,. and. tend/ ; eredhim J; a share ih^k 'dlaini which was know to be worth £2000.7 'He'-repliedj t .th ! at as a_Gov,erpme,nt,,-agen^,-he,r I could 'riot accent' it htfnself, but this' douceur was given to the clerk* r'He could cite numerous instances-^of-Jihe improper way the Government, abused -the" 1 pq w^r, . s ia . . tthei r f . hanp!s. He then ; ..referi'.ed/tbZlSir--- Julius^ Vogel's draw-; £4:Wo. (mbile* atr liomei als- ari fih--stance of the general, yextravagence of public departments^I Major A.tkinsqn exp^,ined thatche 'dj.d/ npt'intenb! tb use the remarks in any wayjin. an^ffensitfe sense, andyepreca'ted! the practice .of. .hpnprable jgentle?; m^h" dragging in* these land transact* /iohs/in .seasbnuand 3 out "Sf season. : r t '" "' : : ; Alter some reraarks e frqm ,-tjbo )&&? jority of members, Sir Gebrgo Grey :^gain recurred to tlie "offensive^ex^pssiori of the Treasurer] and: referred );b the m'emberfbr Nelson as^ a han^ge^qn^pf the Government , w.hp.in^ hisynaper characterised _is ' utterahce : di«lpy._.---1 Upon beingp.called to, jordprrfor^using an unparliamentary term, Sir Gebrge Grey apologised.!: y'yyQ" '.,.,-; r •Mr Macandrew then moved/ an aijnendmentto prevent any break ib the. machinery tof education, in Otago by plWcirig tlie' cofltrdl .in the hands bf the lofcal A board. .... t . . , . ; v.. vr; 7- ! The Go^erriiherit^deprecated'ahy^itenytiou of making any. change at present -in the educational; systems t of theicqlony, :? ie|ist of aii in the excellent arrange- " fttrientSrin Otago. , , A long- disscussion ensued, upou r the point, the. Govern-. ■ J __ifiA__My ß, __tl^ estibn oif l "._fc - I H«__^ , '_ ? _?ake fi Mf . ? s amendtdent ap'pl^tS th'B ! Twhole colony, and air agreement was :

dj-ew h^WimM^i\^^gSmmim from the Guvernmeatiioc bring down a nj?w clause to meet.ihe-raquireniM»„ of 'vt^ocase^ <jHiJTiA>i! ,tt6i)LA f| : ' LP 18 ? 6 ,^' I *^ 6^* * arm -dfesctfssionK i i»^§?stßjidingjgrßiyediati tetwiwsriWthe y? ; Government and the . Opposition was .. aW^^m^d! 1 i; ~ * ' >°^-"'*«?< j Mr Reid^ini SJ^loisiagL.ithaiiclaijsejrj^ said the Goy.emnieut t attempting to force hydh4lie:OppO„'tVon-an illiberal interpretation of InVaSangments coma .tb <)fcfW<_4nh¥'^oelti»_ aifd^tll&iate- • vpmM.^ Tfroali^'fclau^es^bound the QppositidJiaatSojiHagreß^ td^ ! ■■ Pitovincial Councils not meeting again? and to no new contracts being^entejed upon. But as he understood^ it. no .such arranffei^'hha > '1^ t __^%S^ifiaM' object to it, _ • :> " ""' | "After ta; v good^/deaff oKexpTaMtib^ o|her^,reg a r^ng jg^toj^ofrthj agreement come to, clauses 10 and It \vjerepassfi4^witfiout^progr^sa-beihg'\re-ported, as was movedTqr by Mr Stout. i The following are the proposed new cljauses ta-rthe {-Bill :**>■( air t ; : •, a\z r \ [28. (1.) Section 17 of Constitution?/' Ajcti is -hereby *«e{foa]Sdfc"(4i) ■ _t J shall 1 * any" Province to'/cbiiyene Provincial . Councils thereafter Yor 7 mry _ rbvMisiil'"' " J Council to ntee t tyin)se.^ipn,oibefore^day next after last day of the first seslioia of next or the sixth Parliament n<" .New Zealand. " J '■' J ' sa aiJ,4i l "'^ (i I 1 29. No contract, or engagement mjade or 3^fe^&e^^SQi__ 1 dciy of September, one thousand ei^t 1 hhndred-c^iaiidiiyseventyifiVe^'l bs> the ' Superintendent of any Province _t such Superintendent, fe wherebyi >Qr s in Respect : whereof any public money, exceeding in amount LIOO, shalLor may become • payable, shall have any force or effect unless the moirey ; requife'd<'to° m*ee ; tf •€&-* • pCnditure, to !t thei:eb < y j; incurred, has I been duly appropriated . and the^ Govenor shall have been saßsfied/'^prev--5 iojusly to making Qr;«n.tering:iinjtof such f con tract or , eneng^gement, . r that., Pro--1 vinciai -revenue ' ' receivEble before the I B<j)thday of J\me r 11876, ,wffl be sufficient to meet such expenditure. • j 2#_ and !; 29^ of this Act. .. I shairbome mfo^bperMon^ori' tlie day 1 ' • ori -which. it?iscassenfced-toc by Gor- • venor,..in the jiamp and on bfihalfof her • Majesty, and the remaining sections^ of this- AGt shall-come— into- operation': ' ' oAthe ffisW&WKW^\Gwffij&i the first session ,pf^the or sixth Parliament of New "Zeaiahd. ' . >-, ,v . t §epiember r 17th... ,„ i In the House or Representatives, Mr^ } Taiaroa> gvo.tsleay,e:tOfintro(tuce-,aiMaoriT £ /; Representation Act Amendment and, , Cbnln^a^l^nr'^lt J %a^r^' : fM^ time. t gcno.'-i -ihdr .i IMr R.eyn^l^'s^Oibag^pHarbgOr. Empowering Bill,' also* toe Qu&_ trust Rbsterves' Bill, o wiere rdad'- _ 'fi'rkt'-'lime. |M-ri FitzherbgrtilsaTd, t obeforeT going ? into ;>:i Cqnim^tee .^he^o^l^n Bill, he Tvisl\ed .to, make .a complaint in referenb'§" ; 'tamperih^ J wi?fr 'the Press [ Agency's telegrams,_j)f_putting- words \ injto the mputfe pij t a,niejn i^esF, r ,wJiicJi(had th;e,effect of holding him to. scorn, rikifter^He^eil^ih'^^mnin^StW" bP6t"_ S^tehiber, v M Sir G. Grey/ saying hej ,; fo r r w bnei'\vould assist \ the -people 1 ih theisahne way as<theJcourse 'i: tajcens by jth&iUn'ited i States iagaihst the _, mother country. -The-- hon. member 1 then quoted from-^Hansafd," showing p/a ft th;at the words used-^hy. -Sir Geo. Grey \. -had ; been- ; garbled, „apd, jn^heJss^ie;^ th!e. " Southern Cross," a more tqul per'/ ; vbrsidn'b^ha^ h§v!?r seen; 1 - f ii Wa^acJ"" J'xfeUsing^^.irqiQgojege^re^ « traitor to his Queen. Ihe hon. paeni- r rber then read a memj^j[tatingtfr&Vtfr% lV |1 . wbrds had been, by the \y" Southern Cross." "" The hon. member k Jh|en adverted TIT fob' foal" abuso"whiclr~ • ;: ceHain^vppri jpns) :of ;t|iß/, J^ilppjk \ } r Press had heaped upon Sir Geo. Grey, ' bejcause he dared'" to~i)ring forward ; a graye. charge .of.puhKc nialadniioist^jf w^ i ti^n. J_' iSirj Donald iMiLeaifcxregrettad othate i•r personalities were becoming prevalent. v Hfej-^hpuglr .npt^jvery.plpi member^hadb;- --'; 'bepn in the House some years'^ and : ; could npt < he]p i f^ejingjthat;&e 70 toge^£j[i^ thb House had deteriorated by the strong personal feeling imported. intO; £ debate. **,„, "'.X. [Mr Rolleston thought -the House indeDted,oto/.thej. memlier, ; iov ». Hutt >fbr^ r bringing the question before the HtraseYV Comuierit?] howeve^sei^^ • Oman's .apripn jn.^i^jssdi.ng^ar^cjej^^aixili j , pujtting, worcis injto a nieniber^3./,moutn f . were vSr^dnrcretit; things. 1 ' I * Ptiblic men would of course be abused, and Sirogi ! Geetrge-G^ey-eould as well— affi>r4-to-be • so as tl any n man r ih tha..cpuntrv ybut .he^ >■ thbii^Htthe HiM^oiiMSaW'fiaiu^j nGte^of,whakfl! in;, the, case ; under^dis^. . cussion, really amounted to private , sender. .Mm»s s? W&cki^ a fflF»- : George" (srrey :had r 'arisenpb*ecause fb£tfis> mknlyi, : way in: whushv-jhe r had ekpwm^ i certain transactions o? the,",]and purchase department and-other abuses. '• :The House wentlnto Committee o'nK'i . the Abl^itioßrßill~affeT about" an : hour ~ • arid <ashaTos >discuiißi'e_ Tdn\lftQ'ishlpgtr ] ; brjought,,. forward, Jbv ,Mv . Fitzherbert.^ ; «Ss l^nm^^o^^^aA^^ tifcly occupied I^^ ilt^ i ,- discussidg -^b^&cti^^rrh-eia^e^lS.^- iss- • ( cuWedl at^ithe eyehing sitting.: "1?ro-:;-h • gress;was reported at 1 a. m. -.with iyipive-to sit vsj^^-z K s* : &z^A:zyzy if® The House then adjourned. CC ,/y «§!