THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1678.

Inangahua Times, Volume 701, Issue 701, 16 August 1878, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1678.

On tho House resuming at. 7'Bo Mr Whitaker, in^ a speech of two hours mula-hatf, moved tho second rend ing of liia Koproßontfttion Bill, explaining its machinery and principle The proi viftiona were very minutely oxplninod, and ho claimed for it a wider franchise than tho Government BUI wa« to havo, more simple, nnd poasoflsing more el* fectivo machinery. The machinery tor tho registration of polling and repre* oentation to he comparatively mexpenfiivo aa compared with tho present system, and to be ahlo to return a Parliament that would bean accurate reflex of tho public mind; not morely of a majority of that mind, but of the different shades of opinion of minoritiea, a« well aa mnjoritioa. Mr Stout only replied to such porfciona of the hon member's speech aa he would not bo called upon to answer when replying to the objections raised against his Bill. ! He then wont on to show that fcho member for Waikato wis quite mis* taken in supposing that hia scheme wouli succeed in gettiog rainoritiea roprojented, ond contondod that oven if it did, representation of minorities would bo a bad thing fo« the . country. Mr Barton folWed in a spoech of nearly two hours in hostile criticism of tho Bill which he looked on as rr erely an ingenious ruae to alionato support from the Government so aa to depose them in favor of one that did not represent tho majority of tho people. The debate continued until 1280 vvhon tho House adjourned.