PARLIAMENTARY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 265, 6 October 1875, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

Wellington, Tuesday. The House met at 2.3 >. , The prtlinvnary bus ness wss unimportant Jtfujor At iostm told Mr Kelly he hadini vesligatcd the plan adopted by the captain j of^ -he Rodri y tor seeming the health of imI migrants, and was in commurica'ion with t!»c A g it-Genera! on tho mafer. The Provincial Appropriation Acts (&n---tinuinee Bill was read a fiat time. 1 he Dear's Bn<l Ore litor'a Bill passed. Mr Sheelnn called the att'-nt on of the House to corapl n'nts of the natives of Hawke'a Bay as to the w.«y they bad been treated by the Europeans re»p ctn? their lands, and | announced bis intention to mjve a renlutioa | thereon. Other ser.tiemeT went into long . p*rticubrs regarding the Heuratanga bo k, and other land transactions, to show thit natives hai- been ioiproperiy deprived of t'»eir lands, advantage having been taken of tluir i/nor*nce, and making out that the Native Lands Court were mponßible to a gr* at c xttnt for the cvi s which had fallen upon the natives in cons quence. A question of privilege was noticed! en account of the New Zealand Times publishing this morning the report of the Ohinemuri Committee; and the evidence bef < re tbey were supposed to be printed, and^before the latter was laid before the House, The Speaker, in reply, expressed regret that he did not know how the paper became poaseaaad of the evidence and report. The point wa3 allowed to drop without farther comment, and the House rose at 5.30. Wednesday. The House resumed at 7*30. Mr Sheehsn continued speaking for about an hour, and concluded by moving that the House regrets to hoar of the scandalous and dishonest dea'ings of certain Europeans in the acquisition of Native lands in the Province ofHawke's Bayyand of the fact that high officers of the Governiffatf have been either connected herewith or wereWnizant thereof, and considers ihat such transactions [are a stain upon the name of t ! *c colonyN, A long deba'e ensued, in the course of which Mr Ormond controverted all the statements ot Mr Sheehan, and quoted words an 1 rulings of Judge Richmond and Judge Manning, and askßd whether their decisions or the exparte st'tcments of the member for Eodney should be taken. After considerable discussion, the motion was negatived on the voices. V Several i ems on the Estimates were p tssed. Mr M'Lean intinauted that daring the re ess he would see if the Estinyrl? aforH^e Mi'itia and Volunteers couli be reduced. % The House adjourned at 2-20 a.m.