PARLIAMENTARY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 266, 7 October 1875, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

" :-.-'. -itci&H . A: i; S^WßMiiiaioKi' Wednesday. / ; i!XtieHDais¥meSiat 2^o p.m. this atteraoan. : £he business was mostly of a private □attire, "/■;"•-" ' - ■ -Ji -'■ &sideßtfctti off privilege was . raised on account of the publication o£ the ' Ohinemuri ''/'■ repOTt.by certain papers, bat the-eubject; was alhjyedio; drop without any action being -'• 'taken. '■.">, . - ■ v. ,~* ,<Ttefis»ttto. MlfiUUt announced that the . GKiveranieofe Agent and. Land Purchase Commlaaioner concerned in the Obioemuri -X miaets' rights tracjactioos, had ceased to be ; in toe Goyenunenfe employ. He would ias>raithe^Hou«e oif any other sctioa the O^^mgne might jjaiaclioeil to take in the fe'^itter,v-;i^:_-; n ..,,.*.". ■ ' .. ■• ■ : t '.; "s^>BW^^6aia Ensued tipon the report p^|i^^, K(^?&" piSceiji' CoixHtiittee, in refere 5 en& jto.afi(u fiifei promises to Natives in The NatlTO Minister saiid Sio|h^ibla^Jr(Bßt«on these claims had not been rby : 'Saiso&i -i who gj^mlilloo* of !f10Q37-tw9ide 9 land. The

*°| n f I^^wfifr WRgjjpubt then were esti M? ~P*^iiNg9iPfa«4(|» hospitals, sehoota. /Sir (fsdrg* $sly iiyd notice of motidafco j follgpiasj |^ct s-^^bat the purcjofse ■ oe^ Jeas|og oi: Sltive lands for or by prfgo;te 1 fividijaa^ thr^joghj tb^ instrumental of i v&njMnt officers \on jtheie own accoait, con^ry to^tb^ pftfjJigp^iMerest, andrlaU--, land obtained under those j condition^ ia fa tare should be deemed^ Jto^, be part of the r public ea'ate, and" that atv^moniei oxpah<^l ; thereon shou'd be expanded at the riskot purchasers." The i House rose at (£3O. 7J'|" 'W r?-~'. . The second teagip&jjof A&pliti«t Bift was carried in .the Legislative "Councif by 23 «^ain6t4. Upon the HouseTißgiiniiDg at 7-SO~la9t night, Kir George Gre7 moved the second readiagr of the (Tastoma Duties Repeal Bill, in* object of which, he said, was to reduce principal necesaadea.oUife, . The hon. gentleman urged, that the Govern- ( &bout £220,000 in, amount. , That, together •^withithe cavinie o|^£l5»,O0O which might? ffijhe sSf^onryie^ear's f. e^ttmatei, woQld^be Vgreal ialidf td the'eooa^ ■- i}tyi ? nd itpropert7-ownera were compelled- to.. "contribate their fair share towards the go-. f v|romentof the c p>uatrj instliSr of getting ; ofcompaE^i^lyfrcossfa^p^^atithecoud-' Jif would be greatiy benefittedjri Kith© . I Government would not ai^at faiin Jiali way,. ih& hoped they would be prepared! tp.plac9 a /ttflix of one. haif-ganoy per nppnd oti'woofi ' ' ' J ' 1 iMajorCAtfnfebn^op^^ ; taSXßill^ stoa " r quoted from a series of tables to aKowthafo ' tl|e working man was not ovge-t^fe^aft. was v«qught to be madejqat, aad that the weal thiei _ cfaaaea c^ntribaM more towardai thW rafe4ot» r iMsk% ffatt&fflQW eredit^rwiaf.i T^«>l ; 'The following meniberS opposed the;Biii oa< H tl c ground ti^iit^rfeßjinopjoiila^eianA. .not , _ brought down in proper form:— Sir Donald » McLean, Messrs a'Conor^ Gibbsj 'Andrew I , ' t Repnolds, Hunter. Joseph Shephard, £ Btfnny , ■ >Jki 'Glashan, and Harrison. >;:- ? ( .'v- > r : After He G. Greys reply» the BJlVwaa ftbrovrnout by 41 to 15. {• „, . '