PARLIAMENT.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 432, 15 September 1877, Page 2

PARLIAMENT.

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Wellington, September 14. In the House of Representatives on Thursday evening,

Mr. Py lie's motion for long-service pay being continued to tie provincial police was withdrawn on the assurance from the Government that the sum required would be placed on the Supplementary Estimates.

Sir George Grey complained of Mr. Onnond's personal explanation being made in his absence.

Mr. Ontiond repeated what he had said before dinner.

Messrs. Sheeltan and Recs said it, did not touch the i\.;il charge ;it .-ill, which was that Sir George Grey had for personal interest abused his position as Governor.

Sir George Grry said be treated the charge and its author with cont. nipt, lie lad evidence to prove that at any time the land company was endeavouring to procure t' e Taupo Company lie was trying to assist the native own rs to stock part of the very laud the Company want d.

After along discussion, Mr. Tai iroa's Crown Ri dress Extension Bill, No. 1. was rend a sicond time, on a division ol 4S to 3. Its obj.-ct is to enable the Middle Island nativis to biing before the Supreme «'onrt alleged uufuliilled promises made by Colonel Wak Ibid and others wlnn the land was bought. The South Rdsaia Road 'Hoard Bill was read a second time, on a -\livisiou of of 25 to 19.

The Oamaru Athenranm and Mechanic*' Institute Reserve 13.11 was read a third time.

The House rose at 1.10 o'clock

September 15. In f.V House of Representatives yesterdav aft.' rnoon,

Mr. F< x asked the Minister of Justice if I is attention 1 tul lx < n calh d to a recent decision of the Resident Magistrate of Christchurch. In doing so, he r.ll tided to the case of a man charged with an attempted rape on his own daughter, who lad been dealt, with summarily by being -.riven six months' inipris..umen'. In a re markal le contrast with this was another, tendititr <<> sow the Magistrate's utter unfitness f..r his office. On the same day. an abandoned woman, for drnnkiiimss and iiubceney, was sentenced to 12 mont' s' imprisoinir nt. A third case was that of the boys who passed buttons for sovereigns. T e manner which the Magistrate spoke to the draper on that occasion demand <1 notice.

Mr. Bowen said lie had only soon a newspaper ri port of the rape case, and it was not, f iir to form an opinion on that. The Vng'strate was a painstaking, conscientious man, but, he would make further inquiries into the case mentioned.

Tti reply t<> M>\ Williams, Mr. M'L'-an said lie would call for tenders for the overlnn<l mail service between Wangarei, Kawalowa, and Ohaewai, and if the cost was nin'-Wif.e, establish if. Mr. Wakefi Id asked whether it was intended to a fiord to the immigrants to setOe on reserves in Canterbury an opportunity of .■ic'|uirin'-r freehold of the hind wlieh they occupied. Mr. TJ>'i I said. where the reserves were not spochilly appropriated to other purnoses, it was intended to survey tliem into convenient, al'ohnents, an 1 enable those who settled on the reserves to aeqivre w 1 at, tliev occnmVd at a fair price. Replying to' Mr. Wakdield. Mr. Ileid said it. was intended to lay off townships on the n serves along the railway lines, luit. in tin's, as in former cas s, the diflicuHv was to get the survey work done. Replying to Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Orniond said the Government intended to give effect, to t'.e report, of the Public Petitions Comnrttee on the petitions of the arfizans of Dunedin, by getting all the work possible done in the colony. The House wciit into Committee on the Education Rill.

Clause 50 passed with some further amendments regarding pcho'a'ships, clauses 51 and 52 were ;ind clause 53 passed on a division of 28 to 10. At the evening sittinir. the Kdncation Bill was further considered in Committee. Clauses 51 and 52 were postponed. In clause 53, words requiring the consent of the Minister f>r Education to the making of District, High Schools was retained on a div ; sion hv 38 to 10. An amendment, in eh'use 54 to make the fees of District, High Sc' oo's cover the.cost of the education given was lost on a division by 43 to 2. The word (? what word) was altered to " ten" in c'ause fB. The remaining clansisto 75 wer<3 passed. An amendment was moved to omit (he words relating to the capitation tax in clause 76 After a long discussion this was rejected by 38 to 24. Clauses 77 and 78 were passed. Progress was then reported. The Census Bill pass d through its remaining stages unaltered.

The Friendly Societies' Bill was partly considered in Committee. The House rose at 1.50 o'clock.