PARLIAMENT.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 448, 5 October 1877, Page 2

PARLIAMENT.

(uy TiauoitArii.) Wr.u.iNiao.N, October fi. § In the Iloiitifi of llcpresemutlvcN yesterday after® noon, ' ' SI Ttio Lund 11111 was received by Message from tliH Governor, and rend a first time. I In reply to Sir. liallanco, Mnjor Atkinson said tlnjl when the vote for the Atfcnt-Uoneral wuh botoro ' fj" House, lie would state his intentions regarding hi®' Julius Vogtjl retaining ofllce. 'l'lio Government l< not directly or indirectly promise.! tho appointment tfj anyone. ■ SI - . Kox asked whether since peruKlnir the doponlji tions the Government have expressed to the ResldeM Magistrate at Ohrlsteliiireh tholr hciihu of the iiunroH |.riet,y of hia sum.narily °f the cliariro Needhiun nfter hearing the name with closed (Worn. 11 Mr, Buwon said |iu thought the Magistrate hat® committed a twrlnuH error of judjfinont, iiutwlth tliel best passible intentions, and desire to do bin best, lltjl did not think the Government should take KU'ih auß extreme step as to interfere with or reprimand i| magistrate for a mere error of judgment. R On th>; motion of Mr. Thomson, the Disqualification]! Committee was instructed to enquire Into eertaiiil circumstances connected with the sale of the Lunik. 1 The debate wr* resumed on Mr. I'yke'n Outran Otag-o Railway motion. Mr. Manders thought the Committee's report a vwy one-sided one. Mr. I'ykc, in reply, said the factn lie had originally stated had .nit. been answered. Ho htvd done for Mr. M'Lcan what Mr. had not been able t.n do for himself —tl.at was, gain the approbation of Ills ooii-| stituents. Mr. l'yke's motion wuh then put and carried, and Mr. Lumsden's amendment negatived by .'l7 to 20. The debate on Mr. Laniaeli's motion to establish an Imprest Stamp Ollhc in Dunedin was resumed. After some discuss.on, the motion wai lost on a division by 3<S to 30. After some discussion, tho dsbatc on Mr. LarnaohN motion that tho Government should fully insure in local offices a t tho Government buildings was adjourned to enable the Government to pre pure a return of the value ol all Government building*. At tho evening- sitting, the following nils wero road a second time:—Tho l'u lie libraries Hill, Dunedin Town Hall Site liill, Christchurch District Drainage liill, Southland Agricultural and Pa«toral Atsoeiatlon Uill.

The Native Land* Act Amomlmcnt Bill wn» read a second tinto, and roferrod to the Natlvo Affair* Ooolnittcc. '

The Municipal Ooriwratlons Act Amrflijimtont Bill, the Auckland Collujfo and Urnmmar Hohoul Ulll, and the lJunc iin Gun and Water-works HIU JUaJr remaining stages In Committee of the whole Ilouae, Mr. Kelly trnytdk au addroox to hti Excellency the Governor MiutwxhAl the sura of £2OOO should be placed on the UitimaM*

is grants ia aid to the AgricilltU'al and Pastoral Societies.. Mr. Fox desired to move an addition of £IOO as. a grant to the Teetotal and Temperance Societies in order to enable them to hold an annual convention to promote the cause. The Chairman ruled the amendment out of order. \ After some discussion, the on'sjinar motion was re- ; jected by 33 to 25. On the motion of .Mr. Bastings, an address was : agreed to" his Excellency the Governor thai j public lands to the value of £50,000, in suitable blocks, j as near as possible to the railway, should 1 e set aside for the conservation of a railway from Tupunui to Waipahi, such lands riot to be sold or disposed of till the railway is finished. An address for £IOOO to be placed on the Estimates to remove the rocks at the entrance to Catlin's River was also agreed to, on_Mr. Lamach's motion. The House rose at 12.45 o'clock.