PARLIAMENT.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 449, 6 October 1877, Page 2

PARLIAMENT.

* (by telegraph.) "Wellington, October 6. | In the Legis'ative < oimcil yesterday, the Reserves i 3.11, which h.nl ijteii i parsed by the liuuse of Representatives, was j introduced by he Hon. Air. Millar. The < Hon. JVlathew Holmes was most strenuous in j his opposition to the measure. He said j

Oamaru was the most richly endowed tnl in the Colony, and objected to the i'iiwM ment patting with the present gaol s,l which he said was worth L4OOO. dnl motion of the Hon. Mr. Robinson, theduJj wan atljourned. II In the Legislative Council Inst nighf.ij the Hon Mr. Peacock entering the Chanilfl lie was ch illengcd as a stranger, and wj drew. This was in consequence of his Jj qualification by the Council. P

In the House of Representativesycsterl afteruoo i, The Waste L-mds Conmrttcc reported the -ettlemen's Works Advances Bill, rcce;

mending that it be now passed. j Tlie House proceeded to consider the ill qualification tpie-tiou. 1 Mr. Whitaker sai I ho was quite willing j agree to Mr Maeandrew'.s amendment 1 adopt the whol< report. jl Mr. Stout thought there waß no noil therefore to discus* the matter. !J Mr. Rees dissented f on the report, niJ contended tint Mr. Kennedy had forfcittl his seat, although it was doubtful whctlieg he was liable to any pecuniary penaltim! He moved as an amendment that M:| Kennedy wan disqualified. [| This was negatived by 41 to If?. | A proposal by Mr. Holleston to have Mi| Kennedy called to the liar of the House an £ reprimanded or admoni-h ;d, was negative! on t 1 c voices, and the report as a whole w&| adopted. * Iu Committee on the Land Mill, a long din J cushion took place on the motion of Mr. 1), j Laut'iir to omit provisions for members (.1 tlie Waste I .amis lioanls being nominated liji the Governor, which was 10->t by 411 to 30. j Mr. Fox brought up a report of the I'rivi.l. leges Committee on Mr. Luck's ca-e, whitl 1 was to the effect that Mr. I.u-k h id re eiviil| LSO from the Corporation of Auckland fori services rendered prior to, an I during tlit "i vessiou of IS7<>, respecting the Auckland I Corporations, and the Auckland Watorwoiks 1 Bill, and that certain clauses of a forinur | Bill, which the Corporation of Auckland | desired to have passed, through his exeivf tions, ha I been aeeep ed by the Government, | and embodied in tlie Municipal Corporation I Act. 1

The report., with the evidence, was ordered | to be printed. ? The House was in Committee on the Land j Bid during the whole of the evening Hitting. \ A considerable number of amendments were { proposed in el.iu.se 18, to alter the mode of » appointing members of Waste Land Hoards, * but lioju of them were pas-ed The maximum area • f land to be held l>y a deferred i, payment selector win fixed at b(i4>) acres. \ In sub-section 4, o! clause (14, Mr. Ucynolds Sfc moved an amendment to ,-dlow selectors to § reside by substitute, but this was negatived m| by 3ii to 8. in sub-section 5, Mr. Ilodgkin- m sou desired to make the proportion of the m land to be cultivated dur ng the first year [1 one-tenth, instead of one-twentieth., lilib 1 was negatived by '-'7 to (!. C aiu ', <G4 was J pa-ted, and progress was reported. !,| '1 he llou c rose at'2.Hi) o'clock. !j