Political.

Otago Witness, Issue 1427, 29 March 1879, Page 9

Political.

m DR WALL S, M.H.R , AT AUCKLAND. Auckland, Ma/eh 20lh. Dr. Wa'lis met Lis City West conbtitueiits to-night. O^i'ig t • continuous rain, there wss a limited a',»c-iuhtiae. Mr Jerome Caduaan was chai-inan. Dr. WALU3 set out by ex; re -sing faith in the Grey Aiii.ist.-y. 'Jhey ba ', of c >v.a •, i>roui'sed to a II tie Hiuetnoa. dispense with Ministerial residences, and re luce their own salaries ; but leing < vu voted iv the'r g.wd in entimis, th j y b iwed t<> the inevilable. He hi|el th« present Ar-'mm'-tration would rema:n in, for it wu d lad '0 e!e t.ial and polit'ua l refirdip, ami prevent a r-nival of fruviwitliijin acd Pr (c itionisrr?. St Geirrte Grej'd 1 ands wer-j iut to strong tj-day as aye ir ago. Unl«-8 tbe Au k'aud people supported hiua better, jn»-ti;e wool I n>t rosbe get for thU jart of the North Lhnd. He had tried his baud himself at one reform iv introducing (rientiial Parliament', lU 1 ; veteran pol t'csl stagers did not like to si« » y >ung l^gis'ator )ik^ hitu Irltiq ia a cjr.stitutional change, aud ih was kiykel ouK He tried I o lobby, but Mr J. C. lfrown beat Lito. at that gam-. Mr Ma a-idte .v promisetl him to vute for it, but wa'.kel out of tie Hou-.e at tbe

divisi'm, and the Auckl md member was seiz d with the siomach-auhe and forgot to arrange a pair, and that win the way he was done over the meas-u-o. Coming to Air Curtis' bill, L>r Wa'l s deniel tba f . he was a denominational st. lie had support* d Mr Bo yen's Idll, but was i-orry th« Lord's Prayer ani Bible-r aiing w> 1 o «tiu )lc ott of the clauses No nation Lad a ii^l 1 1 > cxi lade the one inp rad Book fro'u iU sy-tem of tduc ition. He supported Mr Curds' bi 1 ! ecuise it, ten del to s'r ingthen tbe system and t » liberalise ifc. Tue present; exrenwi^e sjslemeonld not listAvb^n the borrowed money was f-ppi-t lh' c hpliools in England were ney's of ind'>le! cc ami cor-nption, f>n I people shoull iay fur the education o: t v er own children. V- <>\?c Wf?e bll astn<y in tLiuking Mr Curtis' liil favoTel any church o" crt.el. It ww 1 urely undsnoninationa l , and he supported it i'eoinss ho belonged to vo church, or cetd. Dr Wails said tl h education qties-.ion was un[l'aswt to spaak about, and caused far too mnch fuss, an'l if they had no objection he w( uld s ; t down, Mr Samuel Ross a«ked if Dr Wallis, in the ev»nt of I>lr Cutt'.s' b'll be'ng brought on next stsfl'cn, wonl'l vote for it. Dr Wallis dtc'ired to answer then. He paid he did not understand the question. It beiag presse \, he refused to answer it until in wiiting, and when in wilting he was still unahle to comprehend it. Ilis Rev. Mr Duttox stepped forwsrl aDd pu l . a similar qne.->tion in three or four different foiim, but Dr Wains was no 1 ; to be c reeled, and professed inability to u-iderhtand it. Toe Rev. Mr Button, in c. cui^tic speech, which wxs cheered to the echo, denounced s ich o indue': as evasn c and shuffling. Dr Wallis then said he woulcl, as his audience was d^terraiiiid to have the matter out, go into it ful'y, and proceeded with a lengthy Acquisition on the derivation of the words "s°oular" and "denominational." Given certa'u defitiitioiif, he was a secularist ; gh c i ctrtan othciv, he was a denominatioaalisfc.