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[Per Press Agency.]
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Wellington, October 21.
Petitions regarding the elections of Grey, Wallis, and Hurst will be heard to-morrow at eleven.
Mr Oliver said he intended to take steps towards getting new survey of the West Coast railway, Middle Island. Sir G. Grey introduced a Bill to grant sites for Working Men’s Clubs. The Bill was read a first time.
An adjourned debate on the Government Electoral Bill coming on, the Premier explained they had exhausted every source of conciliation between themselves and the Opposition. They would not allow any other party to pass their Bills, and they would not proceed with any other business until those Bills ware passed. Question was about to be put, when Mr Ilall proceeded to reply to some remarks made when debate was last on. He denied charges of personal animus against the member for the Thames,*and deprecated the way His Excellency the Governor liod been referred to by the same member.
Mr Hall replied to ninny charges made against his Ministry, contending that his was tlie true liberal united party, while the other side was composed of Greyites and those whom he would call dependent liberals. He denied that there was any Canterbury land ring, and argued that the Canterbury land-laws promoted settlement, while the Grey regulations led to to the acquisition of immense estates. If the Government went out they would have a majority, and certainly a majority of the country. (Cries of “ Try it.”) They were not afraid to try it. (Cheers from Government supporters.) Their measures wore liberal and practicable, and the
country wanted them, lie asked them to lose no time in passing them. The late Government only dangled them before the people.
Sir G. Grey defended his land regulations, saving lie was a benefactor to New Zealand in introducing these laws, lie went on to refer to the unprecedented way in which supply hail been stopped. They had a right to say that no business should go on until supply was provided. Ministers should come down and ask for it at once, and let vote be taken. lie contended the Ministry were representative of lauded aristocracy in the colony
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Waipawa Mail, Volume 2, Issue 116, 22 October 1879, Page 3
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