PARLIAMENTARY.

Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 213, 20 September 1873, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

Wednesday. in tin- l"i>i>pr House, to-day, Dr I'ollon nuned the second mutiny oi ilie lVoMiiLial Empowering Bill, winch ho suid uotikl establish uji equilibrium between the colony and pto- > inues, as the hit tor Mere jcett ing too strong. Mr VVaterhou«e oppoied the billon it gave unlimited borrowing ])o\\ ors to the provinces. The colony having aunctioucd such borrowing, could not .slmke ol" the ultimate liability. He objected to see the provinces rested with |sucli dangerous poucrv Messrs Sew ell, (Miller, Grace, mid Kenny opposed tho bill. Messrs Brett and Fraser supported the bill, and urged that the bill was necessary to enable the public works pohey to be carried out. MrMantell moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months. A diusion took place with the following result : — Ajos, 19 ; Noes, 12.

Thursda) . This morning the Cabinet met, but I know not what transpired, but circulars were issued calling supporters together to-morrow at half-past ten, to hear what the Government purposes doing, and tender advice. It will be plain that great conliision nnd uncertainty of opinion aud feeling eusts. The Vogelitcs who voted "for the bill felt latent i«.it isfiietion that if the bill wero east out, thr \ only voted to ki'ep the Ministry in. They complain that while last session they were culled together and consulted on various measures, tin* Mi'uson, ".feskurin ha* waxed fat and kicked." The bill, they say, is the greatest political mistake of his career, lie yielded to the pressure of Superintendents against his conviction and judgment. The Wellingtomtes, it is well known, cannot go on without a loan. Mr Uarnngton says the same of Taranaki ; others again bay that the bill is not a mistake, but a plan betwepn Vogel and Macandrew towards consolidation.