PARLIAMENTARY.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1712, 13 August 1875, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRFSPOX-

DENT.

Dargaville telegraphs to Luckie — "No chance carrying resolution favorable abolition in Auckland or suburbs, and that they must fall back on out-districts."

The Tairua Committee has been engaged all the morning examining Mackay. Evidence is not finished.

The debate last evening was very good. The Opposition speakers were Montgomery and Gibbs.

On Government side, Luckie and Tribe. Montgomery's speech was wonderfully good. The Government cowed aghast to find! Gibbs opposing the bill. y' The Wellington people, at a crowded meet ing last night, went almost unanimously against the abolition meeting. It had been called by friends of tbe Government. •

The news of Parnell meeting coming _on all this has strengthened the Opposition immensely, and the Government party look gloomy and are becoming alarmed. It is generally thought now that the Government must send the bill to country. Sir G. Crrtsy gave notice to-day of his intention to bring in a bill to prevent the Government completing certain land jobs in the Waikato and other parts of the province of Auckland. .„, Mr Bheehan will ask to-mOrrow when the Government will call for tenders for the Kaipara extension railway, and when the bill for facilitating the recovery of rates against land will be brought down. ■ •■.:■ ... Mr Swanson will ask when the House will have a representation Bill placed before it. Mr Wood moves an important, motion to-day asking for returns throwing ,light on the new financial proposals. This: day. - j Mr Yon der Heyde gave notice 'tomowl that in the construction of wharves for ra^', m way purposes in the harbours of the colo* m one uniform principle should be adhere?j:,*<l| / /' 1

in the cost of all such works charged against the loans for railways, but if funds from that source are available, then arrangements should be made by which the foreshore endowments should be made liable for such coat in a l' cases without distinction. / .don Acquiring Strength, ' ~ Opposition are acquiring strength. Tfie^Government are funking. It was freely stated in the lobbies yesterday that the bill will be withdrawn. The Parnell meeting is regarded a3 a regular staggerer. It is likely, before the debate is resumed to-day, the Opposition will raise an important point which w ill compel the Government to begin de novo from the first reading _of the bill on the ground that the bill being an Appropriation Bill should originate in committee of the whole House. It is certain that a heavy onslaught will take place on the finance, and the Treasurer looks uncomfortable. Yesterdays proceedings were mainly private business. The Auckland City Endowments Bill was read a second time. It will receive opposition in committee. The Auckland Institute Bill was also read. In moving it Sir George Grey said it was a very simple measure to enable a poor province to provide funds for the erection of a public museum and library so far as lay in its power. The province, by what he must always regard as most wanton expenditure by General Government, had nearly the whole of the revenue taken from it, and but a trifling portion returned. In its poverty it had been told by the same Government that its financial position was a public scandal. Fortunately the province had several noble generous minds who regarded independence in the midst of poverty as a virtue. They had with unexampled liberality subscribed large sums to enable the struggling Auckland institute to erect a public museum and library. The funds subscribed were, however, insufficient to enable the Council of the institute to complete the works proposed. They, therefore, asked the Assembly that the Superintendent upon their application be allowed to mortgage land given by the provinca to the Institute as a site for buildings. If the House granted the boon now asked the Council would be able to raise funds sufficient to erect the necessary buildings.