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Evening Star, Issue 3907, 1 September 1875, Page 3

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jßy Tfi.eo!;'.ioi. j [From our own I'orrrspont’■ n!.)] Wn.L'NcTo'c, S‘•!,{,.-mb.;r 1. The Government will oirry tin- Abolition Bill through at all hazr.r.lr this m-s.-loh : who ther they will p.us the l-cad jfdui-inne'r.i I’d!! through in the same mamo r will depend '.pmi the temper of the I loose. Seeing that f.!i ■ i b>.vennueut can canyon with the Road Boards already in existence until next, year they will, if the House shows a disiucliniiion to go on with the second reading, lie content to let it ivmam there, bringing down a more perfect IHII next. year. The Government are very anxious to ascertain the feeling of the Hons<- in reference to shires. ■ The present idea, which finds considerable favor, is to form shires, allowing the latter to subdivide into Road Boards, rather to have Road Boards forming themselves into shires, as the present Bill contemplates.

Mr D. Reid Hays the figures of the Treasurer, so far as they relate to Otago. are wrong. He computes the loss to the J.’i evince hy tlie proposed alteration hy the Government taking over the police, gaols, harbors, education. .Vc., and keeping the capitation mouß-, at Ll7,oi;(i, and as tlie expense of education is to be charged against the land fund this year the difference to the .Province will lie boll, SUO if the Treasurer's present proposals are adopted. Yesterday afternoon Mr Ormond, as a question of privilege, refetred to Sir George oray's attack upon himself on .Friday for having applied the words 11 rotten community ” to the people of Auckland. Mr Oriiauid went on lo explain that at the time he had slated that he was convinced in his own mind that he had never made such a statement, hut that lie applied the term “ rotten ” not to the bodv of the people but to the system of yovemmeut. The member for Auckland Oily \V..-l did o 1. accept this, hut subsequently still said he (.Mr Ormond) had used language discreditable to him as a member of the House, and that he had shown a stolid determination in not withdrawing a statement which he bad been asssured by others had been made at the time. He (Mr Ormond) had declined to make an apology for something lie felt quite sun- had never fallen from him, and added that alter seeing proof-sheets from ‘Hansard ’ reporters lie would make a statement to the House, and now asked leave to do so, since through ihe action of the member for Auckland City West the supposed opprobrious terms had been telegraphed throughout the country. Me had been put in the position of having used offensive words towards a Luge community, words which never fell from him. He had been answeiiu.’ the member for Newton, and according to ‘ Harisard ’ his actual words were Tal ring about the Province of Auckland and its institutions wiiat did lie demand;' He .-aid ‘kw p her if necessary fiom the rest of the Colony, give her rights, and make her a. Colony lor herself.’ I should like to kimw what tlie pcopl,; of the Province of Auckland would -a.y la, that. All Queen street and the lam. gentleman's constituents mieht be. in favor of snob a -take of things, but I would ask him what those <m‘settlers represented by the. bun, member for the Pay of Islands, ami the lam. member for the Past ('oast, and Inn people in those other out. .•K.-Ulemenls e. hem have been mined, diag.-e I dov. n. ;.u<i

kept back for years while 11 1.■ L b. ni tied to them of •»!! l otter. :11 ni ihi \ i: 11! .id favoring the vh-livs ~f ti.e ,n|,u’.:d i<m He thought the House would ll;.;;; I.- with him hi thinking he war at, perfect 1 : eilv to n.-.e Hio-e wards, and further that th ■ non. ii;.Mi.f..r for Auckland (!ity Wed, sor i; wlr.it weic Ids actual words, i-.lmii! I eon-ider wheiher la fairness to him (iSi'• Oinmiidj he mould not, express his jvgret at having emleavori ti to li\ Upon him words he neuir tied. (’lh.-e. ■ j Sir Ccorge (trey did nor. u-ply.