PARLIAMENTARY INCIDENTS.
THE LAND AND EDUCATION BILLS. [from the correspondent of the press.] Wellington, November 28. There is dissatisfaction among the Canterbury members about the Land Bill. The Government held out expectations of radical changes in the Bill this session, in the direction of the classification of land over the whole colony. Mr Montgomery approved of sales by auction with an upset price of £1 per acre. Either of these would destroy free selection in Canterbury, and now the Government may back out altogether.
All the afternoon was wasted over a discussion about bridging the Aparima river. A number of private Bills are to be disposed of to-night, and will nearly all be got through. The House is only waiting now for the Q-overnment measures, which are a long time in forthcoming. Sir George Grey gave an evasive answer about the Agent-Generalship this afternoon. It is quite possible that the Cabinet cannot agree about this, as about other matters, though it was currently said that Mr Reader Wood would be appointed on his arrival in England.
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Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 1068, 29 November 1877, Page 3
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