The Weekly Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. MONDAY, JULY 27, 1868. NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 2, Issue 82, 27 July 1868, Page 181

The Weekly Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. MONDAY, JULY 27, 1868. NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT.

Br the House' pf ißepreisentatives on Thursday, 9th July, afterthe formal opening of the Assembly, as reported in l our. last, a bill was- brought in by Mr Stafford for’ legalising Ithe election of Mete ;Eingi, a native assessors and one of the,new aboriginal members, whose case came under the provisions of the w Disqualification Act,” which debars any person attached to certain departments of the Government from sitting or voting in the - House. Mr Stafford, stated that the fact of Mete Kingi’s disqualification -was unknown to himself and, to the Maori electors, and: consequently it would be nullifying the intention of the Maori Representation Act ” of last session if he were debarred from taking his seat. Bill read a first and second time, and ordered to be committed next day. '

In the- Legislative 'Council on 1 Friday,: 10th July, the hon. Major i Richardson was appointed Chairman of Commitees J a Standing Order Committee," a*;House Committee,- and a Library and Printing Committee were severally appointed; an address of sympathy to; her Majesty in consequence of the attempted assassination of I H.R.H: the Duke of Edinburgh wa§ passed; a. Usury Bill and a Pawnbroker’s Eill were brought in and read a.first time-; and the select committee appointed to prepare an address in reply to his Excellency brought up its report.

In the House of Representatives on the same day the Mete Kingi Election Bill was committed. Some remarks were made on the subject by Mr Travers, who 1 thought the Maoris should be made acquainted with the disquali-j fixations under which their representatives might labor; and that Maoris should not have any exceptional privileges. Mr Richmond considered that'Maoris should gain "their- knowledge : by experience, and he-would have a notice of the present proceedings inserted in the Maori Gazette and the Waka- Maori, a paper subsidised by the Government, published in Hawke’s 1 Bay; v Mr Wood thought Mete Kingi ' should" resign his office and his resignation beaccepted before he should be allowed to take his seat, but he would not press it if the feeling of the House was against it.' not; think: any exception' . Advisable. Mr Ludlam thought it would be unwise to meet the. natives with an ob jection on the occasion of their sending up a representative. . The Bill was then reported ‘ without; amendment, read : a third time, and passed. A committee' was next appointed on the motion of Mr Stafford, which - should have the management of 'air matters connected with, reporting and printing tne debajtes 4 antf arrangements were madeforregulatingthehourstormeetingjand; j proceeding tp ■ the"; ordersT; of An address of sympathy- to ■ Selection, a Petitions Committee,-a -House Committee, a

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