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Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 74, 28 September 1877, Page 2

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[BY ELECTRIC TBDEGUAI'LI. [PEB PEESa ASSOCIATION.] . HOUSE OF UKPKKSKNTATEVIiiS. ■W^ltngton, September 2.5. T-fouse met at 2.30, Implying to questions, the Ministers said (I) that experiments were being tried at Mamkau Heads to check the land drift calculated to i'-jure I, arbor ; (2) the Government would try and improve the Timaru railway station ; (3i)i the Government were considering the appointment of a commission on tUe Hawke's. J3ay land transactions. In committee on the District .Railways Bill, Mr Pyke's clause allowing Counties to construct railways uader the Bill was agreed to, and the Bijl was reported us , amended. ] The Provincial Lands Amendment Bill was read a third time. Mr Sheelutn resumed the debate on the Settlement Works Advances J3ill which he said should be road a second time six months benco. Ho approved of the prineiplo of opening Cvown L-inds to settlement before being sold, but objected to tho House obviating its functions and giving to tho Ministry the power to spend public money as they liked. Mr Stafford opposed giving the Ministry power to determine- tho expenditure moved, but strongly supported the opening up of land before selling it. Hu would support llie 1 second reading, as ho thought the Bill could in Committee- bo made a useful ono. As the Bill nUectcdi unse'ttlcd" lutjd only, he did not sue how it could be used by si*a,port (?). Mr Kelly supported th.v Rill. The syslcm of opening laud by roads boforc selling had workod admirably in Taranalci. Mr Jfolleston strongly opposed the Bill as a comjdi'lc reversal of policy, laid down by the Ministry. Tho Into- chief, Yogol. proposed to deprive tlio local governing bodies of their functions, and give thorn to. the Ministry. Mr Jieid said the provinces lukl Barely spent money in opening Crown Lands owing to tin! in'ess'ire to spen. l money in setted districts.. Ho- regrotlvd Mv liccs' slntempiit.s about the (lovern merit dosir ing t<> buy votes, ami mombcr^ being willing to sell. Tito tnfc'tl rote proposed to be taken under tho Bill was only ,05000, which would- bo voooiip.nl fram liii'O, to tinio by tlii> salt 1 of lauds.. It was impos-iblo to nw;»it tho vote of tho Houso in each pnrtiritinr coso where \>uni rniglifa bo rcqiiired,. us. roids would In 1 made before being sold. If the present Government could not bo trusted- to expend this vote, it would bo hotter to g.et a Government which could bo trusted, they should not lvjeot n useful lill. Mr Eees quoted- Mr Head's speech. oJ last session to show his views then. Mr Delatoun ' supported the- Bill as a usefal o'no. Tho Government could not foresee what lands would- retire to : be opened up duriiyj Uw year. Mr Ho.lnlc-insonopposed> Mr Wasoii supported the Bill. Messrs GiabornO' and Douglas would only support tho Bill" if there was a schedu-lc of works to tlw> Bill,. but would agree to an aaieiidnietit thajt the Govcvn•mput slvoukl only expend' raoney on the recomrttondntion of tho Waste Lands Boards; There could fch en be- no buying votes. Mr Qarringfon. supported the Bill. The House was divided ;. ayes 36,. noes 36; The- Speaker said \b became his. duty to give tljo casting rote. He did' so. under ■ gf eat : difficulty.. He, disapproved of bhe ' BilTas framed, but felt it his duty feo vote , against the amendment in the hope that . the- Bilj wouJd- be amended in, ComuuUteo.. Aaotilier division- took phce on. the second, .reading with the same rasulf, the members, howovoi 1 ,. being 3% on each side. ' „ The Bill was read a second time. In the legislative Council, on tho motion of the Hon." MpJlall, it was Unsolved that the attention of the Government be directed to lotteries advertised to be held in hotels thnoughoufc the Colony in connection with horse racing. September, It. The House met at 2.30. • The Canterbury Eivers Act Amendment Bill, No %, to declare that no member of tiiver Board was,- or had beed disqualified as a member of either House, was parsed through nil Its stages. Mr Larnoch then moved a vote of censure on the Government Tot continuing tho publication of the Waka Maori.. Ho accepted the full responsibility of its being a vole of want of confidence. He rend a letter between. Stafford and Waterhouse in 1872, showing that even then the paper wns pros'ituled for personal and pnrty purposes. He contende-1 the- promise then niixle lo discontinue was. not kept, and the result wns tho paper wns

continued in direct defiance of the House, and the Government in January last by pleading justification for the libel on Mr Itussoll involved the country i.i a cost of at least £6000. The Government was a continuous one, and could not escape the full responsibility, but, oven if not in Kussell's case another libel had witbiu last ycav been published. He moved the resolution. Whiltaker said if tbe voto wns carried Ministers would resign, and rocoramend ! tho Governor to send for lurnach. They were glad tltat the matter was brought to an issue. It was a test question whether • Ministers had tho confidence of the House or not. He denied that the Ministry wns a continuous one. He had mii sisted on precedency in it to show how completely he Lad severed himself from Vogor* Ministry, whicq on important questions he had opposed. OrnaoDd and lle\d had joined since be hail. He did not think the costs in liussell's cuso would exceed £350CK and the House would be asked to vote them. He quoted Hansard to show what took place when the vote was struck oat hist session. Tho paper was then temporarily discontinued, but owing to representations made from all parts by Natives which he read, and in consequence of a lari>e uinouut of support promised, tho Goveranient dee-icledi to continuo the paper. Sir Donald M'Lean .and a number of other gentlemen pave a guarantee for all expenses iucluilimt responsibility for all consoqueueos of puulicution. Under this arrangement the paper was continued till last July, when in consequence of remarks made in the House it was discontinued.- it had paid its own expenses during the time. Tho libels alluded to were published before lv« joined tho Government. He recounted tho history of ilaori newspapers from •tho establishment of tho Maori Messenger in 16 L 8 by Grey to tho present time. Ho oontonded that tho dates and facts ho I had #ivou showed Larnach's ns^eriion in J tho motion was entirely unfounded, and no honorable man coulu vote for such a motion alter what he had stated. Mr Lusk supported the motion eon* (ending that Wlittnkcr'h admission proved the statements in tho motion were substantially correct and that the paper had been continued hy tho Guvoninu-ut in defiance of tho clear intention* of tho voto oi' the House and at the public expense. Tho debate was interrupted.

Auckm;nd, Septe nber 27. An inquest was held on the woman, bu''n«dati. the Lunatiu Asylum- 'ho evidence showed conclusively that iliu (ire originated in her ceil. ?he ha<l taken some matches in the presence o? -visitors in tlio j* f trnwui, ami a senrrh fai'e i C > di-». ovim 1 Llietn, Slie \v\<[ liHVfi" brt n uikfii «nif- of t he cell. Tin* jury returned avcrdi«t. tluvfc M:\ry Ann'Koriiiiie nu-t her dwiili'hy burnin« iv a cell at, ihe Lunal.ii; Asylnn but ho\v, or by what menus the lire onjjinated tlu're w s no fvid*nce to sh,ow. Tlie jjiiry npiH-nilefl the following ruler, " I'uat the dirtri|)line carried oiiJii the Auckl.ind Asylum isot'n most driiective character, mid that the Government iiru I,'reativ to blame tor the insnlß.tii'UL appliances i'or extinguishing lire." Kdmaua, SivptLMnbeiv 2?Uynn, nb the I'olice Court to-day, on a charge <it ; tl-e murder of Daniels, v.is remanded for a week. Bail was , refused. ■ ' Wkstpout, S2ptein,ber 27. The M 'uut Rochforb railway line, AVestpouD to NgakiiA'au, was opened yesterday. Tlih event wis celebrated by a public h-oliday. Excursion train* . ra ii liirougli carrying several batidiied people. •■'