PARLIAMENTARY.
| HOUSE OF BEPJiE&fiNTA.TIYES. TITESDAT EVBNIN&, 7.30 p.m. 5 Several petitiona were presented from . Catholics with regard, ta the Educatiou j Mr : Montgomery will move the Amend,menfc> Eleotoral Bill to. prevent electors to- * sting for more than, one- electoral district. 4 The -Government promised: to consider? jduring the _Re.ee« _ the Jlaying out of towns jby private p^rssa3.D <" $. A "T^/j * m j Mr FiTZSbTiisked'for the rettfrn applied* jfor oh the 2nd of August, with regard to -the Hinem6na,:arid : thp3e who Ravelled m, F^er at thaexpense of .thie colony^ ' J '" '. The Pi«mier-SMd>'ther& was great difficiflty experienc€»dj,(jn9obtainipg^b© information; required, but as Boo^ as it could be obtauieii it would be placed.iifpr&thelSQUseii* )dan' The remainder of the evening Was spent m Committee on the Electoral. Sill Amendment, an^3 the lendjeivor made byrMriSharp I to exclude-' f omile -iatQpayeri. from^ j-ptujgi , was rejected by 44 to 2S. . '.. •' : The discussion concerning the clause entitling Maori ratepayerr to vote, and the clause relating to. convicted persons, was postponed. ; " ■- : I In, clause 22, relating, to fpersona eligi.ble election to the\ House of RepresentatiTesi women were etoludedby 38 to 26. '
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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 98, 18 September 1878, Page 2
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