PARLIAMENTARY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 193, 15 August 1874, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

?W»t™GTON, Augwt 14. a statement reI Bill tdCincrease the excise I .tte aabßtaiice of it being that |^^|paaedin^difitHiery be allowed to 1 p^lit^'dp to th^e end of June next, not I ||z||iding 20,000 gallons, aod to receive I oat of the payments to be I p|wf^ie*ATickland distillery to receive be allowed to distil a certain 1 |^|Mthy to exbaoat ita materials, 'the I iiaeraUenn/the excise duties to be one 1 1^ y cftr » anot^ er shilling next I i^iftf^^iMs additional shilling the |p§^||&fljg discussion took place daring on the; report of the |||»i»ker^oi the House on the Manaclaim, anfjthe that a sums be/pjaced for the Province of [^Wellington. v V llp^e Premier strongly oppolld the the Spealker ; and denied that province bad any claim upon the fdr compeußation in regard to of the Hon. D. M'Lean in anawatu < diepate, and that there mo groand whatever for any claim damages, either legally H r^-eqoitably ; > that, io fact, Mr award enabled the province poßsession of lands they would not have got, and that the award having been a loss it had actually made a already. He was prepared, II ipjre?eri if the House agreed to bring S»m'a resolution , to alloiv the Welto be increased by the of the award, the interest and fund to be paid by the pro. admitted that legally h#d no leg to stand upon, equitably it had. went into a history oi the Kjwie^ qaestion of the Manawato vto show ihat the province no possible claim upon the reverse rather being M|i?ease- . Through the exertions of i||h^^era| Government, and especially Minister, the province peaceable possession of acres, out of which they had worth, making a splendid ( ? tnem go>og ever since, the allowance of the claim piece of gratitode, and the of it indicative of the utmost and grasping avarice he had Gillies considered the j^^^^pb^b%Ddio honor to carry oat the v oi ibe Speaker, al|^^^^Hi|iiry v bound to do so. ■HKiM Mr Bbileston

effect to the recommendation of the Speaker. Mr M'Lean moved the adjournment of the debate. August 15. In the debate on the Provincial Public Works Advances Bill, the Premier said, in replying to Mr Curtis, that the Nelson members should arrange whether the Government should allow the Neleon works to go on without calling a meeting of the Provincial Council, as the Superintendent bad represented that considerable delay woold ensue if it was oeceaaary to call the Council together. Mr Luckie said that the Nelson members would confer on Saturday, and let the Government know the result at once, so as to amend the Bill, if necessary. The debate upon the ManawatuRangitikei lands claim has concluded after a long discussion. The division resulted in 29 for the resolution, aod 25 against. Mr Yogel will briog down another proposal upon the matter. The Provincial Public Works Advances Bill, Immigration and Public Works Bill, and Railway Bill ' were read the second time, after very trifling objections against a few of the details. The Premier announced, that probably the Government woum not -proceed tbis session with the Polynesian Trade Bill, in consequence of the debate Tipon the abolition of provinces in the North Island.