New Zealand Times. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) SATURDAY, JULY 8.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4772, 8 July 1876, Page 2

New Zealand Times. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) SATURDAY, JULY 8.

In the debate on the Municipal Corporationsßilllast night Sir George Grey took occasion to complain of Parliamentary reporting in Wellington. He said the Parliament here unfortunately had to meet in a remote part of the colony, where the Press was not allowed by those under whose control it was to report the proceedings of the House fairly. In England, all over the country, the people got full reports every morning of all speeches and sentiments uttered in Parliament, and the people knew what was going on. Here it was not so. Sir Julius Vogkl, in reply, said it was very rare that the hon. member for Auckland City West spoke to the point under discussion, and in his remarks about the reports in the papers he was as near the mark as usual. The fact was, no paper in England professed to report the proceedings of Parliament except The Times. The Government had nothing whatever to do with the reports, and had not interfered to prevent the speech of the hon. member on the previous day being reported. In fact, he himself had been out of the House, and having heard of the speech, had anticipated a treat at breakfast next morning, but regretted to find that the speech was not reported. He had no desire to see the hon. member not reported. Nothing could possibly suit the Government better than that the hon. member's speeches should always be reported right through the country. The country would then see the nature of the opposition with which the Government had to contend—the country would read the discussions teeming with personal remarks and retorts —utter absence of argument and utter absence of desire to deal with the business of the country in a practical manner. The Government would be willing to assist the lion, gentleman in every way to distribute reports of each speech—even without a, reply, for his speeches always carried their reply on their faces. We have ourselves something to say in reference to this matter. Last year Sir George Grey whilst in Wellington was quite assiduous in complimenting the editor of the New Zealand Times upon the fairness with which he, Sir George Grey, was reported, and yet the very first thing that honorable gentleman did when he arrived in Auckland was to grossly insult that same editor of this paper, by stating at a public meeting that the New Zealand Times being a Government organ it was impossible to get fairly reported in it. So soon as Sir George Grey chooses to apologise for this insult, he will find the nonsense he habitually talks condensed into gems of ridiculousness in the necessarily curtailed reports of Parliamentary proceedings ;-which we furnish.