PARLIAMENT.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 431, 14 September 1877, Page 2

PARLIAMENT.

....'.;',' ■ ■" '. • ;(BY-~TELiG"iiAPH.) .. Wellington,. "September 14. '■: In the : House of llepietentative? yesterday afternoon, _■ .'_"" • . The- Premier, in- reply to: Mr. tfees, md the plea of justification in the Waka Maori libel case was tiled on the ad.v:ce of the counsel' for the defence and the Grown law officers, who thought there .was. evidence sufficient to maintain it The House would be asked to vote-the costs of the case and damages, which would le placed op the Supplementary B timates.,; . r - " The House then went into Committee on the beetroot sugar .question. ... ; ) • 'A di?cus>ion'took' place on Mr. Sharps motion, approving o< th« recommendations of tlie Suga-i'-dieec Cultivation Committee that duty on inn o te I sugar be altere 1 for ten years- and an, excise dutv be imposed. Mt»r two hours' di=cus4on progress was reported, and leave was .obtained to sit " I »r. Wal'.is' -name was added to the Native Affairs Committ'-e. Mi-'Grmond, as a matter of personal explanation, desired to say he was under misa •prehension- when he spoke on Mr. Itees motion with regard to Sir George (Jrev havin> .been a partner da-the lau o Land 'Com! a y He found Sir George Grev was not a partner wheu the letters were written about the' ground-bait, and. consequently, Ins remarks were so Hr unfounded, and he .'enie.l to withdraw then. He had mis-undo-i-tood w'-at Mr. Cox had told him. He had a te'eg.am from Mr. Cox on the sul pet. . Air Burns'railwav rowing stock motion was ag-eed to. with Mr. Siieeh ui's addition, without further discussion. [■ iir usu tl report of the evening sitting had not reached us when we went to press.]