TELEGRAMS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 299, 18 August 1875, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

(FROM OUB OWN COBRE3FONDBNV-) ' ___ < / WELLINGTON. August 13. Mb. Reeves moved for a return showing in /detail all thednnds disposed of undej'..tl>e New Zealand Settlements Act,.With the Regulations issued thereunder; also snowing, in each case," „the date and terms pf disposal, names of purchasers, consideration given, extent anffidca. lity of land so disposed of, date qf jwtjhorjty or regulations under’wliiclY'dispoMil mahel; also showing the publicj'aserves made ofsuch_ lands, and tho objSBI In ’inakiHg’ the: motion he said he believed that large, estates had been disposed of contrary to the powers entrusted to the Government, and referred to a large ewaipp -in She wntne ofr Wajkato, which baa been "Bohl* to Thbmiw Bussell and Company, at 2s 6d per acre, instead of at regulationpri®,lto Jpm Sir Donald M’Lean said that the intention of the Government’’wwi tot place the eon.., fiseated lands under the ordinary land laws of the. colony. Referring tot the Waikato swamp he laid application was made by Mr. Russell,: on behalf of a company ; the Government insisted on 5s per acre, but the land was not considered worth that price ; it was ultimately sold at 2s Gd, but upon the consideration that an amount equal to 5s an acre was to be spent in the fannat ion of roads. Experience showed that Mr. Russell’s offer was the best to the Gbvernmwib al,, that tijna; the, confiscated lands returned at least five per cent onthetliree.mUiDHiiqap,. ; -i /rbAugust 16. . On Friday Might th»re S slmi'p debate on > Sir George Grey’s motion. Sir Donald M’Leau wanted the Abolition debate to he postponed until Grey’s motion was deposed of. Reid, Rolleston, and Fit zhmterf opposed the postponement on the ground v that sucli a course was only adopted" in cases when a' Vote' of want of confidence’’ waft- under ’discussion. It has decided_on the voices that the debate on Sir George Grey’s motion be continued. Reid blamed pylung it a party qutoton,. for refusing to introduce a Bill asproposetrbyGrdy. Several members consider the introduction of the Bill tantamount to a vote of confidence. i; Mr. Kelly said the sale of tho Waikato swamp was ,tp . and purohapffEftlogo heavily by we, trarisactitfe. bit Gewrje Gfty sSM'he had neter contemplated the motion as qpe of want of confidence; he had not consulted hN party, and would leave the House if a division was forced. A division fogjwhen Grtey and nearly all the opposition members 16 debifte' r/sumeJ? Slwpherd supported the Government measure, as did Jackson, while Brandon spoke in faror of Provincialism. The iidjoMrnefl'at midnight till Tuesday (yesterday). NAPIER. state that the Opposition ate confident, bS"defeating the Government on tho Abolition questionj rafeufieient rtMunter.-qf members reS TOW defeat of the Ministry it is not at all certain that the Governor will ip view of the approaching general elections.