THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES. PERSONALITIES AND INCIDENTS. Wellington, August 10.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 290, 15 August 1888, Page 3

THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES. PERSONALITIES AND INCIDENTS. Wellington, August 10.

The stonewall still conlinucb Us ditaiy inogies. I*,1 *, and thcie is very little vaiictv Lo vaiy fcli^ inonoLony. Theieisa haic quoi urn in the House, tv.d the whipo have arranged to koepasulheient number ot members in the House till the native otonewalleis are tiied out. No inlet \a!s will be allowed for icst 01 lefrcshmcnt. At tight o'clock this morning Mi Seymour :mnouncctl that he would li_a\c the iliiiit toi an horn for bieakfast, but the Colonial Secictaiy objected, and moved that iMi Cowan lake the chair. A dispute oceuried and the Speakei was called in. lOventually Mr Cowan was voted to the chair on division, and the na'ives weie endued out of the hoin's iest tliey would otheiuise ha\ e had. Mr Taylor created some diver-ion by his pressing the opinion that Mr Veil. ill, (he new member lor Ashley, was ".1 shingle shoil." The woids- -weie taken (low n, and Mr Taylor was allowed the altei native ot apologising Lo save the neces.-ily ior his withdiawal horn the Chunibei. lie apologised. Taiwhanga was lclicved at 10 o'clock by Sir t!eo. (-icy, who as-set ted that the natives had had no opportunity of considering the Bills in their own language till Y.'cdncsday night. The I'miuer denied this, and pointed out that the Bill» weie fully discussed by a committee, of ndueh the native- weie niembei-., and they weie well acc|uainled with lX ])io\ision-. Sir (!eo. (hey inctmcd inguiphic la.iguago the mi.-ertcb that would bo entiiled on the nati\o lace by the loss of thoir land-, and declared wiougs would be inllicted on the mass ot Kiuopean population by i^i^ intj a few wealthy gout lcinen Ihoiiuht to monopolise the native estate. Taipua followed Bii (-eo. (liey, and mged that the natives did not lully undeisland the Bill-, w Inch should bo postponed till a futuic date iShoi tly bcfoic noon Mr Canoll io'-o, and additssing hiiuselt to the natives in the gallciies s-poUe, in Maoii, in icply U> eliaiges made against himself an ( Mi I'iatb. He .->aid he and Mi Taitnui weie I otli elected on the distinct undciatanding that they should sceuie the lejical of the Native Land Admini-tiation Act and scciue uhc [).i^inti ol moie justlaws in its i)lacc. Ltetpicsts v\eic made liy natives at large meetings held in dilleient pai ts ol the countiy, and these had been given cd^et to in thio l>ill. One icqvast made by the natives in this Bill vwit for repeal of the Native Land Administiation Act so vehemently opposed bv Mr Taiv\ hanga, who claimed to be h'tjhiinic toi tho Maoii-. Incie.iscd powei had also been given in thi-j i>dl to N.itive (Committees, as lequesbed by tho native-, lie denied the Bill lemoned the power of native assessois, but said th.it it lalliei stiengthen their po-it ion. Mr (.'ai i oil spoke till 12.30 this aftet noon, and Mr Taiwhan^a who has been speaking almost continuously dm ing the stonewall, then le-unicd Thcie is vciy little [)rospect of the House adjourning till the n;itive sioncwallerj mi' worn out and the Bills aie ioiced tluough, oi till Sunday inteivenes