EVENING SITTING.
Thisdayf Aftor 10 last night the business of the House was occupied over" the Triennial Parliaments Bill until the House rose. !
The following members supported ihe Bill mainly on the ground that it was requisite in the interests of the people. Bepreientalives should go oftencr before them for re-eleoiioh so tnat people might have their attention constantly turned towards the affairs of ihe country, and that their representatives would not have the opportunity ,of acting for any long period in antagonism to their constituents : Wood, McMinn, Saunders, Feldwick, Svranson. Fitzroy. On the other, hand the Bill was opposed by Murray, Woolcock, Pyke, J.enry, Hursthou^se, Sunny, Dou^Ps, and Earton, 1 on the ground that the Bill was not asked for jby the people, was not wanted by the Colony, was expensive to poor .candidates, and calculated to play into the hands of the lich, who could afford these repeated elections. Eventually, after several divisions as to when the debate should ibe adjourned to, it was adjourned to Wednesday next at eleven p.m. The House rose at 2.5 p.m.
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2989, 13 September 1878, Page 2
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179EVENING SITTING. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2989, 13 September 1878, Page 2
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