PARLIAMENTARY.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3312, 2 August 1879, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

' . (PEB PbESS AGENCY.) ..... I b Y\ 'wELiMGTOJsr; ■''■■- -^ }J : Tuesday. HOUSE OF EEPHESENTATIVES n The House met at 7 30) wheii 'i '^ <-<' ■^■' The Premier read the result of the. correspondence he had '•■ bad With*!'fcbe leader of the Opposition, in which the latter refused to consent to the passing of the Klectoral Bill, the Representation qf the People IBill^and the 'Chinegel lmrnigration Bill on the ground that they were merely election cries, and could not be passed, because by doing so they would compromise the no-confidence pronounced; by ; the House. Sir William Tot asked that the electoral roll of *thd ■ Bay of Islands should be purged, no contracts entered into, and the Gorernor should not

be advised to make any appointmeuts to the Upper House, and that the elections be fixed to come off this month. 1 These proposals.the Premier absolutely refused, and said he would insist upon Supplies being granted by the Opposition or throw all the blame of the refusal upon them. A number of speeches were made, and Mr Wakefield was speaking at 10 o'clock.