Evening Sitting.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3383, 25 October 1879, Page 2

Evening Sitting.

The House feassemblrd at 7.30. SUPPLIES OBANTEJ).

The Houge. went into Committee of Supply and an Imprest Supply Bill of £800,000 was passed through all its stages. DEBATE EESU3ISD. The debate, interrupted by the adjournment was continued by Sir George Grey. He blamed three of the Auckland members for having hidden their designs from him. The member for Marsden however vh«d acted more straightforwardly. He had the courage to come to him aud tell him that as he had retired from the leadership he now felt he was at liberty to rote as he thought proper. He (Sir George) concurred in the hon. member's opinion. However sad he might be at what had taken place he was still sanguine that the right would triumph, and that the majority on the side of Liberalism would soon be largely augmented, notwithstanding what had transpired.

Mr Reid spoke on the part of the Opposition, and Mr Wakefield on the part of the Government.

Mr DeLatnour . blamed the Auckland members for not having gone to the party and intimated their intentions of leaving them. It was said this defection had taken place in the interests of Auckland. Ho would not believe tbat the interests of Auckland demanded the sacrifice of the personal honor of its representatives. He maintained that the Government by party was indispensibie, and he deeply deplored this unfortunate exhibition of the light esteem placed upon its ties.

Tawhia said (hat this Government had abused Sir G. Grey,, but they bad taken, all his ideas. .The Auckland members believed iv Sir G. Grey, and what they objected to was he had handed over the Premiership to Mr Mecandretr. The great fault they hud to find with the Government was that it had not made sufficient provision tor native affairs, and it was wrong to talk about abolishing the Native .Department. Mr Hislop insisted that although the. Government had asserted tbat there was no correspondence passing between them and the Auckland members, he was creditably informed that there had been such a correspondence. At 12.30 a.m. the debate had not been concluded.