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(PjSlt PfiESS AftIKCY.) .. . | |M t l^r Wellington, This day. The House sat till 3 this morning after going into committee on the Maori Prisoners Trial's Bill. A good deal of .discussion ensued on the 4th clause which ran "commissioners bo entitled to such reasonable remuneration for their services as Government may prescribe, any member of Genernl Assembly accepting or j receiving any sum of money by way of remuneration as aforesaid shall be deemed to hare committed breach of Disqualification Act 1878. The clause was negatived by 40 to 28. | Sir George Grey moved the addition of ittie following—" Provided always that at | least one member of the commission shall ibe a person of the'native race." ■ The Horn. Messrs Hall and Bryce opposed, and after some discussion the! motion was negatived by 30 to 23. ' The Bill was then passed through the Committee.
< The House then wont into Committee on the Property Assessment Bill, and pa'aeditdauses 20 and 21, the latter being ooofidered one of the most important in I th» Bill. It was amended so as to exempt "agricultural implements in as*.
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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3421, 9 December 1879, Page 2
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