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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3957, 3 September 1881, Page 2

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Wbllingtqn, 11.45, a.m. ■■s . Gisborne moved alterations in Westland> districts. Lost by 20 to 9. -:. •• :■.-,, •,.'(' ■ Jones proposed certain alterations in the! Waitaki district. Lost by 25 to 3. --it • r Pitt as a final protest moved to strike 1 f out the motion altogether! Lost by 30 The Schedules were the^ put aa a wh^oie^ and carried on the voices, and the bill re-jr ported to the House.. The Speaker hiVing.'^ taken the chair the report was a||reed to ' when Atkinson inovod . that • th* fbiU,i be> recommitted to strike out oiMkie 8, leasehold franchise. ' '" "'»*?_?!'."..; 1i. % . Grey asked also to consider a riew: clause', that up difference be made, between jthe numbers of electors in town or country districts. This was negatived.

i uiHtriuus. jluis was iicgauvea. __ _.. The Bill was then recommitted, Col. Trimble in the-Chair, when clause 8 was struck out on the voices. .> The bill was reported as, amended when* Atkinson moved that the. amendments be - agreed to. -. i..;.Sheehau protested and appealed to the Government to grant an adjournment; '■ when Atkinson said no good could arise - from postponing the third reading.' '' Grey supported the adjournment, which was negatived'on the voices;'aud r" the amendments were then' Agreed to by , 36 toll. ' ;'.' Atkinson moved the third reading.' „ ',','' ' Grey was speaking at length against 1 the bill as a* measure dangerous to the liberties of the colony, when he was called

to order several times for wandering from the subject, and atlastisat down. Skeehau is now moving that the bill be read a third time this day six months. 258 p.m. Sheehan said the bill had been care* fully designed and cunningly devised to unseat the Opposition and : secure the ~> elections for the support of Government. Again, its effect .would be. that towns and cities would govern the colony. Taranaki, he observed, come what will; always.i turned up right. They, at least, had tlieir rights carefully considered. At 10.55 O'Jtorke was relieved biLJT Seymour, and Sheehan' continued—Thfcy^ had been told over and' over again that 1 any reasonable remonstrance would' be censidered by the Government; yet he... was one of a deputation who made such [representation, bat no concession was obtained. When the Government was,. asked to consider, the Maori population, l the reply was that the Maoris had special, representation. On asking'if the special>J representation was, given, would the' native. population be. included in, the.,,.. basis, - Government replied that they did not wish to interfere with the special , representation. Utago ■ and: Canterbury , now hayiug got the whip-hand of the ! legjaja'ticra, the great question with Ot4gQ ; would be how to get the whip-band of / Canterbury, He thought the demands <,' made by North Island members^. %..';" reasonable one. The first result of tbi»M^ Bill would be to remove the seat tof Government. He referred:to tbeTham«li: District, and said the whole district hadbeen dismembered. Ha characterised the: Bill as a gross injustice to the North Islaudj and the Bill, before it was lon|j ia :!(- oporatjuu. wpuW be the ueaoa'uf wpurit*"' "<;

!ing both islands. He would vote against the third reading. Shepherd supported tbe amendment, and condemned the Bill, expressing his deep regret that the efforts of the past fortnight had not been instrumental in producing a better result. Collins spoke against the Bill, doing so in. the shape of a last protest, and ended by congratulating Pitt on the able manner in which he had conducted the struggle. Levestam also entered a protest against the Bill. It was the Government who were the real obstructors, inasaiuch as the Bill did not endorse one single pledge made by the Premier in his* speech at Leeston. He supported the amendment. ;••■> Gibbs also protested in whaj; lie described as being in all probability, his dying speech, and in testimony he lifted up his voice against such high handed injustice being inflicted upon them. : / s \ : '■;:.'■. .; [Left Sitting.]