PARLIAMENTARY.
To-day's Sitting.
(By Telegraph. - Press Association.)
Wki,hkotos, Friday, ThcHousomctat 11.30.
_ Tho Bunking Bill was read a first time, and tho Little Barrier Island PuTolinso Bill. In reply to Mv Hone Heke, the Premier said the Government would not permit a solicitor for the owners to be heard nt the bar of tho House, ns recommended by tho Native Affairs Committo.
Captain Itussell thought the Bill introduced a dangerous principle in compelling an owner to sell at a certain price, whethor he liked it or not,
The Minister of Lands said there had been an attempt at black-mail by persons behind the owners. The Government was quite willing to protect to the fullest, the interest of those concerned.
Mr Cnrroll said the price paid for the Island was equal to ten shillings per acre.
Sir Robert Stout doubted whether the Queen would assent to a Bill like this, as the proper way to tab private land was by a private Bill. It was unprecedented to take a man's land by a public Bill.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4855, 19 October 1894, Page 3
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173PARLIAMENTARY. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4855, 19 October 1894, Page 3
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