WAIKATO AND THAMES RAILWAY. (From a Special Correspondent.) Wellington, Wednesday night. (From another Special Correspondent.)

Waikato Times, Volume IX, Issue 507, 19 August 1875, Page 2

WAIKATO AND THAMES RAILWAY. (From a Special Correspondent .) W elling ton, Wed nesday night.

(From another Special Correspondent.)

The report of the Com nutter on the Thames and Wfiilvcuo railway was bioa^'it up yesteiday. To-d iy Mr KicharcKoa guro n^ice ot' a Jiiil eutuiea "A bil. to enabta pm-ate^ 'c.<mpjUi63 ta cuns'ruct branch aii'l other railvva, 1 . s ' The Iminigriition aud Public' 1 Work? Corarail,te» report ou the potibi m cfTtTame* KUgour mul others, for a raiiwiy irova. tne THiiuea to Waitato, as lollops : — 'The Cone m .1 toe, to whom \v» X referred the petit 'on. huvo the houor to rejoittiiat they bave n iraiued the petiti-m au r l ate of op niuu that it be jefcrred to tbe Q>->vern-ment. — ff'4 cd. VVillum beeves, cliaiiuiau, August 13th, 1875."

The Opposition have dec'ared their intention to He'av m every possible way tho^passiog of the Abolition .Bill. The Grovernin'ont have decided that the cLb*te be continuous. ,At 1L p. m lit id moved the adjournment of debate until hulf p'isfc seven neifc day. The debate on this mofckii lusted until four o'clock this uion i -g, when the tk> Tern tne nfc carried their jioiot, the H •u-'C deciding that the debata couiu.euce at half-pa>t two. At the eloaa of tin debate, Sir George Grrey asked Sir Donuld MeLeau to inove^br the appointment oi a ComcQittoe lo inqu.ra iuto tho B<Ue ef swamp land in the Waikato 10 Steel aud Compiuy. Tho Govern cae.»t did not reply, Grey's object being meiely to shelve the imtm question, as any discussion on tie question would have lasted until the rising of tlu House.