PARLIAMENTARY NOTES. (From Our Special Reporter.) Government Buildings, Friday.
As was expected, llio Govern iront have the House with them, and, many confidently reckon upon a majority of lea vott'S. On the question of Abolition, they will have a still larger majority, but, their position is peculiar- -There is, beside 'the Government nnd the Opposition party, a third section of the House committed to neither party, which vrould turn the scales whichever side it went in favour of. At its head U -Mr Stafford, who is with the Government, heart and soul, in the question of Abolition, bat differs with them in many secondary ruatter3. His leanings are far more towards the Government than to the Opposition, and his intense hostility to, and contempt for Sir G«orge Grey, make it impossible for him to work with him. There are rumours afloat in well informed circles, and, 1 believe, with, good foundation, that neither Sir Julius Vbgels' health uor his private affairs will permit his long continuing to occup;.' his present position, and, that Mr Stafford will assume the Premiership, and probably bring with him, into the ranks of the Ministry, a strong supporter of the present Government, an Auckland member, and an old and experienced New Zealand politician. Great as the loss of Sir Julius would be to the "personnel" of the Ministry, such a coalition would bring gioat strength from a party point of vieM r , Your Auckland members, surely, do not represent the intelligence and respectability of the Auckland people. Many of the new one 3 are a queer looking lot. There was a Mr Eees got up on Friday, the opening day, and uttored a shrill pip. ing blast of declamatory invective against Minister*, concluding with a scream like the dying shriek of a railway whistle. Honorable Members were much amused, some at first thinking that lie was caricaturing the Opposition Leader; Sir George Gre}', but, it appears the gentleman b^oke in all seriousness, and, that, it is his usual fetyle. The violent toue of his speech *, however, quite out of plaja here, and damaging only to himself.
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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 639, 24 June 1876, Page 2
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351PARLIAMENTARY NOTES. (From Our Special Reporter.) Government Buildings, Friday. Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 639, 24 June 1876, Page 2
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