House of Representatives. EVENING SITTING.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 682, 28 October 1876, Page 3

House of Representatives. EVENING SITTING.

SIR J. VOGKL'S EXPENSES, The report of tuo Pubto A. cmntu •CotQ.uutao og ttie expanses of Sir Ju ius Vocal's two missions to Europe vu brou/htup I st/owed tb»t iho LOit of one m M-.1.H1 w»* over £3000, »n ( the uth r ovur £3 000, excla-ivo (f salary aa<) nt ler o I ty • which wouul m.ko tlie t.ul coat about £12 500

WASfti LVNDS \D\IINSTRATION BILL. It Committee ou iha W»« c L»n<)i Almiii«tr*tiou Bill, t ie cUu c i ro^i m tbib the reut for ihe run alier 188 D, ihoilt b« tind by the WmU Liudu B a d n tae provmoul tiutric of O*nlorbu y w\* tbrowa out by '22 g*in«it 20. Tuo B 11 wa« then read an I pi led.

p-^BiLLS DISCUAhGED. The Lot erica and Art Unioai Bill, and the (Juroueri *ot, 1867. Amendment Bill were discharged fr. m tbo Order P*uer.

TUB MAIL SEhVICE. Tbe last telegrami are at follows, to reply yei being tteufc trca h«re : Ihj H. n F. Wh'talter to th*» Hon. tho Colonial Secretary, Syduey. "Wellington, 21st October, 1876. " At a temporary arrang inject, peocU ing ne got a ion, we e<>i.» i-t to your propocil m telowrnm of 7 h Octob i, mihau i-t ug A"ck a <d tor Hay of la and*. Cvi i not be otntririfce fi>r ('resent, ■ oi ly one small coastal •trmnit r, unsuitable for San Hranoiaoo pusaangeri, niui betwuen Aiiok ! a id and tn« Bay, aii'l no ■ uitabl) ateamer could be g»t lo take tip service. Pen>tiug negoti«'i>n« on y. It yon arrnnge wan (rilcb Ut, pieane tele graph that we m^y arrange for t< mpora y oo«t«l service. *. Whitaker,

Th* Hon the Colonial S oreUry, Sydney, to tb« Hon. the Colonial Secretary Welliug'on. •'B>dn*y, October 23rd 1876 "We cannot content to mb*iitute Auckland for Bay of lilaudk " Colouial Beorot»ry."

Tht Hon. the \ ostmut?r • General, Sydney, to fha Hon. the Po«tin»«terGeneral, Wellington. "Sylney, 24th October, 1876. •• fiiichrut, Wat, wub H. nolulu to bo omitied from «ervice, ai this would ahorteu the p«§i»,'e. We reg»rd the pro.iowl with favour. What u your opimou? "Poit-BMter-fieneral." Th .idat

POOR DEARS. On the qu nttoa whether the Hoate would give eff-ct to the report ut the Joint Houte 0 •mmittee, The Lion Mr K«-yii»l'l« drew at'et.tioi to the neceuity of h»\inj tathrooms ei«ot«d on the premis a ?f the 'Iduij Ho ««i>i th«rre h» I beon • kr« t deul of •^oka«^• amoiigtt the number-* daring th« teun ii, »ad it »m »bi»lut ly i o co^»ry to their h«*lth that bathroom* .a i. ii M ><c provided.

PROVINCIAL \BOLITI »N PER. MISSIVE BILL Sir O r>r/« Gr y moved the neennd readi q of the Provincial Abolition Ptr-mx-ive B>ll. Th • hon. gentlemao argued «i»in t the wi-dom and unoonstirutiomli'j of the Government depriving the inhabit .nts of New Z aland of privileges ■which »c c not graut-sd to any p»roof the Empire, of letting up a spuii..i.s anstoo'ajy and endowing friends ot the Government wi'h the land* uf the co'ony •nd isnerallv He-t'oytng the freedom «.f New Z aland «nd un-aTly oppr»SNing thpeople. The hon. gentleman then went into thequMtim of conferring title* an 1 lift) pen-ages. «nd th» lecunuK ot Ltrge pi-toral lio-ni't; the effect of which wu to de v»««ev »««e th-i people of N*-vr Z-alarid. All this w»-i done wtb deceit towards th« Imperial Oovernment of Gr«*t Britain There had been a firm et rminaiioD th»t the H>»a»e thonld iiot rep *- ■ent th-4 Urge conttnu^nci •■, but the little iniigmtioaab onei that «ere entire y in th.*, bands of the Government, and that ooerce ih>« parts where th« real popuhtion of th'coony wa«, 'nfact, t ruttea borough system discarded in Eng'and wm rerivel he>e. The hon. gentleman went on to show thaf. what the bill aaked wm very reasonable and that if it were not c >nee led the feeling-* rjf irritation that pr*vaied the North and 9>u'h of he colony mast pnd In a demand for Separation from thn centre <f Gt varnm<»nt. He aakei them to avoid tbesn sturms <nd perils by granting bis request, a "■equeat he put to them a« 8u 'erintendunt of a great province. M<" Minders thiraotensel the speech of Sir Ge >r^e Gr y as wild d»-claniati >n, qui'e U'lwor hy of the man, and he hoed ths Miustry would nut reply to ■u h a speech. The Premier briefly state 1 i- would he unnecessary to answer the speech of the bill. KU'th argnmen s as he condeicende 1 to use bad been answered over and over *ga n. H" hoped the hill won'd ' c r«. jeoted. The p»-O()lf of New Z aUnd hid within tbeir own hands the power of moulding their conntitu'nn, and he ha p?rf -ct re'ia ice in their juig neut Mr H"d.*liias'>n was in f ivoar of^ the bill and went on to show that ahoitmn *ras raiiel in contravention of all political morality, and ii drftiace of all priocplflt of right and jistice, an I ho «n coißdcnt »b% Acr would ha nsisel. Mr T>le supportel the bill at come length. Mr R<»'B also supported th« bill. Sir George Gr>'y having replied, a division was take -, and the second reading rejjctrtd by 36 a * >nst v3.