HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Friday. TRIENNIAL PARLIAMENT BILL THROWN OUT.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 683, 31 October 1876, Page 2

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Friday. TRIENNIAL PARLIAMENT BILL THROWN OUT.

Sir Gaorgo Grey briefly tnoyed tiic geoond reading of the Trenninl P»rln.tnents B 11, and after » short diacu^sun it wai tli' own out bv 32 to 22.

ANOTHER MtWISTF.H WANTED. A good deil of rU«cii6sion ensued on the Civil L>Bt Act Amendment. Bill, -which piowded foe a Miuiiter of Educa tion Messrs Sheehan nnd Brandon to>k eicption to anj mor< Ministers being appointed,- afr»r j rate ju^t then. Messrs Henry, Woolcoek. a<id Barff thought, th-it if another Minister was to be nppointed he should be a Minister of Minis. Mesiri Atkinson and Whitaker po nted out that in oontequunco of the abolition ehangts, work on \iiuiate>'i would be increased one th rd, and they were afraid it would not be cirriod out satisfactoiilj unles 4 another Minister was appointed Oihcr members haviug spoken agaiuat it, The Premier *»k^d that progress be reported, with the view of iiot proceeding furt he with the bill. PruareßS was reported accordingly.

THAME4 RAILWAY NiUJATIVBD. Sir George Grey was about lo move tho second readn q of the Thuinei and Wuikuto Railway Bill, wheu Tho Speaker sai 1 the third section impeded a charge upon the consolidated revenue, and tho bill th relore should be introduced in tho ordinary way, after the consent of the Gvyernor had been obtained. The Premier said he could not give consenh. He said he had refused to grant it in the caie of somo bills of a similar nature. Sir George Grey wished to have the bill rend a second time, »n r l he would expunge tho objectionable parts of the bill in Committee. The Speaker said if he did that, there would be nothing of the bill left. After some discussion the bill was laid aside

THE CANTEHBUBV BUN 9. Mr Sheehan raised an ex •cedingly keen discussion by asking what wan intended o bj done witli the Canterbury clam b in the Waste Lands Adminislration Bill. He heard it was intendpd to re-introduce them in the Leg slative Council. If so, thnty numbers were pledged to remain and re-ist any such attempt. Mr R ( ynolda eaid ha would not only opposo ain-h an attempt, bat would help lo turn out the Minis ry upon the question, late in the session as it was. Ihe Premier said the Gk>ven m^nt would take no ac'ion in the matter. They w ie i ot awa.ro whether the Legislative Council would amend the bill as feared, but if they imei'ted the CantPrbuiy clauses, Government iron d support them as they did before. In any ca-e, he .lesnred the Hous- no advantage would he tiken of them. Whatever amendmen ■ were made in the bill by the Legnlatire Council, the House would be acquainted with them as soon as p iseible. If the Council did not reintioduce the clauses, no question would be raised. Mi- Be s, Mr De Lautour, and Mr Burns contended tliat the question, having been decided by a majority of the House, it ought not to be re-opened, and strong langu >ge was used by Mr Ree* in condemning the Government lor having. »b 'ie s.iul, secured ttie consistent support of Canterbury members by introduciu = those cluusrs. The debate wni adjourned till 7 30.

SCABBY S'ISEP ON THE EAST COAST. In r. ply to Mr Tole, thu Premi.'r nul £3,<'00 would be put on the Sup|il--ment-ary Ealimitof, for bo ung dorm ncabby Rheop ou tue h&sl Coast.