YESTERDAY'S SITTING.
Wkllingtox, Last Night. The House met at 2.30. Representation Bill. On the motion for going into committee on the Representation Biil, Mr Wood moved as an amendment, " That the basis of representation should be as nearly as practicable population, and that the estimate of population for the purposes of representation should consist of Europeans and Maoris combined, and that the Maori Representation Act, 1867, with the amended Acts, should be repealed. " He argued that the time had arrived for repealing the special representation. It had been originally provided for a period of five years, and from time to time the term had been continued. It was not creditable to them as a legislature that while they had been engaged liberalising the franchise exercised by Europeans, they had done nothing to extend a similar privilege to the natives. Mr Swanson concurred in the amend-
Mr Taiaroa suggested that it should stand over till next session, in order that the proposal might be considered and understood by the native population. The debate was interrupted by the 5.30 adjournment.
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Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1424, 18 August 1881, Page 2
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178YESTERDAY'S SITTING. Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1424, 18 August 1881, Page 2
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