SATURDAY'S SITTING.

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1432, 6 September 1881, Page 2

SATURDAY'S SITTING.

The whole of the time from 1 a,m. till mid-day was passed in resisting the passage of the various claus.es of the Representation Bill, amendment after amendment being moved and negatived. Mr Sheehan spoke strongly against the bill as giving a preponderating power to Canterbury and Otago, and characterised it as a gro3s injustice to the North Island. In the afternoon Mr Pitt made an able speech, setting forth his objections to the bill, which, he said, he opposed, not from selfish motives, but m the interest of the colony at large. Mr Moss followed, also condemning the principles and intention of the bill, which he said would tend to put the representation into the hands of tne wealthy classes. Mr Ballance criticised the measure at length, and taking strong objection to the principle of single electorate's. After Mr Tole had spoken on the same side Mr Turnbull said he was in favour of special representation for the Maoris, and also favoured single electorates. He did not think the tendency of the measure would be to set .South against North. He moved the adjournment of the debate till Monday, at 2.30 p.m. The motion was carried, and the House adjourned at o o'clock.