HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Waikato Times, Volume 2656, Issue 2656, 20 July 1889, Page 2

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

FULL) AY. The House met ;it 2.30. Air Barron Rave notice to move, on the motion for the second read mi? of the Kepre,ontation Bill, that I'arhamcnt having ■dreadv passed an Act reducing the numbe ;,f members subject to the existing quota, 11. is undesirable to disturb the decision then arrived at without further reference to the constituencies. . . , Ufi>lvin" to questions, Ministers said the lease nf runs 28 and 2Sa, Otekaike, was coinp'iilt'.d on 21st June, and a license hiw. been issued because the Government had n,, powpr to interfere after the sale had t],un C „i moved the adjournment of the House and read correspondence lo show that' the settlers in the district desired tlifse runs to be thrown open to settlement, whereas they had been sold on lease of Lands said it had been decided to withdraw the runs from sale, but that a mistake, had been made 111 sendill" a telegram to the auctioneer. A very lengthened discussion ensued, and ultimately the motion was nesratived, The House adjourned at o.oU. The House resumed at 7.D0. The Premier moved rhat the House at at its rising, adjourn till 7.30 on Monday for Government business. . . After a lengthy discussion the motion wn- carried by 31 to 20. The debute on the Representation hill was resumed by Mr Allen, who protestea against tho Bill passing. The Bill was deceptive, as it nominally proposed a -•> per cent, deduction, whereas it meant 33 : , per cent., and would work unfairly to thu Premier combatted Mr Allen's asssertions that liberalism was only _to befound in tho towns. His opinio was that it was to be found in the country. There was no new principle involved in the proposals, which was practically a return to tho system of 1881 The action of the Government was reasonable and he believed the electors approved of the Bill. He hoped the Bill would be road a second time now and tho House could then go into committee next week on the Bill and endeavour, if possible, to arrive at a fair compromise on this creat question. , Mr Jones objected to the Bill on the grounds that it had been hurriedly drawn

Mr Izard strongly opposed the Bill which had been forced on the Government by the country members. (Left sitting).