PARLIAMENT.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2663, 6 August 1889, Page 2

PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. (lIY TKI.KdRAHI.— I'KKSS ASSOCIATION). MONDAY. Thk Huu.se met at 2.30. Several Bills were received from the Legislative Council and ordered to be considered on Thursday next. The House adjonrn'.-d at 2.-15 till 7.30. The House resumed at 7.150 and went mto committee on the Representation Bill.

After some discussion on alterations affected iu the Bill as u result of tlie compromise between the town and country parties, Clauso ], short tittle, was agreed to on tiiu voices. Clause 2, providing that in computing for the purposes of the Act the population of the colony, 28 per cent, shall be added to the populutiou not contains I in any city, borough, oi; town district which oimtaius a population of over 2000. was agreed to. Sub-section live of Clause 2, amalgamati.)ii of tlio electorates of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin, to return three members each, Mr Fish moved that the sub-section bj struck our. He thought tlie sy?turn of single electorates had winked very well, and under the present proposal a popular loader would carry the whole of the seats in any particular district.

Mr J)ownie Stewart denied that there is any danger of one man carrying all the seats'with liim. He liopad tliud'ovuniiiiuiit would drop the Bill altogether, if they could not curry this part of it. Dr. Newman support id the. elans,; believing a great majority was in favour of the. proposal. Mr Taylor opposed amalgamation. -Mr- lleoves (St. Alu..ns) tlioncrht the present time oupniUine for eliecliiig a change. Mi-Thompson (Auckland North) opposed. .\lrss~s f.loldie and Sainuul »!s> spoke a";>in.-t t-ho proposal. The amendment was hist liy IS to 25. Mr'T.iylor moved to exclude tlio Bor-ugh of Sydenham from boroughs required to iiiiiko tli-.- population o£ city elect mil distii.:ts. l< i.-fc by 30 to 13. Dr. Hudgkiiison moved an amendment fur the amalgamation of country districts. Lust by -11 to 20. In tlie new clause dealing with the mu ; ;io an amendment was inserted giving! ho G >mmi--sioners di >civli mary power of not exceeding 100 in arranging city cbctoral di.-t,- iets (if other districts adjoining them. Mr (iuiness moved that 700 be insetted instead of 100. Lost on the voices. .Mr Oadnian desired more provision fur taking the census, for the purposes of the Act before 30th June, ISOO, but at the .suggestion of Mr Hislop, who said another iiplM.i'tiinity would be given for consideiing that question, ho withdrew his amendment, and CiaiKo 2, as amended, was added to the Bill by •">■"". to Ki. Sir ii. (Jey moved a now Clause for the abolition of plural voting-. [Left Sitting.]