INDEX.
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INDEX.
A
ABOLITION of Provincial Government... ... 345
" " " supported by newspapers ... 349
Acclimatization ... .. 304
Additional members for Otago... 170
Address to Julia ... ... 97
American War ... ... 1
Amnesty, general, refused 252
Aporo's speech to Fox ... 12
Appreciation of gold ... 291
Arawas... ... ... 156
Arney... ... ... 31
Assassins ... ... 3
Atkinson, Sir H. A., accepts Premiership ... ... 497
" Acting Treasurer in Vogel Ministry ... 342
" " " addresses constituents 470
" addressing public meetings... ... 470
" appointing drunken commanders ... 259
" appoints the "Continuous Ministry'... 497
" attacked by Mr Hutchison 513
" badly beaten at general election ... 504
" " " becomes Premier ... 362
" borrowing carries all before it... ... 365
" checked by Sir George Grey... ... 362
" description of 342-344
" economy loudly promised 512
" entangled with New Zealand Bank ... 511
" exposes the Macandrew muddle" ... 419
" fails to provide substitute for provincial institutions... ... 363
Financial Statement 375
foolishly attacks Montgomery... ... 501
Atkinson Sir H. A., his advice not sought by Governor... 504
" appointment as Speaker to Legislative Council 531
" " " his death... ... 532
" " " his health fails... 513
" " " his last motion in House 515
" " " his last speech in House 516
" " " his Ministry resigned... 518
" " " his short-lived Ministry 505
" improves at platform speaking ... 501
" " " knighted... ... 513
" " " leads a weak Opposition 506
" loans still keep House obedient ... 364
" " " Ministry formed... 511
" moves Abolition of Provinces... ... 345
" No-confidence motion dropped... ... 384
" " " on the ballot ... 222
" " " on Macandrew ... 219
" proposes. £618,700 additional taxes ... 420
" proposes illegally large Ministry... ... 362
" " " rest and be thankful... 375
" seconds O'Rorke as Speaker... ... 405
" " " total failure confessed.. 512
" trained in a bad school 367
" unwisely obtains a dissolution ... ... 503
Attack, a Maramarua ... 93
Awamutu ... ... 18
Auckland Rats ... ... 415
B
BALLANCE, Hon. John, addresses constituents at Wanganui... ... 470
" " " appointed leader of Opposition... ... 517
" " " appoints Ministry ... 518
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Ballance Hon. John arrests growth of National Debt 529, 530
" defeated at election... 470
" elected for Rangitikei 341
" " " fatal surgical operation 537
" " " Financial Statement... 395
" " " good debater, a ... 345
" " " good work accomplished 529
" happy declaration of his public aims ... 537
" " his beer tax ... 396
" " " his greatest work 529, 535
" " " his land tax ... 396
" " " his last great speech... 536
" " " his post mortem influence 535
" " " his village settlements 510
" " " immediate results ... 534
" letter to Colonial Secretary... ... 403
" " " national mourning... 537
" " " physical suffering... 537
" proclaims "the only policy" to make New Zealand great.. ... 534
" quarrel with Grey... 403
" repents his too amiable concession ... 516
" " " resigns the Treasury... 403
" " " restrained by modesty 510
" " " rules firmly and kindly 518
" Treasurer in Grey Government... .. 387
" " " tribute of a nation's heart 544
" tributes to his memory... 538, 539
" " " undertakes uphill work 528
Ballot Bill carried in House ... 275
Bank of New South Wales, Robbery of ... 185
Bank of New Zealand 3, 51, 57, 60, 103, 227
" Mr Fox's opinion ... 228
" omnipotent in House... 483
Barnicoat, Hon. J. W. ... 141
Bates, Lieutenant, effect of his report... ... 74
" " " on destruction of Waitara 68
Bell, Sir F. D. ... 34, 51, 57
" " " accused by Stafford 258
" " " amazed at Bates' report 74
" appointed on West Coast Commission ... 225
" as Native Minister at Taranaki... ... 67
" as writer of Governor Browne's despatches 67
" " " brings on second war... 79
" " " brought on second war... 258
" condemns Whitaker's finance... ... 134
Bell, Sir F. D., elected Speaker... 298
" fiercely attacked by old friends... ... 106
" his assertions refuted by Sir George Grey ... 68
" " " his awkward fix ... 81
" his wholesale extravagance 52
" " " his witnesses ... 77
" " " in Fox Ministry ... 280
" " " in London... ... 292
" " lauds Whitaker ... 102
" " on Teira's title ... 202
" released from a heavy partnership ... 102
" writes Governor Browne's despatches ... 81
Biggs... ... ... 157
Bishop Patteson ... ... 206
Bishop Selwyn ... 121, 205
Blackbirds ... ... 305
Blair's false assertions ... 432
"Bones in desert," C. Wilson... 84
Borlase... ... ... 142
Borrowed, >£5,700,000, during Fox's third Government 316
" money prevents immigration... ... 317
" money wasted ... 316
Borrowing . 52, 53, 125, 204
" " " agents, four, employed... 396
" " " by provinces ... 127
" " " five million loan ... 422
" " " reckless... ... 103
" " " too popular to be resisted 332
" triumphant ... 365
Bowden, Captain... ... 26
Bowen, Governor, at Christchurch 273
Bowen, Hon C. C., Bible and Lord's prayer ... ... 377
" " " Catholic priests implacable 379
" " " elected for Kaiapoi... 342
" his education and experience ... ... 376
" " " Minister of Justice... 355
" " " proposes Education Act... 375
" succeeds O Rorke as Minister of Justice ... 342
Brassey, Major ... ... 155
" " " an incurable drunkard... 258
Brave three hundred... 117, 118
British troops, removal of ... 189
Brogden contracts... 298, 300
" " " immigrants ... 323
Brown, Major, his evidence .. 428
Browne, Governor, landed at Christchurch ... 87
" " " on Teira's title ... 202
" " " recalled ... 2
" " " the guilty Governor ... 13
Brunonian bleeding... ... 1
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Brutal articles in Nelson Examiner 174
Bryce, Hon. John, arrests Te Whiti and Tohu... ... 459
" attempts to exclude reporters... ... 460
" marches an army to Parihaka. ... 457
" " " met by Maori children... 457
" " " orders Riot Act to be read 458
" " " returns to office ... 457
" " searching for arms ... 462
" " speech at Wanganui ... 455
" " " wholesale arrests ... 463
Buchanan, Andrew ... ... 31
Buckley, Hon. Sir Patrick ... 527
Burgess's "Life" left with Judge Johnston ... ... 187
Burns, Dr. ... ... 179
" " Mr A. J., on protection of industries... ... 380
C
CABLE MESSAGE, the first 306, 353
Cadman, Hon. Alfred Jerome.. 525
" Commissioner Stamp Duties... ... 526
" " " Native Minister ... 526
Cameron, General... 22, 85, 91, 92
" " " as a quill fighter ... 146
" " " attacked by Maoris ... 147
" " " happy results of his departure 150, 157
" " " has no friends left in New Zealand 140, 161
" " " his opinion of Hon. Mr Mantell... ... 148
" " " libels Colonel Warre... 150
" marches fifty miles in sixty-one days... 147
" named the "lame sea gull"... ... 147
" proved incapacity of 95, 191
" refuses to attempt to take Wereroa Pah... 147
" " " resigns... ... 141
" retires from New Zealand... ... 149
" writes insulting letters in Melbourne newspapers ... 150
Campbell, Major, resigns clerkship 515
" Matthew... ... 179
Cardwell, Mr, rebukes Sir G. Grey 149
Cargill, Captain... ... 179
" " " Mr ... ... 218
Carlton... ... 42, 199
Carrington as a witness ... 465
" confirms Bates' reports 69
Carroll, Hon. James... ... 527
Carter... ... ... 61
Catholic vote unseats good men... 475
" " what it should do... 476
Cavour killed ... ... 1
Charlotte Gladstone... ... 305
Chatham Islands ... ... 19
Chute, General ... 174, 192
Civil Servants exalted ... 369
Clifford, Sir Charles ... 200
Colbeck, Captain, deserted by Grey 415
" " " on desertion of Grey... 412
Collins, Mr. questions Vogel... 303
Commission, Civil Service ... 428
" advises sweeping reforms 436
" West Coast ... 425
Commissions, Royal, necessary... 424
Confiscation of Maori land... 124
Conolly accepts portfolio of Justice... ... ... 488
Conyers appointed by Macandrew 431
Cost of Domett's maladministration ... ... 50
Courts on Wiremu Kingi's title... 202
Crisp, Benjamin... ... 179, 542
" " Curtis, Mr H. E.... 42, 45
" Oswald ... 190, 209
Curtis, Oswald, Chairman of Railway Commission ... 437
" " on Brogden contracts ... 309
" " secures Catholic vote 376, 377
D
DANIELS, Mr.,... ... 186
Dargaville hits hard... ... 494
" " harder ... 496
" is not contradicted... 496
" refuses to retract ... 495
Death of Archdeacon Williams... 207
" " " Bishop Patteson ... 207
" " " Tamehana ... 204
Debt of Southland... ... 291
" public, in Nelson ... 210
Delaware, wreck of, ... ... 96
Dick, Hon. Thomas, Licensing Bill ... ... 443
Disgraceful cruelty ... 116
" delay ... ... 115
" paper war... ... 116
Distillation ... .., 201
Division on Macandrew charges... 222
Dobson... ... ... 185
Domett... ... 42, 46, 61, 87
" brings on a second war 79
" cannot be waked up... 83
" " contrasted with Pox... 49
" deceitful proclamation 80
" exposed by Pox & Sewell 57
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Domett, his fatal procrastination 78
" maladministration, cost of ... ... 50
" " " Ministry... ... 48
" " " resigns ... 100
" never really a Premier 481
" ruled by Russell and Whitaker ... 51
" urged in vain to act with decision ... 84
Drunken soldiers... ... 244
" " at Patea ... 256
" commanders appointed by Atkinson... 259
E
EARTHQUAKE at Bay of Naples 80,000 lives lost ... 499
" in Cook Straits ... 263
" " " in Mendoza ... 2
Edinburgh, Duke of, attempted assassination of in South Australia 269
" " visits New Zealand ... 268
Education Act, Legislative Council protests against ... 380
" " passed ... 380
" " proposed ... 375
Educational statistics ... 272
Education Bill (Curtis) ... 398
Election, General, 1866 ... 189
" " 1871 293, 346, 407
Election of Legislative Council... 493
Electoral Bills, rival proposals,... 394
Enquiries, pretended demands for 106
Erewitti... ... ... 27
Escape, wonderful,... ... 120
Extravagance, wholesale 52, 128, 144
F
FALOON, Mr. ... 155
Featherston, Dr, 35, 61, 90, 91, 142, 190
" " abused for his wise caution ... 322
" " " " death of ... 358
" " eulogistic speeches on his high character 359
" " in Fox Ministry 280
" " " in London... 292
" " " " on Macandrew... 219
" " " on Public Debts Bill 232
" " Parliamentary grant to his family 359
" " " " Speech to Maoris 9
" " " " Provincial Council ... 10
Financial blunders... ... 144
" " " difficulties... ... 139
Financial Reform League... 213
" Statement first read in House... ... 194
Firth, Mr., at Maori meeting... 270
" not trusted by Maoris 271
Fisher, Mr. George, abuses Atkinson ... 512
" called on to retire ... 512
" " Minister of Education... 511
Fitzgerald 30, 33, 54, 55, 86, 88, 91, 194, 195
" " " advises Fox to resign 101
" " " a grand speech... 108
" appointed Auditor-General ... 208
" his condemnation of Whitaker's finance 134
" his opinion of Governor Browne ... 107
Fitzherbert ... 31, 170
" " " drops the provinces... 164
" " " elected Speaker of Legislative Council... 405
" endeavours to be sixty years old ... 278
" " " Financial Statement... 224
" " " forced on Stafford... 213
" " " gets all his own way... 136
" goes to England 214, 229, 237
" " " on confiscated land proceeds... ... 230
" " " on the confiscated land 162
" " " returns from England 284
" " to provincialism 304, 307
" selfish manoeuvres... 277
" settles England's claims by counter claims.. 230
" success due to Stafford and Hall ... 237
" twenty years' illegal pension ... 279
Floods in Westland... ... 330
Fox, Captain ... ... 305
Fox, Sir William 31, 35, 42, 43, 53, 60, 73
" " addresses public meetings at Christchurch ... 286
" appointed on West Coast Commission... ... 425
" " " borrowing denounced... 372
" carries no confidence motion 407
" condemns Fitzherbert's finance... ... 250
" " " contrasted with Domett... 49
" " " declines the Premiership... 300
" defeated at General Election by majority of one... 408
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Fox, Sir William, defeats Stafford Ministry... ... 275
" " " defends his Government... 308
" dismayed at tremendous expenditure.. ... 284
" " " distrusted by Maoris... 12
" " " effect of his policy 287
" " " elected for Rangitikei... 441
" estimated humanity too highly.. ... 541
" " " eulogised by Vogel ... 315
" finally thanked for his Commission work 502
" " " goes to England ... 341
" " " good work... ... 283
" " " his colleagues made happy... 285
" " death ... ... 540
" " " " fourth Premiership... 319
" " " " retirement disastrous.. 50
" " third Government resigned ... ... 311
" " " wife's death ... ... 540
" " " lashes out .. ... 257
" " " leads Opposition ... 252
" " Lyttelton Times laments his departure ... 341
" " makes an Exeter Hall speech 300
" " Ministry... ... 12, 57
" " " Ministry at General Election 295
" " no confidence motion.. 259
" " " not welcome to Grey or Atkinson ... ... 375
" " on Bank of New Zealand... 228
" " " Domett's conversion... 56
" " fraudulent railway waggons ... ... 435
" " " secular education... 377
" " Sheehan ... ... 406
" " onslaught on Stafford ... 261
" " on Sunday-schools in America 378
" " Thomas Russell ... 228
" " Parliamentary tributes to his memory 542, 543, 544
" " " re-elected for Rangitikei... 250
" " regrets nomination of Legislative Council ... 253
" " relations to Grey 4, 15, 544
" " " resigns Premiership ... 319
" " " resigns seat in House ... 160
" " returns from England 252, 372
" " sacrificing himself to Whitaker ... ... 100
" " " seeing better than hearing... 435
" " soars above politics ... 441
" " speech on second retirement 59
" " Stafford's tribute to ... 231
" " thanked in Governor's speech 493
" " third Premiership ... 280
" " " tires of Vogel's partnership 299
" " too polite... ... 14
Fox, Sir William, unselfish life and character... ... 541
" " " works often with Sir John Hall 442
" " would follow, not lead 102, 112
" " yields to friends ... 316
Fraser ... ... 157
Fraudulent railway waggons... 430
" " " their existence denied by Minister of Public Works... ... 430
Freezing meat... ... 499
Frozen meat ... ... 326
G
GASCOIGNE, Lieutenant, killed 268
General Election of 1871 293, 346
Gillies... ... ... 52
Gisborne... ... ... 53
" " " As Colonial Secretary... 280
" " " betrays public interest 278
" " Chairman of a Commission... ... 429
" " " joins Grey Ministry... 404
" " " his leave of absence... 279
Gladstone, Hon. W. E., declines invitation... ... 500
" " " his letter to Speaker... 499
Gold appreciation... ... 291
" " " in Lord Worsley ... 28
" " " Otago ... ... 2
Goldie, Mr David, high principled man ... ... 525
" " " King of the Skinflints... 525
" " " refuses office... ... 525
Gordon, Sir Arthur, Governor,
" " arrives in Auckland... 448
" avoids responsibility for treatment of Te Whiti 484
" " " met by Sir John Hall... 449
" never approved Te Whiti's treatment ... 449
" report to Secretary of State... ... 450
" " seeks advice from Sir George Grey ... 477
Gorst, Sir John ... ... 17
" " " expelled ... ... 18
Grace Darling of New Zealand, Julia ... ... 97
" " Grace, Mr ... ... 154
Graham, Robert, M.H.R. 24, 100
Grey, Mr William ... ... 354
Grey, Sir George... 85, 86
" addresses constituents at Auckland ... 470
" advises Governor ... 478
" arbitrates on Waitara block... ...
" at Choral Hall, Auckland 348
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Grey, Sir George, at Kawau... 243
" " " at Macandrew's banquet 346
" " blames himself for Domett's delay ... 79
" " calls Lord de Grey a wrong-doer ... 150
" " courteously receives and assists new Governor... 241
" " defeated on No-confidence motion ... 443
" denounces the Piako Swamp purchase... 355
" despatch to Cardwell on guaranteeing loan... 163
" despatch to Duke of Newcastle on Wiremu Kingi's claim to Waitara ... 70
" " disallows Electoral Bill 398
" disappointed with Maori attitude. ... 11
" " " doubly elected ... 346
" " elected Superintendent of Auckland ... 341
" elected to represent Auckland City West... 344
" " " finds map of Waitara... 75
" " gains a majority of 20 in House... ... 393
" " " goes to England... 243
" " " Governor's Speech... 131
" " " grand promises ... 383
" " " helpless condition... 405
" " " his party demoralised... 411
" " " hopeless colleagues... 383
" " investigating Wiremu Kingi's claim at Taranaki... ... 66
" " " last speech as Governor 237
" " " left helpless ... 84
" " letter to Duke of Buckingham... ... 242
" " " letter to Newcastle... 79
" " losing confidence.. 398
" " " makes theatrical speech 418
" " Ministry... ... 383
" " misrepresented speech 64
" mortally offends Lord de Grey... ... 238
" " " obtains a dissolution... 407
" " " on Maori representation 237
" plan for Maori self-government ... 5
" " " Premier... ... 383
" " presented with half-a-crown ... 62
" " proposed proclamation on Waitara ... 76
" proposes Five Million Loan Bill ... 407
Grey, Sir George, proposes Four Million Loan ... 385
" proposes O'Rorke as Speaker ... 405
" " " quarrel with Ballance... 403
" " " rebuked by Mr Cardwell 149
" " " reduces his own salary 385
" " replies to Duke of Newcastle ... 23
" " resists Abolition of Provinces ... 346
" " " second arrival ... 4
" "speaks in Maori language... ... 62
" speaks in public unwisely 500
" " " speech to Maoris... 8
" " " sympathetic addresses 239
" " " taken ill at Waikato... 65
" " " takes Werewa Pah... 149
" " triumphant at public
" " meetings ... 387
" " trying to wake up Domett ... 82
" " " unexpected weakness... 409
" unseated for Christchurch 421
" " " visit from Wi Tako... 63
" " " visits King Country... 63
" " " " Ngatihuia ... 61
" " " " provinces .. 205
" Te Whero Whero's tomb ... 64
" " " " Waikato ... 5
" " " Waka Nene ... 5
Gudgeon, Lieutenant ... 157
H
HAKIOI newspaper ... 18
Hall, Sir John... ... 31, 89
" " advises appointment of Mr Wright... ... 485
" " appointed to Legislative Council... ... 298
" " always successful as a candidate ... 473
" " " becomes Premier ... 409
" " compared with Fox and Stafford... ... 480
" defeats a local candidate... 473
" defeats Grey Government by a majority of two ... 443
" " " doing it well... ... 473
" " elected for Selwyn ... 408
" " " eulogised by McLean ... 320
" " " Financial Statement ... 255
" " " gets a working majority ... 418
" " goes to England 320, 483
" " " good neighbour ... 474
" " " his good work ... 480
" " .. his great influence ... 479
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Hall, Sir John his Ministry... 409
" his retirement a national misfortune ... 478
" " " important election speech... 471
" " " joins Pox Ministry ... 298
" " " knighted ... ... 479
" meets constituents at Prebbleton ... ... 265
" " " on Macandrew ... 220
" " " " the ballot ... ... 222
" " reduction of expenditure... 255
" " resigns Premiership... 477
" seat for Heathcote... 298
" " in Vogel Ministry 319
" " " selected for uphill work... 423
" " " telling speech in defence... 262
" the right man for the work required.. ... 422
Hamilton, Captain, killed... 120
Hangatiki Maori meeting... 269
Hanging Maungatapu murderers 186
Hare System misrepresented.. 394
Harman, Mr H J. S., proposes Rolleston ... ... 329
Hau Haus ... 143, 157, 204
" " " " result of movement... 151
Haultain, Colonel 171, 204
Hayhurst at Timaru banquet... 352
Heroki murderer arrested... 461
High prices favour Vogel... 295
" " of agricultural produce 127
Hokitika murderers set free... 187
Hotene... ... ... 268
Hurst, Mr W. J. M.... ... 417
" on allocation of borrowed money... ... 444
Hutchison, Mr George, charges against Atkinson Government... ... 513
" defies intimidation... 514
" Whitaker's liabilities 514
I
IHAKA... ... ... 157
Immigrants, Brogden ... 323
" " " early... ... 179
Immigration prevented by borrowing... ... ... 317
Interpreters not wanted ... 248
Irvine, Dr. ... 213, 214
J
JEWISH RABBI .. ... 182
Jollie's Financial Statement.... 194
Jollie, Francis, weak link in Stafford Government 175, 194, 195
Johnston, Mr ... ... 31
Johnston, Judge... ... 142
Jones, George, made famous ... 391
Judges on Wiremu Kingi's title... 203
Julia, the New Zealand Grace Darling ... ... 97
K
KATIKARA, attack on ... 85
Kawau, prisoners escape from... 115
King Maoris ... ... 271
King Maker ... ... 6
" " " " as a peacemaker... 243
" " condemns Tataraimaka murders... 86
" " " " distrusted ... 6
" " his death ... 204
" " " " his patience exhausted ... 13
" " " " ploughing ... 18
" " " " speech to Fox... 12
" " speech to Sir George Grey ... 64
Knight, Dr., on Macandrew's alleged defalcations... ... 211
" " " report... ... 212
L
LANCE, Mr James... ... 201
Larnach carries No Confidence Motion... ... 382
" " " Financial Statement... 384
" moves censure on Government ... ... 381
" on back street borrowing ... ... 384
" " " sent for by Governor... 382
" " " Treasurer ... ... 383
Lee, George Leslie... ... 31
Legislative Council increased... 161
Lemon, Mr ... ... 354
Licensing Bill, Mr Dick's ... 443
Lives thrown away at Rangiriri... 114
Loan, Five Million obtained... 422
" " " Three Million, 1863 ... 104
London Financial Times on Ballance's financial policy... 535
" Standard on New Zealand finance ... ... 530
"Lord Worsley" wrecked... 26
Luckie, Mr David... 190, 213
Ludlow, Mr, on Macandrew ... 218
" " Lyttelton Times on Macandrew... 421
" " " " Vogel ... 361
M
MACANDREW, Hon. James... 193
" appoints Conyers ... 431
" banqueted at Dunedin 346
" debated... ... 217
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Macandrew Hon. James, discarded by Lyttelton Times... 421
" " " elected Superintendent 210
" his admiration of Vogel's policy ... 304
" his dishonesty and success help on the Abolition of Provinces... 325
" impatient to seize Maori land ... ... 456
" " " muddling away a million 388
" " " No-confidence motion... 410
" " " on cost of military staff 200
" " " posing as an economist 420
" " " presented, £1500 ... 373
" " " Public Works Statement 397
" " " speech on Protection... 381
" " " suddenly economical... 200
" wonderful power of denial ... ... 435
Macdonald, Major ... 155
MacDonnell, Colonel... ... 216
" defeated, and Von Temskey killed ... 255
Mace presented to House ... 200
Mackenzie, Hon. John ... 520
" appointed Minister of Lands... ... 520
" a reliable assistant to Ballance... ... 529
Maclean, George, appointed to Customs... ... 354
" " " at Kawhia.. ... 323
" bad results of his dismissals... ... 266
" " " death... ... 370
" " " dismissed by Stafford... 198
" eulogised in Governor's Speech... ... 371
" " " foolishly dismissed ... 273
" " " funeral . 370
" " " health failing fast ... 354
" " " his accomplished work 348
" his good work ... 283
" " " his last election ... 348
" his policy described by Fox ... 287
" " " in Fox Ministry ... 280
Maclean, Sir Donald, No confidence motion ... 257
" refuses to work under Stafford ... 310
" " " resigns Native portfolio... ... 370
Mair, Mr R. M.... ... 156
Manhood suffrage, unseats its advocates ... ... 475
Mantell... ... 52, 57, 194
Maori King ... ... 271
" declines in influence 400
Maori King, Tawhiao naturally weak ... 401
" " " too fat to ride ... 64
Maori meeting at Hangatiki ... 269
" reply to Sir George Grey... 9
" allies, injustice to ... 158
" as soldiers... ... 292
" bootless and trouserless ... 157
" distrust old enemies ... 271
" first elected to House of
" Representatives ... 248
" friendly, restore peace ... 289
" in Legislature ... 54
" ploughmen, imprisoned ... 403
" prisoners killed ... 157
" regrettable cruelties ... 157
Maramaroa fight ... ... 93
Martini Henri ... ... 497
" wins £35,000 ... 498
Melbourne Cup 498
" Victorian Derby 497
Martin's, Julia husband ... 97
Massacre at Matiwherowhero ... 263
" " " at Mohaka... ... 248
" " " by Te Kooti at Matawero 247
" " " by Titokowaru ... 244
Matiwherowhero massacre ... 263
Maungatapu murderers arrested 181
" murders ... 180
Maunsel, Archdeacon ... 86
Meat freezing ... ... 499
Mechanics elected to House ... 518
Meeting, public, at Christchurch 86, 129, 176
" " " " " Wellington... 90
Menzies, Dr ... ... 31
Mere Mere, seige of ... ... 93
Meridian of Longitude decided... 505
Ministers' salaries ... ... 236
Ministry of all the talents... 166
Mitchelson, Hon. Edwin, appointed Minister of Public Works... ... 497
" becomes Acting-Premier... ... 516
Monro, Sir David... 45, 193, 200
" his election for Motueka
" " disallowed ... 294
" opinion of Vogel's proceedings ... 310
" " Motueka election committee 301
" " " on Ministers' salaries ... 236
" " " presides at Grey banquet 241
Montgomery, Hon. William, at Grey's Christchurch meeting ... 388
" declines Grey's offer of Treasury ... 383
" elected at Akaroa... 475
" " for Heathcote 330
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Montgomery, Hon. William, his generous retirement 504
" leader of Opposition... 487
" "on Bible reading in schools ... 490
" " money spent to buy party support... 492
" opposes Address in Reply... ... 492
" replies to Hall's Leeston speech ... 475
" Stout's tribute to his patriotism ... 505
" " " wanted by Sir J. Vogel 501
Moorhouse ... 30, 89, 91
Moorhouse advises Governor to send for Stafford... 196
" believes large reductions possible... ... 198
" " " death and funeral... 453
" defeated for Superintendency.. ... 288
" elected for Christchurch 288
" " Superintendent 210
" gets. £2500 from Province... ... 293
" " " makes a fatal mistake... 197
" " " moves No-Confidence... 195
" on Westland representative ... ... 234
" prefers treasury bills to taxes ... ... 199
" " " sent for by Governor... 196
Morioris .. .. ... 19
Motueka Election Committee... 301
Murdered bodies searched for... 181
Murderers, Sullivan, Burgess, Kelly and Levy... 182
N
NELSON affected by Public Debts Bill ... ... 234
" and Wellington representatives bought.. 255
" " criminals and dunces... 178
" declines under borrowing ... ... 210
" " " education, excels in... 178
" Examiner's brutal articles .. 174
" financial policy reversed 209
" Superintendents 141, 181
Newcastle, Duke of... 22, 72
Newspaper penny postage ... 201
Newspapers favour abolition ... 349
" " " provoking Maoris .. 15
New Zealand Bank... ... 3
" " " Company's immigrants ... 179
New Zealand Shipping Company's first ship 326
" " " " Times... ... 328
Ngaporo as a peacemaker 270
Normal School... ... 328
Normanby dislikes Grey ... 385
O
OLLIVER fails to punish felonies 451
Opening railway line from Christchurch to Dunedin ... 399
Opotiki... ... ... 155
Ormond, Mr J. D, accepts Public Works portfolio in Atkinson Ministry... 370
" " " in Waterhouse Ministry 318
" " " on Brogden contracts... 309
O'Rorke, Sir Maurice, denounces his chief and resigns his seat in the Ministry......337
" elected Chairman of Committees ... 295
" elected Speaker of House 405
" " " his indignant speech... 337
" " " knighted... ... 442
Otago, additional members ... 170
" " " gold-fields... ... 2
" " " Superintendent of ... 210
P
PANAMA service ends ... 272
Parliament first meets at 2 p.m.. 194
" " " in Wellington ... 23
" " " Maoris elected to ... 248
" " " unusual ... 329
Parris, accuser and Magistrate... 465
Partridges ... ... 305
Patea soldiers helplessly drunk... 256
Patteson, J. C., Bishop ... 206
Peace, progress, great ... 193
" " " restored by Maori allies... 269
Personal abuse... ... 257
Pharazyn... ... ... 161
Pihoihoi newspaper... . 18
Plimsoll's humanity ... 327
Ploughmen, Maori, imprisoned... 403
Poihipi Tukirangi's letter... 158
Pollen on drunkenness at Patea... 256
Poynter, John... ... 181
Premium on large holdings... 138
Prisoners, disgraceful slaughter at Ngatupa... £267
" escape from Chatham Islands... ... 245
" escape from Kawau... 115
" Maori on board Marion 113
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Prisoners, their brave leader Te Kooti... ... 246
" treatment of, correspondence between Grey and Fox... ... 123
Procrastination of Domett and Bell... ... ... 78
Progressive policy in Nelson... 209
Progress of peace, great ... 193
Promises broken ... ... 370
Prosperity ... ... 127
Provincial Governments abolished 345
" " " Loan Bill... ... 226
Public Debts Bill as affecting Nelson... ... 234
" " condemned 232, 234
" Works Statement, Macandrew's ... 397
R
RAKAIA bridge... ... 327
Railway Commission condemns Otago Central line 438
" opened from Christchurch
" " to Dunedin ... 399
" " " robberies... ... 430
" " " waggons, fraudulent... 430
Rangiriri captured... .... 114
" " " lives thrown away at... 114
Rats, Auckland... ... 415
Reapers and binders, imported... 306
Reckless Financiers ... 144
Redwood, Archbishop, lowers character of Parliament... ... 475
" Archbishop, Pastoral Letter... ... 475
" Archbishop, supports weak men ... 475
Reduction of 10 passed ... 444
Reeves, Mr W., gets Vote of Censure at Leeston ... 322
" laments destruction of Provinces ... 338
" ranked with Fox as the only honest man in Fox Vogel Ministry 322
Reeves, Hon. William Pember, appointed Minister of Labour ... 524
" disqualified by Nature 524
Reid, Mr., on Brogden contracts 309
" " " Vogel's audacity... 304
Removing seat of Government 111, 132
Reply to Sir George Grey... 9
Representation of Maoris... 235
" " " Provinces ... 235
Resignation of Whitaker Ministry 125
Responsible provincial Government in Nelson... ... 210
" " Responsibility in Native affairs... 32
Retrenchment accomplished... 444
" " " resolved on ... 441
Reunion of Otago and Southland 291
Rewi prevails ... ... 7
Reynolds resigns... ... 354
Rhodes. W. B.... ... 100
Richardson resigns Public Works Portfolio ... ... 370
Richardson, Hon. J. L. C., pamphlet 192
" Major... ... 30
Richmond, C. W, demands investigation... ... 74
" " " resignation of ... 20
" J. C., opinion of General Cameron ... 161
" " " tribute to Sir G. Grey 162
Robberies by railway officials... 430
Robinson, John Perry, at General Election, 1866 ... 190
" " " drowned ... 141
Rolleston, Hon. William, abjures borrowing ... 372
" approves of Vogel's absence 345
" " as "Our William" ... 388
" " " as speaker and writer... 455
" " " at Timaru banquet... 352
" compared with Moorhouse 329, 330
" " " defends Bryce's policy 454
" " " elected not pleasantly... 471
" elected Superintendent, the last... ... 329
" elected Superintendent of Canterbury... 253
" " " elected to House ... 252
" " " joins Hall Government 409
" " " on education ... 372
" " " on gridironing ... 323
" " " on waifs and strays ... 254
" " " opinion of Vogel ... 309
" " " Papanui speech ... 372
" " " provokes opposition to provinces ... 324
" " " re-elected Superintendent 288
" " " succeeds Bryce ... 449
" the Halifax of Hall Ministry ... 454
Rooks ... ... ... 305
Ropata ... ... 157
" " " at Ngatapa .. 267
Royal Commission made necessary 424
" reforms advised by ... 436
Russell, Colonel 171, 173
Russell, Hon. W. R., Colonial Secretary ... 513
" Liberal Conservative... 513
" loyal to a fault ... 513
" Thomas... 51, 57, 169, 170
Russell and Whitaker ... 227
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S
SALE OF SHORTHORNS ... 330
Salmon ova imported 306, 323
Saunders, Alfred... 141, 190
" alone in opposing a loan 110
" Chairman of Civil Service Commission .. 429
" condemns Three Million Loan... ... Ill
" proposes and carries 10 per cent, reduction... 414
Seat of Government... ... 60
Seed, Mr., on Chatham Islands... 19
Seddon, Rt. Hon. R. J., LL.D.... 521
" appointed Minister of Public Works... 521
" " " as a political autocrat... 524
" " " as a social liberal... 523
" " " Mr Ballance ... 529
" overthrows Ballance's policy... ... 536
" promptly and resolutely supports Mr Ballance 529
" solemn promise to continue Mr Ballance's non-borrowing policy 535
Selwyn, Bishop ... 121, 205
" Mrs ... ... 206
Session, 1866, work of ... 201
Sewell... ... 31, 52, 170
" " " elected for New Plymouth 160
" short Premiership of... 481
" " " too fast ... ... 168
Shallcrass, Mr ... ... 181
Sharp, John ... 181, 183
Sheehan, cab hire... ... 385
" " " misleads the House ... 427
" " persecutes Te Whiti ... 451
" provokes Maori resistance... ... 427
Shipping Company's first ship ... 326
Shorthorn Sale ... ... 330
Siege of Mere Mere ... ... 93
" " " Orakau .. ... 117
" " " Tauranga ... ... 119
Skylarks ... 305, 323
Slaughter of prisoners at Ngatapa 267
Smith, Allison, as a witness... 433
" proves his case ... 434
Smuggling spirits... ... 17
Soldiers drunk ... ... 244
Southland Acclimatization Society 305
" " " debt... ... 291
" only eleven schools... 292
" re-union with Otago... 291
Squirrel, Henry... ... 96
Stafford, Sir Edward, 42, 45, 74, 170, 194
" accuses F. D. Bell... 258
" a good defence ... 261
Stafford, Sir Edward, appointed leader of Opposition... 303
" " " as an anti-provincialist 212
" " " attempted too much... 172
" " " at Timaru banquet... 351
" becomes silent on economy 371
" carried Disqualifications Bill... ... 165
" claims to have brought about the Abolition of the Provinces... 382
" " compared with Hall... 480
" " declines the Premiership 339
" " " defeated and resigned... 314
" " " " by 47 to 14... 196
" degenerates as an economist... 213, 274
" " " dismisses MacLean... 198
" forms his second Ministry partially ... 166
" " " forsakes democracy... 277
" " " good work done... 175
" great success in peace progress... ... 193
" has to part with Jollie, Russell, and Patterson and take Fitzherbert, Hall, and J. C. Richmond... ... 196
" " " his educational statistics 272
" " " " fourth Ministry... 312
" " Government condemned at Wanganui ... 265
" " " " last election for Nelson... ... 190
" " " " position not enviable 171
" " " " third Ministry... 196
" " " retirement... 276
" " unhappy victory... 312
" " " invited to join Vogel ... 301
" last address to Nelson electors ... ... 178
" " " looks ill ... ... 215
" Ministerial Statement and self-reliant policy 167
" " " Ministers not agreed... 198
" " " Ministry defeated... 275
" " " Native policy successful 174
" " " No-Confidence at Nelson 259, 265
" " " only prudent financier... 168
" " " on Fox indulging Vogel 308
" " " " Macandrew 217, 218
" " " " Ministers' salaries... 236
" " " " Mr Fox... ... 231
" " removal of British troops... ... 189
" " " " Vogel's audacity... 304
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Stafford Sir Edward, Brogden contract ... 308
" " " recklessness 308
" " " " Waitara block... 258
" personnel of his second Ministry... ... 171
" procures statistics on crime and education 178
" promises reduction of £240,000... ... 167
" proposes a No-Confidence motion ... 308
" repents removal of McLean ... 266
" " " resigns and retires... 389
" " " retaliates roughly... 257
" " " returned for Timaru... 262
" " " sees that "rest is good" 197
" " " sent for by Governor... 196
" single-handed fight for economy.. ... 171
" " " speech at Timaru... 371
" " in defence ... 260
" successful efforts at peace and economy... 173
" suffers for the sins of others... ... 276
" " tribute to Wiremu Kingi 161
" " " with a poor excuse... 227
" yoked to his opponents 189
Stamp duties ... ... 208
Stevens, Mr, first Financial Statement... ... 199
Steward, Hon. W. Jukes, proposes No-Confidence motion in Atkinson Government......502
Stewart, Mr Downie, changes sides ... 409
Stokes... ... ... 31
Stout, Sir Robert, at Macandrew's banquet... ... 246
" " " Attorney-General... 387
" defeated for Dunedin East... ... 511
" " " his great mental power 506
" " " Ministry ... 505
" tribute to Montgomery's patriotism ... 505
" " " knighted ... 511
" " " leaves too much to Vogel 511
" " " Ministry resign ... 511
" " " religious sects in Otago 379
" resigns Attorney Generalship... ... 404
Sullivan dishonestly tried and dishonestly set free ... 187
" " " murderer ... 183
Sullivan's confession 183
Superintendents ignored ... 369
Superintendents, nominated... 56
" of Nelson... 141, 183, 185, 209
Swainson, on Wiremu Kingi's claim 72
Swanson, Hon. William ... 370
" " " calls the Speaker to order 417
" declines a seat in Ministry 417
" " described by Mr. Moss... 416
" his treaty with the Premier 414
" on denominational education 379
Sweeping reforms advised by Civil Service Commission... 436
T
TAMEHANA TE WAHANA... 6
" " " death of ... 204
Taratoa Henare's heroic kindness to wounded Europeans... 121
Taxation, additional, £618,700... 420
" increased ... 136, 187
Teira and Ihaia's admission... 74
Te Kooti, a common enemy... 285
" " " as a leader ... 246
" " " defeated at Ngatapa... 247
" " " escapes from Ngatapa... 267
" " " his able retaliation... 252
" injures Stafford Government... ... 252
" £5000 offered for his capture ... 285
" " " sues for peace ... 392
Telegraphs ... ... 54
Ten per cent reduction passed... 444
Te Paea at Whero Whero's tomb 64
Te Teira's title to Waitara... 67, 203
Te Ua captured ... ... 166
Te Whiti arrested ... ... 459
" before nine J. P.'s at Taranaki ... ... 463
" better treatment at Christchurch ... 468
" " " committed to gaol ... 467
" " " consistently peaceful ... 449
" " " growing power ... 401
" " " his defence ... 467
" his education and character... ... 401
" his instructions to ploughmen... ... 402
" treatment at Taranaki 466
" Mr Parris as accuser and Magistrate ... 465
" sent with Tohu to Taranaki... ... 463
Thompson joins Grey Ministry... 404
Time, legal, in New Zealand, fixed 263
Titokowaru's massacres ... 244
Tohu arrested ... ... 459
Tomb of Te Whero Whero... 64
Travers, Mr ... 90, 288
Troops, British, removal of... 189
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VENUS, Transit of ... ... 498
Vogel, Sir Julius ... ... 30
" " accuses Fitzherbert of utter deceit... 256
" admires Hall's Financial Statement ... 256
" " " adopts a tone of caution 321
" altercations with Chairman ... ... 236
" anathematises the anti-provincialists... 254
" " " appointed Agent General 368
" " " as a cat's-paw .. 281
" " " as Postmaster General 345
" " " as writer.. ... 301
" beaten at Thames and Clutha ... 346
" " " becomes Premier... 319
" " " beyond control... 303
" " " carries abolition... 336
" " coming to the front... 214
" " " condemned at Auckland 369
" " " condemns Fitzherbert 162
" " demonstrations against 353
" " " eclipses all rivals... 209
" elected for Christchurch North... ... 502
" " " elected for Wanganui.. 346
" equally divides House in favour of Provinces 162
" " " eulogises Fox ... 315
" strengthened by Stafford's failure... 318
" " " falling fast ... 356
" " " Financial Statement... 320
" first takes his seat in House of Representatives ... 103
" " " forced Protection Bill 335
" four and a-half millions increased Debt... 510
" " " glorified at Wellington 368
" " " goes to Australia... 322
" goes to England with Thomas Russell... 340
" guarantees five per cent on million for mail service ... 320
" " " head peculiar ... 307
" " his action denounced by his own Minister of Justice ... 337
" " " audacious demands... 304
" " " drafts on Treasury.. 356
" " " Financial Statement.. 303
" " " good points .. 359
" " " policy outrun ... 320
" his resignation of Premiership... ... 345
Vogel, Sir Julius. his rise and fall 357, 358
" his strong and weak points... ... 507
" " " his supposed soliloquy 281
" " " in Fox Ministry... 280
" insulted by his constituents... ... 340
" " " knighted... ... 345
" " " maiden speech ... 103
" " " No-confidence motion... 223
" " " on Macandrew ... 217
" opinion of Lyttelton Times... ... 361
" paying interest with borrowed money... 509
" " " proposes more Loan Bills 322
" proposes Fitzherbert as Speaker... ... 355
" proposes O'Rorke as Chairman of Committees... ... 355
" " " proposes wholesale borrowing... ... 509
" reaches zenith of his popularity ... 508
" reads Financial Statement ... 507
" re-appointed Premier and Treasurer ... 354
" receives unbounded authority... ... 331
" resigns Agent Generalship... ... 443
" " " return from England... 353
" " " seeks election ... 501
" seeks election for Falmouth... ... 442
" " " sent for by Governor... 314
" Stafford invited to join Vogel... ... 301
" suddenly attacks provinces... ... 335
" supports the provinces 162
" " " travelling expenses... 307
" turns round against provinces... ... 307
" " " visits New Zealand... 489
Volkner, Mrs ... ... 154
" " " Rev C. S., murdered... 153
Von Temskey, Major, killed... 255
W
WAIKATO river ... ... 91
Waitara, Wiremu Kingi returns to... ... ... 295
Waka Nene dies ... ... 297
Wakefield, Edward, Chairman of Industrial Commission ... ... 438
" denounces Vogel... 347
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Wakefield, Edward, elected... 347
Wakefield, E. J.... ... 90
" Gibbon, death of ... 21
" Jerningham ... 347
Wallis, Dr., tells truth in joke... 393
War and bluster... ... 87
War of mutual retaliation ... 285
" Ministry defeated ... 2
Ward, Crosby ... 51, 199
Ward, Hon. Joseph George ... 526
" imprudent transactions 526
" more or less responsible for the abandonment of Ballance self-reliant policy...527
" most respected where best known ... 526
Waste of war material ... 119
Waterhouse, Hon. George Marsden... ... 318
" " " advises prudence in vain 332
" contrasted with Vogel 481, 482
" " " imported statistics 333, 334
" " " his high character ... 319
" " " Ministry... ... 318
" " " Ministry resign ... 319
Weld 34, 74, 89, 90. 129, 140, 176, 190
" absurd inconsistency ... 130
" " " called to form Ministry ... 130
" " " eats humble pie ... 139
" " " Governor's Speech ... 131
" " " holds office reluctantly ... 135
" " " last meeting in Christchurch 176
" " " Ministry resigns ... 165
" " " personnel of Weld Ministry 131
" removal of British troops... 189
" " " retires from political life... 177
" reverses his opinion of Cameron... ... 140
" " " sudden changes ... 129
" " " too changeable ... 481
" unqualified condemnation of Whitaker... ... 177
Wellington and Nelson representatives bought ... 255
" elections... ... 142
" Independent ... 328
" Superintendent ... 142
West Coast Commission ... 425
Westland representation ... 234
Whitaker, Sir Frederick 51, 73, 74, 144, 194
" appointed Attorney General... ... 409
" appointed to Legislative Council... ... 408
" " defeated for Waikato... 408
" " distrusted by Maoris... 274
" " " knighted... ... 500
" " " made Premier ... 478
Whitaker, Sir F., resigns Premiership 479
" suppressing enquiry as to treatment of Wiremu Kingi......73
Whitaker and Russell ... 122
White, Hon. James, clears £35,000 498
" " " owns Martini Henri ... 498
" " " wins Melbourne Cup ... 498
" " " " Victorian Derby ... 497
White, William... ... 328
Whiteley, Rev. J, killed ... 268
White Swan wrecked... ... 24
Whitmore, Colonel... ... 216
" at Ngatapa 247, 266
" described by Fox... 288
" too rash ... 266
Whitiora meets Mr Firth ... 270
Wikiriwhi ... ... 268
Wilkie... ... ... 213
Williams, Archdeacon ... 207
" John ... ... 31
Williamson, John, character, offices, and death . 340
Wilson, Sir Cracroft, 41, 46, 61, 87, 89
" on Macandrew 218, 219
" on Vogel's loans... 298
Wiremu Kingi... 5, 87, 152
" " " as a pacifier ... 243
" claim to Waitara block ... 203
" " " daughter of ... 6
" " " his death ... 532
" " " great services ... 533
" " junior ... 27
" letter to his friends 76
" quiet funeral... 533
" " " prevents an outbreak 286
" " " returns good for evil 268
" " " returns to Waitara 295
" " " title vindicated... 81
" " " vindicated ... 202
Wairemu Tamehana ... 121
Wi Tako as a candid friend... 62
Wood, Mr Reader 33. 51, 52, 105
" " " advising Grey .. 413
" " " described by Sir G. Grey 415
" " " his treaty with Mr Hall 414
" " " leading the four rebels 413
" " " proposes bold reductions 444
" " " resigns seat in House 160
" takes office vith Whitaker ... 102
Wood, Mr W. D., seconds Rolleston 330
Wool, two shillings per lb.... 295
Woman's Franchise... ... 42
Wreck of Lord Worsley ... 26
" " " " White Swan ... 24
Wright, Mr E. G., declines portfolio ... ... 485
" his replies to Whitaker 486, 487
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