IN THE LOBBY.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1012, 3 August 1883, Page 2

IN THE LOBBY.

•{from our parliamentary CORRESPONDENT. J Wellington, To-day. From a return laid on the table of the House yesterday it appears that the cost of applying the electri 3 light to th* Parliamentary Buildings was L 2196 lls, made up as follows ;—Fittings, L 1,135 10s ; packing, freight, etc., LBss 10s lOd ; engine house, LG75j erecting steam engine, L7O ; extras to ditto, L 44 12s 7d ; fitting up gas engine, LB7 18s lOd; timber, labor, etc., L 97 18s 9d. The first item includes the cost of a 16 horse power engine, L 350, and the cost of dynamo, tm: The Library Report presented yesterday states that Mr Sheehan has presented to the Parliamentary Library several volumes of valuable works, amongst which are Paley’s “ Moral and Religious Philosophy,” and Wallace’s “ Observations on Brougham’s Natural Theology,” It is rumored that Mr Sheehan will leave the colony at the end of the session on a professional journey to the Home Country, as it is alleged that he has been specially retained for the prosecution of certain very extensive land claims pre <sed by the native owners against the New Zealand Government. An angry fight is anticipated between the Treasurer and Mr Dargaville in the House this afternoon, relating to the charges preferred by the latter against the former. The Treasurer’s motion for the appointment of a (Committee stands first on the order paper for to-day after the questions and the motions for leave to introduce Bills. Next in order is the motion of Mr Bolleston relating to the Government arrangement with the New Zealand Shipping Company.