HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1581, 10 June 1887, Page 3

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Thubsday June 10. The House met at 2.30 p.m. EXPRESS tO N OF BZORET. Sir Julius Vo>el s*.id that m respect to the episode which ocourred last night, If, m the heat of debate, he uttered expretsioDS m aoy way violating the reIpeet Fhicb every member of tbe House owei to the Speak < , he exceedingly rejret'cd it. He w. iof opinion that he wes right at the t : rno m hfs view, and was •till of the same op'nion, but he was not prepared to argr? that now, but that was •part from the question whether he showed Sufficient xepeot t^ the Speaker m what he had r-.'d. Ho hoped the epraker would accept h?s expression of regret. The Speaker f-n'd he wn quite wilHng to accept tbe amende of the Treasurer. If he (tbo Spepker) thought for a momeat he was wrong m hiv rn i: n^ be wonld apologise to the Hou°. ), but there could be no doubt •bout the correstn' -s of his l uling. He thanked the Treiaurer for the amende he had made;

NATIVE RX&ERVES (SOUTH ISLAND). The Housa went iaio Oomniittea on the South . Island EC a'.lite P. erves Aot Amendment Bil'.. A comprotnlce was effected by which Iwo Maori r aeaaors were to be appointed to ait with the assessors appoint d by the Publio Trustee, md two by the lei C 3 and sub.leiisee. LIMIT 4TION OS 1 VOTES BILL Sir George Gre? moved that the amendmentt tnaie In the Limit .(.'on of Votes BiU be agreed to. Mr Samuel oppo*?<\ the motion, and moved that consiiu vntion of the amendment be postponed, r.s there was much more Important business on the Order Paper that might be proceeded with. Mr Wakefield aleo opposed the motion. He laid the Bill was a most tlliberal measure, whleh would tike an important electoral privilege from many people who enjoyed it. He fi\ked Sir George Grey to postpone the Bill till after the general election. Sir George Grey's motion wr« c i^ledl *y 32 to 17. ; THIRD READINGS. i The Bouth Island Native Reserves Bill was reported w'fli amendments, re&i a third time md par: :d. Oa the motion for the third reading of the limitation of Votes Bill, Mr Samuel, Mr Hatch, and Mr Bavan opposed the BUI at grr-t leng h FUBLIO PBVRNUES BILL. . The debite was v.<terroptcl to prooeed with the Public I" venues BIH. On the motion for the third reading Major Atkinson raked whether it was proposed to mv.ke ny further appointments to the LeghJa'lve Council. The Premier t .'d the Governor would not be advise 1 to make any farther appointments onlem h was foond necessary So do co m order to carry on public business. Mr Braoken referred to the waste of time that bad occurred this cession, and ■aid that Major Aikinsou wsb to blame for th!s. He dep cc ted the attacks that were being nnde on Sir Julius Vcgel and ■aid that the hon pentleman wonld yet occupy a proud position m New Zetland history. Mr, Buchanan defended Major Atkln•on from the att:.cks made by the last speaker. The Honi3 sat a few minutes paitrthe honr, and the Pub! c Revenaea Bill was read a third time and passed. The House then adjourned till 10.30 p.m. to await thj proceedings of the Council. The House resume <3 at 10.30 p.m. MINISQACT. The Mining Act Amendment Bill was received from the L glslotive Oonnoil with Amendmenis. Sir B. Stcnt irnred that .the amendments be t reed to, Tbe motion elicited a long discus lon and the moiion wait eireef to by 41 t« 28. irJOUENED. S'r R* Stout mov.;d tbat the House ad |ourn to 11 o'o'ock tx morrow. Agreed tj>, and ihe House rose at 11.35