The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1887. THE HONORARIUM.
The Parliamentary Honorarium and Privileges Act 1884 Amendment Bill was read a second time m the House ( of Representatives on Wednesday riJßfob after an amendment, moved by Jrar Seddon, to the effect that the measure should proceed no further this session, had been lost by 56 to 14. The Bill is 9. very short one, consisting of three clauses only. The operative clausef provide that the allowance to be hence- 11 forth paid to members of the General Assembly under the Act of 1884, and m lieu of the allowances authorised by that Act, shall be as follows : — (1) To every member of the Legislative Council residing at a distance exceeding three miles m a direct line from the building wherein the General Assembly is summoned to meet the allowance of ;£ioo for every session at which he a* tends, and no member of the Legislative Council who resides at a distance not exceeding three miles from the building where the General Assembly is summoned to meet shall be paid any allowance under the said Act, (2) To every member of the House of Representatives, for every such session, the sum of ;£ioo, with an additional sum of to every such member m consideration of the additional expenses necessarily incurred by him ; and such additional sum of ,£SO shall not be reducible m case there shall be two sessions of Parliament held m the same year, as provided m the fourth section of the said Act, but shall be paid m respect of each session at which such member attends. All such sums shall be paid out of the Consolidated Fund." To the credit of the members ' there was a very laudable willingness to make the sacrifice generally manifested by them, those who opposed the reduction being extremely few. There is one point, however, which we confess vre cannot clearly understand, It will be seen that m the case of the Upper Chamber honorableC - uncillorsresiding within three miles of the Parliamentary buildings arc not to be paid any allowance under the new Act. In the Lower House the case is qaite different. Uudcr the old regime members resident m Wellington were paid an allowance considerably under that paid to nonresident members — the former receiving ;£-5o and the latter £210 per session, the reason being obvious. But under the new Act it is proposed to make no distinction between the payments to resident and to non-resident members, We fail to see why resident membeis should be exempted from reduction. We suppose, however, there is a reason, and a strong reason too, why a special -exemption should be made m this case, still it gives rise to ugly suspicions and to remarks not very flittering to the minority.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1725, 2 December 1887, Page 2
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470The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1887. THE HONORARIUM. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1725, 2 December 1887, Page 2
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