The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1887. THE CLOSE OF THE SESSION.
Prom the late Parliamentary proceedings it is becoming more and more evident every day that the hopes of hon members that they will be able to attend the family reunions, which almost universally take place on Christmas Day, are bound to be blighted. The amount of business which must be got through before the Prorogation can take place, and the slow rate of progress that is being made point very clearly to the fact that the members cannot be released from their duties before that high festival. Government <are extremely anxious to rush important measures through the House at high pressure speed, butj every now and again some little incident crops up which is productive of unlooked for waste of time. Take yesterday's proceedings for instance. When the House met m the afternoon the Premier having given notice of motion for the supression for the remainder of the session of the Standing Order relating to no new business being taken after half-past twelve, a debate arose on a motion -for leave of absence. That over, the Premier asked the House to excuse Ministers answering questions that afternoon as there were so many of them, and moved that the House at its rising adjourn till n o'clock next day for the purpose of answering questions only, and suggesting that the answers could be m writing — the suggestion being afterwards given effect to by motion. This caused another debate, which pretty nearly engaged the House for the remainder of that sitting. On the motion for going into Committee on the Representation Act Amendment Bill, Mr Whyte referred to the injustice which the country would suffer by the Bill. This gave rise to a discussion on the Bill which was interrupted by the usual dinner adjournment. It was resumed when the House met again and continued until long after midnight, the motion for committal not being put till past one o'clock. How the Bill fared m Committee we are not informed for the consideration had not proceeded further than clause 2 when the telegraph office closed at two o'clock. A considerabie portion of the evening was taken up with personal attacks, accusations and recriminations. If business is to proceed at this rate the Premier's boast that he was willing to sit till March may yet be put to the test. The Public Works Statement has yet to be delivered and the estimates have not yet been brought down, and from the number and importance of the measures remaining to be discussed we cannot see how it is possible to get through such an amount of work before Christmas.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1729, 7 December 1887, Page 2
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452The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1887. THE CLOSE OF THE SESSION. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1729, 7 December 1887, Page 2
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