PARLIAMENTARY NOTES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1900, 24 July 1888, Page 3

PARLIAMENTARY NOTES.

♦ (F3B PBBSS ASSOCIATION.) Wellington, Jnly 23 " The P»blio Works Statement was under revision by the Cabinet all yesterday and this morning, but it Is now certain that the Statement will not be delivered tomorrow evening as previously intended, because Government are anxious to get into Committee of Supply and make some progress with the Estimates. The Statement will probably be 'brought down before the end of the week, however. |n deference to the request of members who are anxious to dispose of the business of the Session as quickly as possible and get home, Ministers Intend to ask tbe Honse to give up Thursday as wall as Wednesday for publio business. In consequence It is anticipated that the House will meet on Monday after this week. *• The Committee who have been considering the Native Land Bill and Native Land Oourt Amendment BUI propose intet alia that a oopy of every application made to the Registrar of the Land Oourt for investigation of title, portion, or succession, or other business shall, prior to ooming before ihe Oourt, be forwarded to each Native Committee. Wjsxunotou, July 24 It li stated that Mr Sydney Talwhanga has off-red to Government to talte the Government steamer and proceed to the the scene of the Maori emu's m the north ln the role oi an Ambasscdor, to settle the > disturbances; Either bs a matter of expense, or because be did not consider Sydney's conciliatory powers to be equal to the ocoaelon, the Native Minister did not accept the ofjer. I understand 1 that Mr Seddon has reeWed from the Now York Mining Institute a certificate appointing blm one - of its members, on acoount of an original paper sent to tbe Institute by him some lime slnoe. v It is Intended to deal with Mr Withy's amendment this afternoon, and then to go at once Into tbe Estimates. Nothing farther has transpired In connexion with the Midland Railway contnpt, The only qao^ton. now at issue betwasn Goyerntoent and rheCfompariy is 8f ocjnpar-tlvely little 'importance, and is \n relation to minor details a« to ronnlng E? W m*i an *_!,' L 8 P? nßldßr ed probable that : lt will be settled shortly, r- It' is stated that there is to be _ big straggle over the Bill to repeal the Crown and Native Lsnds Rating Act, and that thera will be persistent and systematic! stonewalling on tbe part of country members affeoted by the repeal. A!_?8 ct k« me ¥»eW competent to form m bunion state that the Beoalon will ran (Q,o tnotfctr ci* weeks,