PARLIAMENTARY ITEMS.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 341, 24 October 1879, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY ITEMS.

I lii 'the' House 1$ 'iteprefeenltativW, l '6n jTuesday, after the questions had been disposed of, "d©Bate on the b$ '4sveji/ jthe Electoral jCajledjon." ! The Premier stated thai all proposals for enabling the byslrie r *S?'to :■■ proceed having been rejectedby the Opposition, the Governmeafe would sCOjUsent to.no other business ttenig''done s tonrii its- Liberal measures \yere passed.. In that determina- | tion thepr VohMlie supported by a majority in s th*»Hoiise/at tall 'events i byj;he, yqiqe of the country. Mr Hall oi feaWdirilrol duce the' Mec'toraf Jill. J Waf'the "Goi vernpentj party" aunccT at in the late nd-confidene'e ino'tWn Mβ! i o £briri a/strong coalition Government,*) one n thafc j ■ wolfl# command ,thevponn;denG,e tJ £f, the cquniry, and enable 'im Wsiriess oh "hand w be passed into law. "The'action i; ot theji'tiien ! Government, in expressing its determination not to agreelifoi any doklition : prevented, that intention,being carried out, a fact, which he Very 'much regretted. He \ defended the iGoVerabr against! 3hW dnpi|>'t|- j tation of having acted with partiality, and reviewed: the Vairibußf f cJJltrgeF, l preferred! against himself and his . Government py Sir George [and ; pther.,, member's, the! Opposition!. '•; . /'.'.■'.,■'- Xx ''"''''M Sir George Grey then Spbj^e t the debate should be ad jburiied;'ahfTh'o fnr-j the? business transacted until' Supplies brad been granted.* l (; *f he'fWantiof these supplies 'had'occasianedigrea't' distress, ;fa>.. Govern- : mentcontrnctOrS ;■ and eroplqyeea, and: it was the BQanifest duty ,of,.j;he to: waive .every other qonsiijeratlqn aiid get that distress" obviated,', tHey could do if ; they liked forthwith. Hb ! Goverhlihent 'With having suppressed a message'from the Governor directing , them to ask for euppKee, a jweeecding which he stigmatised! as sf^^oift|ta|;f3i?ji-pn(i; unprecedented. were such ajs to,warrant th'e'interference or tne Crown, and it Was S&6 to step i in and put an end Jo_the existing state of matters. |

&t the evening sitting tmd obtained leave to jepd ;a memorandum from the Governor, relatiyq to a statement, made. by. Sir ' Gre vf, l td 'the Jeff feet that in accepting his (Mir Hall's) : fefilghatioaas a member of. theLegiSlStiv&'Goancit, he haid : not given His lExcellencjr any advice.- '■'= *- :: ' .■ •■.a ■•! u'-'-

The memorandum was to :th& following effect :t— That , the = Governor'rqceiyed ;a letter from the Hop. John Hall, t resigning his seat in the Legislative Council,;'that on the same day he ' sent one t6' the Premier with ail endorsement,, asking what;, .was the. usual course adopted in ths acceptance of such resignations; that on the following day Sir George Grey called upon the Governor, ahd'argued against the acceptaride 'of ithe resignation/*stating that he slioiildi depline:to advjse/it.;, tha| the Governor stated, thatr if. advice against acceptance of resignation were tendered to him, , he 1 -ehoflld- unquestionably refuse it,« and face the constitutional consequences ; that on /the same day the papers were-returned'from-the Premier's office, without any adverse advice upon them,| "arid with an endorsement, in answer to the Governor's queryas to the usual custom in such cases. Upon 'this the Gbverhor made the, following endorsement: rrr" iThe ; Celonial Secretary is requested to inform Mr of my acceptance of'his resignation, and to cause the usual notification; to be inserted in the -{Sfgrtetf). H. K. 19-8-791"'Tins' was minuted by the Min'ieiief.i • as! 1 fbll6ws\: -H }' To>: be, ; aofed on. fSicneds) ,W f Gisboene, 20th Augt, 1879," and letter was to Mr Hsl' from" 'the" Colonial : Seeretary'rj office, signed "Wt-'Gisborn'e , , in absence of' ths Qolonialr (Secretary, informing Mr Hall of^ne.Goyeinor's;acceptance 'of jnjs ten--3?rea.reßighatiidti.i ' !T n ;-cbtfblusionf-the Governor admiited'that it was a constitutional rale that;;the [Grown should {not notice i> debate: in f pn . the other > : hand that ,}&. Jps- equally ;un\ | cpnftituuonal itqr the' Cfoyernor's name ibei brought "th^ 'debatfe^'ag"'!*!had tn th^se' cirbumstanfces' tile Gbvernor; d"e- '■'.., yjreil;tb place'on-reic6rd r .iin;thief memoi-an- 1 dura a/ r ofi itheifacttf connected 1 ' wiaiStbeiacpetriiance. joffiyffiJSaD's resignation of his seftt-ifl Counqili land. |o j present freb_ to , make >euph, use/of themes be might think J 'Sv George 1 the jme- ; r^y', • H lit , moved mtan' amendment ; that the ( the , Governoi'a , ,opinion on fhe .speech of a Weinbe'i - &! %& a gross lw* \ The , ■Premferf pointed out/that on &i disitiact, mo( %at J; |the document should ,be -pf$ t $ ,|U)gl|.._v ! oib| f . was raised ''•''Mγ as the readj.tjie i ». >r^jte^!some, talj?>!;;tivs,.amendment was Jwithdrawn, an4S*te W^T>fe?PP e( ?: i tftom iy\mmi bji comi?M i on 'f|p. r ') diQcusstoxi. Hγ Macanarew the preyio'utf : ' "In : thQ f! aebktiB rr lhat'%nßnea veryj little that was!newowa§/.said. Ministers) reannounced ,to stick, to their • seats' ■whi&e ver .a, aiajonty of; the House;mightkf; ; , v:-»w>» ; ■■■..;! Major Atkinson- feinted at the-probability of a dissolution.

Mr Sheehan said the threat was a mere device.

The most novel feature of the debate , yf&a the circumstance of Tamoana, the ■ Native member of the Ministry, rising and felling the Government that they must get jsome one else to fill hie place on those benches. The hon member then left the benches and crossed to the ■opposite ones', bowing to the Speaker as he did so.

//The adjournment of the debate was moved by, the Minister of Public Works, on which the House divided— Ayes, 31 j noes, 37. There were also nine pairs.

The previous question on the Triennial Parliaments Bill was then carried on the voices, and at 12.15 a.m. the House adjourned. On Wednesday, after various questions hftd-been answered, the..adjourned debate on the question that leave be given to 'introduce a Bill'to; amend the law relating to electors qualified to* vote at'elections of .memberojof jhgjlouse of Eepresentativea was called on. j-i .., *. Ths_Pferaier moved flic adjournment of the.BjH till nest day in order that they rnigfhf i&djtija p6si(ibh' coarse they intended to 1 adopt in regard to the noconfidence motion' before the House. I The postponement- -was granted without discussion, on; Ihel understanding that no Government measures' should be intro-' duced. '■'* ] •'■'*'■''' >.. ! Sundry Bills were read-a first time. I .mayed/for ;the appointment ;of a Select iCoramiftee to cqnsider f and report on the best means to be adopted for 'promoting colonial industries.' \ : A;leri^thened , debate ensjied,.and ultimately the m«ti6n was carried!. ' The evening isitting , ,was devoted chiefly to private and local Bills, several of which were 4dya^q?d,a stage.. , ._ The only measure of a public' nature brought forward'was a Bill for the abolition of-imprisonment ,for debt, the second reading 'of which' _ was T . moved by, Mr Hutchison. '•''■■'■' ... , - ' ; '■"•' : ' : ' , ■■"'•! 1: .?; ' . ' -