JOTTINGS FROM "HANSARD."

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VI, Issue 530, 12 August 1881, Page 2

JOTTINGS FROM "HANSARD."

818 HUTCHISON ON MINORITIES AND. REPRESENTATION. I think there is no fear of minorities not being represented. What is the fact in this country at the present time ? Take the case of this Government under which we have the extreme felicity of living. I think I am not far wrong in saying that they are in a minority in the country—l was going to say, in ;i wretched minority, but I will not cay that—but a respectable minority ; the masses of the people of this colony regard tha present Government as the enemies of their order. And yet the Government contrive to exist! They defend themselves by excuses, plausible enongh s-oinetimes, and they manage, minority as they are, to enjoy themselves Sir, can \v« not get hold of the principle that it is manliness that we give a man a vote, Mid not for his properly ? We do not want to represent property ; wo want lo represent men ; and I am sure the men we represent do not want to injure or hurt property. It is ridiculous to yet up the idea that, becauso men have votes, they are going to steal, or take away something Unit belongs to somebody else ; they meiely want to be taken for what they arc worlh, and nothing more. MR TYKE ON THE USE 01? LATIN. But ho would draw the attention of the honorable member and of the House to the introduction of Latin words into the resolution. He understood that the honorable member for Clirihtchurch ob jected to the use of Latin, and in a previous session he would not allow the words inulalki mutandis to pass in a Bill. Tnercfore, why the honorable member should u:e the words ex ojiicio on the present occasion ho could not understand. Ho would suggest that the honorable member ehoukl leave out thoae words, in order to preserve an appearance of consistency in the House. MU FAUNDERS ON THE CIVIL SERVICE. In 180*6 a Civil Service Commission was appointed, mid that Coinmhision was composed entirely of Civil sorvants themselves. They went to work very actively, very energetically, and the fir:'!; thing they did was to show the necessity for pausing a Bill which would properly provide a system under which they themselves were to reccivo pensions. Before they could go into aii} , other subject, they prepared a Bill to provide for their own pensions. They afterwards went into oilier subjects ; but throughout uli their rcmmimendntioiiH then* wj;s tin's leading feature ; that the Civil servants should bo interfered- with as little as possible—-that there should be a sort of close corporation—that no outsiders should be admitted—that there should be no interference with those wito once got into it—that they should be well provided for, and that the pension fund should not be taken out of their own salar'cs. That wan the sun; and substance of the recommendations of that CommisHion. Well, as we all know, there was afterwards, not long ago, a Commission appointed of a very different character, and which made a very different report; but I believe the Government of the day, arid other gentlemen whose friends and proteges were interfered with, would have been glad to see that report at the back of the lire, and I believe some of them wished the Commissioners there too. However, that report was certainly remarkably different from that which had been brought forward by the Civil servants only. I must say that I do hot admire the course of the Government in again reverting to a Commission of Civil servants instead of the four ferrets who last jear went into all' the holes and corners of the Government I offices, and recommended reductions and economics, and dismissals. Th«y have now appointed two of the Civil servants to go about and recommend all thoso comfortable ihi:sg.s tii.tt 1 have no doubt will be raeommwied in tliuii ronort.

Ml; YvKSTOiI UN AI£i ; 'I!i.MATIOIi"S IN LIEU Oi' , OATHS Mr Weston Knitl the ihnuks of the fiouEG were duo tv tie.! hononib'.e member for tlka TiiiUißis Cor the introduction of the measure thuy ■"•Oγ') iiow uwuing with. For his own par?, ho was aony I he Rili did not go further, iin-J provide for the- making of aiimnalions in Courts of justice and everywhere else whyre obligations had to be t.'iicoii, mid the liuoiilioii of oaths. lie spoke now Iron: .-,omo iitllo experience in Courts oi. y>. i'-Aw. In the Court which he had I he hoi'rji to prefciu'j over for several 3"ear:-i, he had frcq-.u-jitly seen, oathe adminlr>U'.rt:d in tlio u!o:-'t roclclosa tnanner without iiny to r>:v«reijco, and f r;:]u o.i) i'.y he. had fidniiiii.-.tiii'od the oath hiiUM-if, in or-,iur to j>re.;-orvs becoming uoietnnity. j\j.;uir? } it conuianU} , Inipiiunod that men, iro.-ii contuicmioiia ujotives, oi-jectcil \u (s'ilh.s—-io tin: JVcquent reference io tlio Dt.'i!.y,—<\i)d Ljli'., thougii. poriiiipa iiiog'ically, !!:!it ;he o<uh was more sacrott iv iIH i-ojiofn-ii-jccii iluui v deolaration, iiiii'! i'a:it in iho \vliiio.s:->i)nx thfy s;li(ju!<! i-ii-j-:i: v/'tii rciii-rviti !'jn*t'.i!d\:aiition. lie ;ipnreci.ak';! very u:uoh I he pusition of the cla.s3 (';'" wifuWii he h;;;! j.i.-t riuVrreil to. it ocejvi!. , :! to Jiiii: iiiiu- !li« \ - . iiolcyiue (id:ni;]"if;tr?.lici:i of the o-tlii va-, a perfect .-iC'Uichil t< J tlio as.'i -iivwhicii w>: lived, and iiiu sooner ainna:itio;i.-i W'.-if substituted iui- oiti.hij tl.(j l-ciier f.r "!i-:ii.-; toe bvticr for bin;ioLj til !.!;-t. i.L ;<i!i;-i. v,uon:i wore inr.il;; io irivv. , {Sii , (.Ji'vv! i>v and if

for false affirmations a punisluiKait. v>vr imposed, he apprehended that society would be satisfied that everything would be done to preserve truth in our Courts of law. That was all that was required to pecure the proper dispensation of justice. lie only hoped that before long they won id see this Bill extended and made applicablo to all cases. DR WALLIS ON ADMISSIONS TO THE LEGISLATURE. He did not object to any class of people whether atheists or deists or Buddhists, or whatever they might be, taking part in the proceedings of Parliament, but when he watched the ear> estneas and anxiety of radicals of all kinds to throw open the doors of the Legislature to this particular class of citizens, he could not help contrasting that anxiety and energy to the wisdom of the, atheists being heard in the councils of the colony with the s'acknebs nnd wnnt of zeal which characterized those who thought that women had a right to a share in the legislation of the country.