POLITICAL NEWS.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3723, 21 June 1883, Page 3

POLITICAL NEWS.

[BY TELKGRAr-H.]

[from ova own correspondent.] Wellington, This day.

The wearisome debate on the Address in Keply terminated last night, after being spoken to by sonic twenty members. The speaking was nearly entirely confined to the Opposition side of the House. The most telling speech was that delivered by Mr Seddon last night. lie spoke with great vigor, and denounced tho Ministry with combining certain constituencies, winning seats in the House by promises of improved roads, utterly neglecting promised legislation, and failure in settling the people on the lands of the colony. At present the intention is that the Financial Statement shall be made at the end of next week. This may have to be amended by the course of procedure in the meantime, but such is understood as the time -when it will be brought forward. Government business is at present ncarlv all ready, the bills being in an advanced state. Reference was made in the House last night by Mr Hutchison to the Colonial Secretary's visit to Napier, when he promised that the various improvements should be carried out without loss of time, and he twitted that Minister on losing his notes, but failed to see how that should be a bar to the improvements being carried out. A novelty in bills was introduced yesterday by Mr Green, the bill being to empower storekeepers and others to regulate the hours of business, giving power to a twothirds majority of any trade to force the whole trade to close, at any particular hour tho two-thirds majority desire. To-day the business paper is very meagre, though a debate may be expected on the alteration of the standing order which aims at the prevention of the usual slaughter at the termination of the session, by enabling a bill to be resumed the following session at the particular stage that it reached in the proceeding one.