POLITICAL NEWS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1056, 14 July 1882, Page 3

POLITICAL NEWS.

f Prom our contemporaries ) The mode of conducting business this ses sion has been of a singularly haruionh us oharac er, but this afternoon a little incident, occurred which served to break the pacific nature of the proceedings. Mr Duncan, in a good-natured style, asked the Government if it were a fact that in the trip South codes of the new Land Act were distributed among Ministerial supporters, also sf t mg that one gentleman r. fused to allow 1 m to look at his copy. This remark ea 1 d Mr Fergus to his feet, and in an exc t d manner the member for Waki.tipu n.a e some < ff msive remarks regarding the m niber for VVaitaki. The Speaker’s atten i m having been dine el to the obse. vmi. Ms, Mr Fergus was requested to retract tl em, which he accordingly did, and ham oiy was again testored. This lesson should he a sa utary . n ; to some i f he now members Keplying to Mr Cadman. The Minister H Lands said he had no intention of bringing in a 101 lto pr wide lor the election of members of the L cislat:ve G juncil as promised by the late Prouder Mr Pyke presented petitiors from the residents of the Heriot Hundreds and Tap iuni fir the extension of the railway from Ke.so to Herio biuii, and from settlers and miners of Moa Plat Miller's Flat, and the Ettrick districts for the construction of a hri ge across the Molyneux. The Colonial T-easnrer’s scheme of Hational Insurances is now before the House, and is to he taken up on Monday. The following are its provisions:— In tlie oj i non of the House provision should be tnade agains* sickne-s and pauperism by compulsory national insurance, to secure the following benefits:—Sick pay for every single person, mile and female, between the ages of IS ami 05 years, of not less than 15s per we. k during sickness, and sick pay fo. every married man of not less that 22s 01 pei week, and for even married woman 7s Gd per week during sickness. A superannuation allowance of 10s per week fi- even person, male or female, from O', years of a.i to death. An allowance of 15s per wed; for every widow with one child, increasing, according to scale, with size of ‘>>e famd to 3’la per week, until the chil rn are 15 years of age. When the Aliens Act Amendment Bill w- s under discussion Mr Pyke to. k occasion to speak in strong terms of the habits of Chines... Mr Fish said the Chine, e were a hard-working, quiet p. op’e, and if they were admitted to the colony th y should be treated as British subjects and under the same law as the bon. irenlier (Mr Pyk.). Mr Moss here interjected, “ But ho is’ not a chiuaman—he’s a Tartar!” This sally caused a loud laugh on all sides of the House.