POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1111, 17 August 1883, Page 3

POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE.

(Through our Exchanges.) A geceral feeling of relief appeared to be exp rienc d in the House when the Coloni.r Treasurer announced that Government had iiaen in communication with the British Government, and also the New South Wales Government, on the subject, of tue Irish informers He added that the Governor had received the following te’egram from Lord Derby on the su'jeot. : “Arrangements m ide for the return of Irish nforiners. Full explanation by dispatch shortly.” The statement, was received with applause from all sides of the House. The petition of the dentists to he ex eo pted from juries has not been granted. The Committee saw no sufficient reason to exempt them from serving on juries. It is unde stood now that the session will close in another thr“e we; ks or a moot . Major \ kiosou informed the House that that he saw no reason, if rhe House thought, fit, why the necessary business should not be conclude Iby the end of the month. He said there wire a large number of bills on the order paper that coubl propirly Siam 1 over till next session if the House so de sired, and that as far as he could sec there was nothing that need detain the members beyond the time stated, It was evident from the chorus of “ Hear, hears” ihit followed the Treasurer’s remarks that the Ho isu is determined to push tue business th ough as npi.lly os possible. Mr Hutchison intends to m ive, when the Home goes into Committee of Supply—- “ That, looking to the fiiiiuoial cnidi ion of the Colony and the pressure of taxation unon the people, it is the opinion of this House that the annual estimates of expenditure should be largely curtaile i, an I with this view that, the Government should take raea-uires—(l) T> leorganise and a oalgamito offices in all the branches of the Civil Service ; (2 to re luce the cost of the Native and D fence departments, at once, "y 1.50,0 10 ; 13) to abolish the office of Ag nr, general ; (4) T o reduce the Governor’s salary, as soon as such re iitctinti can be effected consistently with the good faith to be observed between the several authorises concerned . (5) To repeal these sp, cial Acts of the Legislature (with th-> exception of those affecting Legislative officers and the Ju tges of the Supreme Court) in so far ns sue i Acts authorise the paym *nt of salaries and charges, thus Pringiug these salaries and charges in future under the review of the House of Representatives from year to year.” There was a rumour afloat that Mr Vincent Pyke had written to the Opposition whips announcing that in consequence o f the “ disgraceful ami unfounded charges” preferred by Mr Dargaviltn, a nr-mber of the party, against the Colonial Treasurer, he had found it necessary to shake the Opposition dust off his feet. On making inquiry of the whips, I find the statement is incorrect. B fore the DummvLra Committee. Mr Pogson, manager for Messrs Gellibrand and C i. sa ; I—Tae stock on the bock is the firms ; the advances for oeriodic.il payments 1 1 the G ivermieut are m ide by the firm, who takes promissory notes to secure the same ; the improvements are paid for by the firm ; the dummies are ihemaelves cmoloye I by the firm; and the .r.zitig is let liy written ag cement to the firm by the dummies for 15 years