ABOUT THE LOBBIES.

Evening Star, Issue 4185, 26 July 1876, Page 2

ABOUT THE LOBBIES.

(From ow Special Corr spondent) Among the notioes of motion given yetterday was one by Mr Laruach that revenue stamps Bhou'd'be manufactured in each of the Also cue oy Mr Murray that instructions be given to the Native lands Committee to consider ho* f r it is practicable (Ist) teat Native liTnds should Me su--veyed by and on behalf of tbe Government; (2ui) that Native Lauds be disposed of accoidin•-' to the terms provided for the disposal tor Crowa°laud in

tfce Province in which they are situated; (3rd) after deducting surrey and incidental costs how much of the nett proceeds should be paid to Native owners or invested on their behalf, and how ranch devoted to public werks giving access to that tad* jh the Council to-day the Hon. Mr Waterhouse asks whether the attention of the Government has been directed to the great increase taking place in the number of cases of persons charged with indecent assaults upon children, and whether it is the intention oi the Government to propose a change in the law with a view to providing that the penalty attached to such cases shall be of a character calculated to be more deterrent. In the House of Bepresentatives yesterday, Mr Hodgkinson presented a petition from tiie inhabitants of Biverton, to which was appended the largest number of signatures that had been connected with such petition this session. The petitioners suited they had lost confidence in the Provincial Government from the long delay which always occurred in attending to their wants or representations, and they prayed for a Commission of Inquiry into the conduct of the railways construction in that districtPetitions were also presented from ninety-five landowrers at Green Island for the construction of a branch line; from ex-Constable Boyce for compensation for injuries received while on service; from forty.four pastoral tenants of Southland praying for au-Act, the draft of which they submitted for approval, for the destruction of rabbits; and from landowners objecting to be taxed for the same. Mr Boynolds leaves for Dunedin to-morrow. He has paired for the Government on all questions save Separation, and on it will vote with the Opposition, conditionally that their scheme carries out his proposals of 1871. Mr Pyke intends to bring in a Bill having for its object the reduction of gold duty te 3d an ounce, but he is unlikely to carry it unless he consents tea reduction in the elidingtscale. ,