PARLIAMENT.

Evening Star, Issue 4252, 12 October 1876, Page 3

PARLIAMENT.

,: (By Telkraph,]

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

' October 11. At the evening sitting, when the resolutions moved by the member for Nelson City were about to be put, Sir George Grby moved an amendment to the effect that the House ought to be informed what Ministerial changes were to he made during the session, specifying the particular persons changed and the offices they were to.fill. The Premier, said if he was able to give the information required before the House prorogued he would do so; but if otherwise, he hoped the H.&nse would place that confidence in him they had already reposed in him.

The amendment was lost by 34 against 17. Mr Sharp’s resolutions were then put seriatim and earned, the last one by 30 to 19. The House then went into Committee of Supply. ! THE ESTIMATES, A good deal of discussion ensued on the first vote taken (Legislative). Mr Lusk attempted to reduce it by L 2.000, but was defeated, by 30 to, 16.. Mr MurrayAynsley asked that it be reduced LSOO, the from last year, .which was accepted by the Government and agreed to. That was the only reduction made in that vote. A good deal of debate ehstted over the geological vote, but the bulk of the Committee was in its favor. It was agreed to. The following items were passed unaltered, though several showed increases - upon last year's estimates ; printing, store, electoral, Crown land, inspectors of machinery, justice, Crown law offices, Supreme Court, and District Court. At; 1 o’clock Mr Rees said he felt tired and .. wanted f to report, progress, whereupon Mr ; WasCn collect shame v hnd was ' called'; to order, and then commented in sharp terms upon Mr Rees talking against time, acid 1 accused him and those who with hi jn and like him, of bringing their party into an insignificant t p)sition. JSlr. Sheehan loUow•mgin a cutting speech'bh ; the member for Coleridge, and pointed out'that the remarks he indulged in were calculated to provoke -a breach bl.the peaces * The discussion lasted an hour. The House adjourned at 2.29 a.m. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

The Counties Bill was read a second time '"* division.

ABOUT THE LOBBIES. srnH Captain Russell, the juriJor member for Napier, has treated his constituents and the House with great discourtesy. By the last mail steamer he left on a visit to England without even informing his constituents of his intention, and without taking the trouble to secure a pair for the remainder of the session. In the House the other night, Mr Rees §ot what may vulgarly be termed a "set own" from the Speaker. Mr Rees had been remarking in the Reesian style on the speech of another hon. member. The Speaker ruled him out of order. Mr Rees wanted to know why he was out of order, and having received an explanation, still wanted to know " the why and the wherefore." The Speaker replied in effect that these matters could not be defined, and were matters of taste; and Mr Rees, with the unanimous consent of the House, subsided.

The following items appear in yesterday's * Press':— No new Bills are expected at this period of the session, and the only fresh paper tabled, is. one giving details of the estimated expenditure chargeable on tbe land fund.—ln Canterbury it is proposed to give the Commissioner of Crown Land L7OO instead of LSOO, and dispense with the Deputy Commissioner.—Mr Seaton left by the Hawea. Mr Macandrew haa already v obtained leave to reinain in Otigo for a month, Mr Donald'lteid satirically suggesting that he might remain till next session. Mr Stout leaves by the Australia, and Mr Reader Wood goes by the Taupo to Auckland. Some are disposed to say these be signs of dangerous times, each particular absentee being elevated taan important position, but those who remain in the House expect peace, ■ the expedition ot business, and an early conclusion of the session. ■: