Parliamentary Gossip

Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 77, 10 June 1884, Page 2

Parliamentary Gossip

(Herald's Wellington Correspondent.; Wright's b« retora ha* been laid oo the table. It is of enorinoa* length, and the cost for preparatioa was £600. The new Licensing Amendment Bill makes the election of the Licensing Com* mittees triennial, and imposes heavy itnprisonmenton prohibited penoas found drank. ■■■'■. •..'; •• :■■ * r :-<'*j Hansard will again : be assailed this session, Mr Hunihouse having given notice, of a motion to diseontinufritf publication. When it v eonsidsieit'tliat about 40 men are at work iputting it into type, and that it is necessary to engage a large reporting staff* it will readily be understood how .hettty^.. the ; expenses incurred must be. Members are unjtik«lx» however, to deagr themselves their Win opportunity of posing brfore^th|(r constituents, and of seeing their ut&rancec placed fully on record. The objeot of Mr Shaw's Bill is to make the duration of Parliament fire. J jean instead of three, but not' in any way to tamper with the expiring Parliament. The draft bill presented to Pa&amqp to constitute a federal council * cfontains some SO clauses, and the preamble actatea that it is necessary to form such a council to watch over the interests of the AustvaHan colonies without interfering with the internal affairs of the different colonies. Each of the colonies is to have two representatives, excepting Crown colonies whose representation will bo limited to one member each. he council is to meet at least once every two years.