PARLIAMENTARY.

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 145, 20 May 1886, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

*|_PEE UNITED -^FBESg Wrl^t^k, fiiaj 18. In the Legislative the Address in Reply was carried, and &a sessional wminijttees appointed, after which the CoundJ adjoflftwd. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. B^itr l?l J!ayiorJ il tße™ nW~m^l!or ll |lsr^ s^ ? Sydenham, took the oath «nd r his. v t> [ ; oJf;.i. .*>7T TTvTlo/ rations for next sitting day protesnngf Against handing over the' Hew Hebrides to France. Z^JZii;i\Lj,K*i i ' NEW BELLS. The Hon/Mr Bt6iit introdu^' th# .; Bfiinioipal Cprpozatioiis Bill and the '"■- Counties Biilt --^ &™ J:?eibial£iaieii«x>; The usual sessional committee*: bare been appoiiitißid)^^^!^ " :•• ADDBBBB m-BBFLT. !Mr Bevah moral the Ad&ftK6|^f: Reply, and said itowas,;^gr^^^g £•. , '••& find tl a-" the general poiicr of the &»->. ■?-* rer^eh^^rbmiagfa^edj t |ii^h^€^#« . •*■' iior's speech was of a .steady 'forogres- '+' uve character; : ■' an^ e^*&*\i* his '* admiration at the zeal-'aiffie^rtifestu'ess with wHfch thepreeerit Admraistmttffa bad soligbit to benefit the GWerntßen't and their views uoiacided^with his. ■■■■•■ Major Attriii^.ifcfd;th«r«F«ntfk great omiaMoh in this yoWsqspstli," i naniely, the question voi representation „-,:.•.■ . which he contended was the£tlt£khs% :in , Government ought to have'i tifcettlfe -■>£. hand. Hehadheardagrea>deal»bpßi Z ih» progressive scheme wh]oh ( m|^|» ,„;, have been trabmitted-to the House, y, ; but the fact Jtas Minii»^ers^cS^7l«?*rj^ agree ;jipon/ ayechemej> tf«d^j^tJj^re|*jL / was none ,to v be iounij^n tb6rfli>ofl[jfe. r j| He wpuldjteH; &envyfe was^us^sf^tfg^^ attempt tobu^d, a ne^o^^ji^^, ways, and neglect,,roadß,.;whi(^^eMT af bafe w^nte^tp ie^[ The lon^lfe^toiit^in rafe^jjfife^ji the, question of representatioi^., a^n|,^| how could it be nvgntianed'in^Be «pe|ech befot© jthey. mew %whaj| the . '«* population was and how it bad been <^ fe in, ! the 1 Government wodldAioKfthirk „ meni was ready. .Mnwt^sT were agreed. upon it. and lie thoij^tnieift- „,-■ bt^wyui w'SSßraiJlta^ements woiiia * domeiii>irt/Snuch , ; ; , jwrlier than usual . . -~rMr Wakefieia considered the speech J, faithfully' rejected the^ politics orf tie ". ■ colony during the recess,- bacau»e .. there had been none. TW Idling on both sides' of the HotMe was that „ ' the| sooner they got >to business the „' be^e».v.;t^- ■.;*>.• :;.?-:J : ' -^. JiH ' -v The address was carried, and the House adjourned/ ' ' ... : , .' ASSWBBS XO QVEBTIW(S. , v .., ff Replying to queetions, it 'was stotedj^:, that it wiia .hoped/ that a nesr t^^-j^ presentation Act altogether would.nuit.. .>;. be :r»£uired, but ;oufy, -tof deal ..; ..- those. , districts where increases p^L^ popjqSntion require^^; . '.l"l .:^ 'l- f.-l-. ■ '[ TOE" N«W HK^Iim:qBBWCB^;^;S ■ ', Sir Gertrge Grey xttoyed a senes of *;f resblntions on the New Hebridea " : ' '■ question. • : : 4 •'•HU;.^ .;.> > The Hon. Mr Stoo^ defended the ;.f Government action inuth* Boatter. t ; /- 1 ; Major Atkinsen said f he hoped that ' Sir 1 George Groy w«hiM" Vithdraw hia ;' res^lutiona till more' infotdMtroH^^i^. :; obtained. „ £i . -^ ■ : awwrfit !»sii <tp'% • Mr Fisher thought that Sir Ge»rge Grey was entitled to great credit for bring the matter forward. t &f*jtffil A to:jv«te on the '-q ueation Jw^dnWaup-' • v t port-it.' •:-;*i-'--'i^-J itiifvu.i lv