PARLIAMENTARY.

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 21, 31 July 1886, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

HOUSE OF EEPEESENTATIVBS.

■.. :£PE*UKITBDPBBBB ASSOCIATION.] Weixinqton, July 29. Mr Bevan called attention to » question of privilege an reference t» last night's proceedings in Committee. At an early hour of the morning when the railway connected »v portion of his district was under discussion,- he was assailed by Mr Fergus, the member for Wakatipu, with somerery coarse remarks, to the effest thai the Hokitika-Greymouth railway was

a swindle, accompanied by somecoatrso adjectires and epithets, wbioh hewould not repeat to the Houie. The Speaker said the matter should have been brought before the Chairman of Committees at «nc«. He^ should ask, Mr Fergus now to msJce> an explanation, and if itwasnotsatisfaciory he should ezpeet a motion U>

be mad*. : " V" v Mr Beran handed to th© Speaker a piece of paper. - . . : Mr Fergus said wheii the fin*; in> question was before the Oc^mmittw h»>.^ had said, iv answer to trqiiestionfrortf Mi; W. F, Bucfcland; that it i*M^fr: fraud, or •omething.of ihat ctoinfcrf^£^ •': i The h.on. member forHokftika (-fififf' Berarij turned round to; him, and : -djtr waft quite po»aubl<» that he had J»pu«>d; warmly to the hon. member,;.. He/^; regretted, heweTer, -that Mr Berlin had "not spoken t»; him privatelj with:, reference to it. # he- hid .lid^apj^; thing which offended the i:ho% gentle- A}l , man, he tendered? him; nowy in the>;r; ; presence of the House, a |uU The Speaker said the hon. member for Wakatipu had met the charge a» -^ a gentleman should, and it would not;: now be necessary to proceed furtherJ with the matter. Mr Sevan freely «^pt«4 '-^f apology. ; • - . •■■•;' ■ • r •'- -'f'i '■ ' LOAK MIX. -■■..-■ ' :.■<'..' "fc TheLosn Bill was further considered, ; in Committee.— Mr Rollerton aske^l -„ , that the debate might be reported in Hansard. . ' :■*: i ■",

• ; This Pay. „ .';■ ' : : Sir Julius Vog»l said the- whole, , tradition of the colony ,;for more that^: a quarter of a century made the allo-r. , cation of loan funds a question of . territorial divisions. The items struck : offjhad Wn set dov» ipr. the Mis|dlft ;> ; Island, and the Government , wex»»oy^" opposed to;; reserve money^f»r.,tiha>. same part of tne colonj._ If the tpta^v ; , of i the loan wore seduced it ■ would effect the finances of both this yjpar and next year, but if the House wa>v resjolred ,to do so the Qojevnm&ii^ would leare the reapensibility to iii —Major Atkinsen said: i| : -ih» Treasurer wanted money i»s a, margin 'he ' ought to have said; so at^firat. He^ ' had nerer asked for ;it;unfil that jno-- - ment. The money sirUck off 'had been earmarked for two linos, andthej ! : 7 refusal to vote it could 1 iiottheroforif f affect the position.— Mr WUyte ««n«Uf' if they refused to vote this monejjf-til*J * Government would bV< abl^f to trot * out the fact on every conueiyableoe- - caeiou, as they had done.with^Riiasell's -• motion last aeußion.—^Majiir Atkinson - 1 said if the .Goverameut' wanted a working Waiancejie hadmo objtJctiou^ to pve it J ; b»t t© taught if they did: so th» Bill ought to be su amended to ; provide for a separate account being .-. ikept far each lin* iv the schedule.— t., After soifce disouseion a divisiott wa« ; . takjßnf-ayeß, 32 ; noes, S^r^-Aniiendk. meni lost. ' • ■'•''•••;';.; x-^-sv!-Aftei 1 debate, and on a division, -the/ ; .schedule* as avieaded, with a^ total, of £1,325,000 was pasaed^Sjirduliua Vogol ; said the vote just, given woiild have a very serious effect on the general financed of the colony, as it would contract the expenditure unless a further loan wa»v • asked tor next year.— Major Atkinson. audit the Treasurer would state speoi? , fic>liy what he wanted the money for, i|£ Opposition would be wflhng to vote~'it.^r Sir B. Stout was surprised at tile demimd that the sum of £17,5000 should h* ipectfically allocated, when in former years millions had been veted without any such; reetraint.— After some further diaoiuwipfl, . . amendments were agreed to, and : th(> , House rose at 3.lft, the third readmg . being set down for Monday . ' r