Parliamentary Jottings

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 15, 23 July 1892, Page 3

Parliamentary Jottings

T-r^r. v iZ U fcW. e *hngton J»ost) if r M'Lean give the House his word thaj.^nothing , stronger . "y than tea and saitd'wiohes was provided at the Pahiatua banquet. ...„,■.-.-.. •? i .Jir-Tfe Mackenaie says Mr M Lean is "due of the political .cripples landed in the House on Ministerial crutches. Metaphor by .Mr, Hogg: «\ Sir, that 'bedrock ''proved a w bottomless pit. . 5 Mr M'Lean illustrated the do operative system last night bf a supositious case in which thei whole' House were to take a bit of road work, with Mr Speaker | aa " gaffer pi . tbegang," > , , . . - - , I •'" Mr W. Hutchison s tna t fa pa blic accounts, are m : 'such '•: muddle that it is impossible 1 io tell from them' bur public debt within. a, million or so.. The ex~ platiatfobs^of the Financial 'Statement only serve to make the darkness! visible, and the Premier *s are given with an air intended to imply that he can see further intd atmiilstone than anyone Iwo Land tax valuers, Mr T. Mackenzie says, told him that they were •ptaincaUy. instructed' to value to the utmost the properties of certain individual*. Mr Hogk later said that this was % a libel upon the Commissioner of Taxes, which must be -substantiated or withdrawn. ; ;.» j, Z ; '!,■ Hutchison, ,pere. put up by Government to reply to Mr Moore, so damned the Government . .policy, lock, .. -stock, and barrel, that the opinion wns freely expressed that, to be consistent," he must follow Hutchison file across the floor of the-House-: ' ■ MrM'Leanwas railing at the Leader of the Opposition for accusing the Government Party : (himself .as one of them) of ' fanning strikes. '* I said • leaders of, Liberal and popular opinion ' ; — if the ; cap fits ybu can wear .it;" said Mr Rolleston. Mr M'Lcan accepted the description, but denied the fit. Hawkes Bay papers having given an account of " Ministerial fisticuffs " which didn't take place, with all «'th««orrobora. tive detail" referred to by Pooh-Bah m The Mikado, proceedings arc to-be taken against them if no apology is tendered. . Mf Bryce was examined before the A to L Petitions Committee in reference to his petition to be heard at the Bar pf the Housed The Committee Laving heard his evidencV decided to refer certain allegations, contained in it to the Cabinet for explanation. The Minister of. Agriculture has informed Mr Swan that the fruit expert appointed during the recess hnd travelled over, a considerable portion of the colony, with : a view to consulting with those engaged in the fruit-growing industry. Arrangements were now being made, to ascertain the best class of fruit trees to plant in various soils, andjfiis information would prove of value to growers. The expert was also endeavoring to make arrangements with the ship* ping companies, to provide storage for fruit going Home to London, which had been found to he the most reliable market for it. No efforts would be spared to get cheaper freights ana a proper chamber provided. ■