HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 347, 23 June 1894, Page 2

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

The House met at 2.15. The Speaker announced that he had waited on his Excellency, and the Governor had been p'eased to approve of his appointment us Speaker. He then left the cbair for a short period to afford members an opportunity of proceeding to the Legislative Council Chamber to hear the Governor's speech. On the House resuming, a large number of notices of motion were given. Dr Newman gave notice to bring in a Bill for the admission of women to the Parliament of New Zealand. Sir Robert Stout gave notice of the introduction of a Bill dealing with gan.bling. Mr Reeves gave notice of the introduction of several Labor Bills. Mr Seddon gave notice to move on Tuesday that a writ be issued for the election of a member for Tuapeka to fill the vacancy caused by Mr Vincent Pyke's de;ith. The Speaker read the report of the Chief Justice and Judge Connolly in the election petition of Mr Jackson Palmer against the return of Mr Richard Monk, for Waiteraata, which declared Monk's election void. Sir Robert. Stout contended that the issue of the writ for the Wattemata election was illegal on the ground that the Government had no power to accept the Judge's report, and issue a writ when that repr ri had not bean forwarded to the Speaker direct. Mr Geo. Hutchison submitted that as the Judge's report had been forwarded to the Speaker, Government had no right to interfere in the matter. Mr Seddon justified the action of the Government in issuing the writ for Waitemata. He believed a great majority of the House would agree that the Government could not act in any other way than they had done over this matter. The Government had not taken any privileges from the House, aud th«y lad actel on what they considered was a fair reading of the law. He moved that the Judge's report be entered in the Journals of the House, and this was agreed to. Mr Montgomery gave notice that he would moA'o the Address-in-Reply on Tuesday. Mr Seddon moved that that House adjourn till Tuesday as a mark of re sp*ct to the memory of the late Vincent Pyke, member for Tuapeka, whose death he was sure was deplored by every member ot the House. Captain Russell spoke in terms of praise of the qualities of the dead member, and Sir Robert Stout and Mr Reeves also added their tribute to his memory. The motion was agreed to, and the House rose at 5.15 p.m.