PARLIAMENT.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 23 July 1891, Page 2

PARLIAMENT.

♦ HOUSE OP REPBESENTATIVES.

TUESDAY, JULY 21. The Hon the Speaker took the chair at 2.80 p.m. The Member for Tc Aroha, Mr W. Fraseri was in introduced by the Minister for Lands and the Minister of Mines, and took the oath and Ilia seat. ' A further fortnight leave of absence was ganted to Mr Macarthur on account of illness. 'Jhe Public Petitions Committee reported that in view of the speoial circumstances of Mr Stevens' case they recommended the petition to the favourable consideration of the Government. - r The report was ordered to lie. ron the table. < . „',/: . iX U Mr Saunders presented a report; of the Public Account* iCbmorittee and the report of the Commissioners ' appointed to enquire into the' Public Trust Office. He moved that the' report be referred to the Government for consideration* ; q■ V f .i : ■ ; Mr Fisher thought the. question of Mr Hainerfcofr 1 aid: the Administration of the Public Trusj; Office should bS kept quite distinct; and he' hoped a day woujd be set apart for discussion 1 jm the administration in order to biingDabk some of the confidence formerly reposed in the ment. , „ y -,p »,,,•' The Premier said 1 this was diily an interim report, and the Public-Ac-counts Committee, he,, believed, intended tdTiring theowhdlg?,gu&stion before the House iat a : later* date. A Bill was now in course of construction, byithe Eublio. [Trustee :coyering many of the suggestions of the PubTrust Commission, which would be ready Sin the - course, flf »a week, p^ Jwa and wou}d give ; an ampl^e opportunity for. members -to discuss tfie a ,wftse question/;:. :.•!.■ ,^,'r, <-„!-^vm} The report ,was referred, to vernment for^bonsitetatipn, *i-, ,..,; A \ ery l.ngthy discus«ojft,wa;B. -^esd abcut thb Bellamy^iliftbtlitiejß,; but ended' in'p'rogress. being jfeported.,, r The Minister of Lauds .ntqyfd.jth© second reading of the Land Bill. The i'Houl Mr »oUmtp»i ton, and the* 'Hon. M»i ißjehardflon &po,ie.i/.o •-'.: i 'Rare {? > Mr Buchanan, moypd the adjournment of . ithfc vd&hate, which was carried.-ancl! i,> -.f.-,,,^ „ u-n The Uinm rose, ab ,1 Bfi^,m,