PARLIAMENT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 68, 19 August 1885, Page 3

PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF KBPRESENTATIVES. (united pbess association.) Wellington, Tuesday. The House met at 2.30 p.m. " NOTICR OF QUESTIONS. Mr Mr Macartbur gavo notica to ask, Whether the Government had received ,ony intiination from the Agent-General -m to hii probable resignation ; if so, whether they had entered into ntgotia tions with any other pereou to fill the office. In Committee the Otago Dock Act was repotted with amendments. .On a division, the third reading was carried by 34 to 32. The Bill was then passed. Hon. Mr Tole mosredthe third-reading of lthe Coroners Act, 1867 Araondnient Bill, which was agreed to, and the Bill then passed. LAND BILL. Hon. Mr Balance moved th« committal of the Land Bill, and m doing so said he thought the amindinents made m the Bill Uy the Wast* Lands Committee had l impioved it. In clause 2 an amendment was carried to bring the Act into operation on the Ist of November, instead of the Ist of October. Clause 12 was amended so as to provide that; the Governor m Council may •■sign or change the names of places or localities. Wednesday. The Committee resumed on the Land Bill, on Clause 28, breach of the Land Act, punishable by imprisonment. Mr Stewart moved that a penalty of £500 or three months' imprisonment. The amendment was lost and the Clause amended by making a statute on Clause 84 providing for the establishment of a Land Board. A long discussion ensued, and several time 3 motions were proposed to report progress. Ultimately Clause 84 to 41 inclusive were proposed.. Clause 41 to 48 inclusive which related to the conrducting of business by Boards were •greed to. Afci.4o».ni. progress vim reported, •nd the House rose. '

A case which We believe is without a parallel m this colony has just beeu decided on tho Thames gohlfield, Auckland district. It appears that some months ago a young and buxom Maori daiusi-.1, on oE the wives of an educated native chief named Taiparo, who occupies a beautifully furnished house of twenty rooms m the suburb of Parawai was discovered to have had' iJlicit relations with two young aboriginals. The guilty t>-io were brought before a properly constituted Maori committee, mid each of them was fined £30. Tho unfaithful spouse and one of the 'men paid their fine m c sh, and the other culprit gave the committee a proraisory nole for the amount. When the bill became due the money was not forthcoming, I and the chairman of the committee thereupon sued the man for the amount. The case was heard at the .Resident Magistrate's Court, Thames, before Mill. Konrick, It. M., and two native assessors, add judgment was given for tho plaintiff' with costs. 'lt is understood that the whole of the tines go to the injured husband. . The trial of the Fi re H and Grenade, took place to-day on the site where the Tfg^n Hall formerly stood. A temporary structure was erected during the forenoon by Mr Meyriuk of old seasoned and perfectly dry timber, and this was well tarred and soaked with kerosene, and generally prepared fur a good blaze. Mr Jackson, proprietor of the restaurant adjoining the Commercial Hotel, inserts au advertisement m this issue to which the attention of the public is directed..... Hot pies, tea and coffee, &c., can bo obtained at this establishment at all hours, with every comfort and convenience; The licensing magistrates for the Newington Division believe m publicity as a check on publie^house abuses. They have issued a notice "That the outer doors aud windows of tho bar and public rooms be glazed with clear glass, within four feet from the level of tkc path or foot- way outside, and immediately adjoining the licensed premise*, and that the view from the street through the glazed doors and windows into the bur Hud public rooms be kept unobstructed." With reference to the case of William.: Williams, who committed, at the Central Police Court, Sydney, on. tho 22nd of last nmnth, for the offence of diverting, a railway point, at Darling Harbor, " with the intent to endanger tho safety of persons travelling thereon," we learn that the Attorne}^ General, having caused inquiry to be made. as to the age and his tory of the accused, has ascertained that ' he is a mere boy, lias always been well conducted, and that the offence committed was simply a boyish act, without any felonious intent whatever. The 'At-' tomey r General has, therefore, mi l d.ei i Jfche. circumstances, declined to file a bill against the lad ; but has,, at the sametime, directed that he should be seen by some intelligent officer of the Police Be< partmehfc, and the fearful .penalty^ to ■ which, tinder the law, -ho f had; |xp|sed himself-r-i.«. penal- servitude \ f^r jlife (had not a ineiciful view been'talren of his action) — pointed out to him. It is not ns generally undn r stoo»l asiit; should be. (says the '\ Waijganm .^•grA i ,<£ that oysters have medicinal qualities of a higli order. '!FU&y«&rV- rt*»t «f»f) 9 * mffi* turns but wholesome, especially m. cases of indigestibh; 'It is l saiiV*'- tl'iere'^is ; ~ elemeutary substance, not ''ive'h 55 except-" ing bread, that does not produce iudiges tioh under certain' : crrc'umstancrfs'jiiiiMtH oysters npvijrj" ■ Oyster 1 juico^prbuiotes ,: : digestion." By , taking , pyatei-s^ jdaily,.; indigestion, supposed tp be almost j t i ndu^able'vhaß been feuffcVJ ; jih^' faV-t 'tli«)> iH are to be regarded as?OiViß' :^()£''\th^)--'^'o^t i> ' healthful articles of food known to man. Inyiili<k.who.have^oundtal^ot»fep"kHM!B^ of food disagree with them f :rg£!i£»tjg d iscoVer In;ithdl6y stVr the -i;r^cfuir^it>'ail-'---merit; -ttaw oysters are highly recommended for. hoarseness; • ! Mirny " of the' leading vocalists osu, '■ ; thein- v. regularly before concerts and .. operas : but their strongest, recommendation is the; remarkable wholesoino inHuence exerted upon the digestive organs. , ■',■;. ; , •;■•_>.!•:" . The greatest depth of the sea is supposed to be about five miles. :_v; , ■.' •;-;■..