PARLIAMENTARY.
HOUSE OF EEPRESENTATiyES. v< The House met this afternoon at 2.30 when,. - ; ■'". .':."■ ■■' : '■"''... '■::'. ■■' . Mr Bastings ;. gare. notice tiiat • hft would move that the House adjourn Vf or eight days; m order; to enable members of the Legislature to witness the ceremony of opening the Dunedin ah<l Christchurch ßailway. ,> V " "^ Mr W&ittaker called attention to the appointment of Ministers, and aftef detailing the circumstances of their aj^ pointments, quoted the I^s(jualific»tion Act as applying ta the mAtifer|:;fFith.'''^ilie'*.::--..^ewo^Bl^lring^:thiti t :■;waa;:ai^ie|^n^"■ as to whether all the Ministers m that House dj¬ come "within the terms x>f ; the Disqualification Aefc : Mr Stoitt intimated that* he > wooJtd : . take time to consider the matter. MrjMACANTMtKW tabled a Statement showing the hours worked by guards anii engine-driyersVon the GPvernmentr 'line's^ He siatecftfchat a- snmf of money : ; would be the Estimates to enable, Volunteers/on duty; -to hare freQj.: passes'by trains*:: " " ;H ;; . i ' -': — | Copies of the l>bok on the : in<3igenott» '■■! '■- grains of the Colony will be.presented to the principal but not to alttkft&Dwmes of the polony. ThejGoTernment do not intend deaU ing this Session with the question of p^bsecutiott: '._,_ 'i ; ' ■-. ■■:■- /.f -A-. : --A:;-retoi^./.wjM^i^mised---of;Ae>ani«i: ber of free railway passes issued. --_ Mr BkLLANCB said the only p6«t{MK ; pondenoe between the GrpTerame.nt and Sir Julius yogeT,relative to his .retire-, ment from the Agent-Generalship* was of a serni-pHyat<3 nature, and diey di& not feel justified m publishing it. ■/The Jifortin Animity ßill w»s lead «k aecondrtime. ' ■- .. : • Me Gurds's Bilfcand Dr.Waffis's Bill* for Trienniai Elections, yrero road a first time, and during "the remainder of the .;, sitting -the Hoiise^ was m ciamuiitteo upon the Civil Service Act AnT^ndmenl bui. - ■;.^:'--'-- / ■;; :.-■:'/. -^X,X-
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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 90, 21 August 1878, Page 2
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266PARLIAMENTARY. Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 90, 21 August 1878, Page 2
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