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Manawatu Times, Volume IV, Issue 45, 5 June 1880, Page 2

In the Assembly the .first blood. was dravrn by the late Pbemieb, who gave warning that he would move; for, the repeal of the Property Assessment Tax. Mr. Pike next came to the front with a notice of motion to prohibit religious processions; followed by Mr. ShjliM;? ski asking for ' a return showing the number of days on which each me^her sat m his. seat m Parliament last Session, This, it is expected, will be an interesting little document, and not only show to the. various constituencies the amount of attention' paid to their interests by their respective representatives, but give B,n insight into the ipiani ncr m which some hon. members earn their honoraria. • Mr. BILLiNCB, ! m the Lower House, followed the suitof his quondam colleague, Colonel Whitmobb, m the Uppor, and moved for^return of the correspQnden.ce connected with ..the ; dismissal of Major Kemp, and another ex-Minister, Sir Gsosaß faskedr for information regarding. the ; . selling of the Hinemoa. ; . A number, of Bills . were then read for- the first time, : wh>n ; the member- for. Greyvand Bell, Colonel Tjjim^le rose 'to move the -adoption of the Address m I{,egly,;.- The doou-. ment- was a bald, reiteration- of the Governor's Speech, with a placid.acquiescence, to each and [ever j item; even<tb the repetition of the stereotyped prayer at the conclusion, and had the gallant Colonel been satisfied to have followed the tactics of the Attorney -General _ m; the Council, he would have saved himself a, considerable amount of , the odiom. wiiich is now attaching to him,. and hot' inflicted stab on liis' own pa-rty, ' Thete'sty warrior, however'j threw down the gauntlet of defi,anoe, and m. a,; most u^.t seem,ly- and uncalled for manner:'attacked the action of the late Government. Even the most rabid -supporter* of the Hall Ministry were disgusted aj; the coftdu.Ot of th^ yojlunteor &fttQr^

and the ha&ngue has done more harm to the Ministerial cause than even oneof Sir Gbobge G*by's Philippics. Inrain did the the more prudent member* of the! party strire to telegraph an op* tical warning to the irate speaker to. Mdraw it mild," but his soul was not oenfined to the narrow limits of the ■ Chamber, he was speaking to the colony at large, and eren were the winks, audible as well as visible, they would have failed to attract his attention, or- , ; bring him down from his lofty pedestal. Captain .Russell seconded the Address; in-acahn, temperate speeoh>-which some-: ■ what mollified the feelings engendered hi. the splenetib^ old soldi* r. rlhje Gap*; tain was followed by Mr. Maoaxdbbw^ who rested content with expressing % ';-%: wish that the Session would 'be a short one/. ETidently ihei Otagot Chief ; did { not; believe m wasting his ammunition uselessly, and i« iaving up hit;, powder for a grand sortie upon the Financial Statement— whichi'j by Ithd -way,;!^ tobe delivered on Tuesday- evening next^ Wot so Sir G-bobgb GrBEY and; Dr. Wal^ Us, both of whom criticised' in, a most searching and. caustic manner the proceedings of the Hall Government since -i the accession : tovpbw>ri ; " s The denounced the Mitiistry - fdr/the-stbpi page of the Public Wdrks, and accused, it of being responsible fore/the' greatep-:-portion of the depression which existed^ Hemaintained, and 3ustly,?tob^ it must ■>■ he confessed^ that ta atop, i,U Gavern-c mental expendifere at ar'time when therewas a dearth of private lafeor was, noth-. c, ing more nor less than gomg the way to cause a" panie/ ind' 'heM that? when the 'dol<>ny f wfci m a. prosperous- \ and Nourishing qonditlpn was the proper;tim.e for reducinff expendittire. "He.' next attacked thes?roperty Taxi;s|{atuig : .{-■ that to say that no person w.ho did not'i own £500 worth/ o|i property.! iiwas no t^ af^cted by; >the tait: waa ■ at -:greafc; mistake, and he earnestly- -besought Ministers to repeal, the present propertyr assessment tak. 'The 'nrfan" pculd, if h» -ohose^ free^hioMelfcdEEonv' the. burden of th,e tax aJLtogfl4.her.Thehonest man» imdeed, was "' burdened by the tax^ while the difhQneß^OAild/escape,. if he chose to do to. .^ A- t«it which held" out inducements./ to men to : mnke false* decla/ation. was^ on thp face Q.f it.-'a bird tax, and he sincerely troated that it., would be; got 'rid of: ,^ ! Aitet bis ksual style; the member ;for luckloid City v West (Dr. WalJimV mado ; -a bitter ak { ta,ck. upon, thje bribajy an>d corruption.; bj- which the Hall'Minisiry stuck topla c e^ and payv asserting -as f ii pieoof pf^ ; i their bribery, that an- offer < been, r - made to him that if he would transfer his, rsupport iron the Liberal caupe and join, th.c Tory Gioverrwent, all proceedinga v to unseat him for his constituencyWould . cease. ~ The : PBBMiEE^'next ; caught the Speaker^ieyerand although, • he made a labored to reply to' the . Ls(rictures of the great ProrQonsul; he, 'was uot happy m. the, task. Theimpoli-. tic action, of Colonel TBiMBj.B--h*d.dei., moraiised the Ministeijial fdr'c'esi-and. i the. utterances of the Chief wert heardeven by his own, 'p^ wj^h sullen, silence, bereft of the slightest tincture, of enthusiasm. ,, Hoif ever, although, the Hduse was subsequently wooed 1 back imtagood humor, it was in v »JMa>-^ ..■; tier no way conducive. to. the. welfare or v the Goverament party. Mr. Pykb, who is the Joe Mil% ; <^ the House; dissected the Speech from thejtThrone, m such a ludicrous manner, and covered the precious production with- such ridicule that he f aj^y inoculated the who % House with his own 'humor. WhWtne - 4 adjournment took place; which dt did at !-a auarfcer to, ten, the-members were ih ; i better spirit* than'^at any other ftuntf. I-. during-" the- sitting. . ; .: : .:r