PARLIAMENTARY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 207, 1 September 1874, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

Wl '" >^f fl^^TON, Monday. In^e House of Represantativea, Mr VogeLannoucced that Mr Russell goes to Syd_6? to?'*e*arraDgo i'-'with New South" Wales regarding the Californian contMetM^yyy' ' • In 9^.pl^.:f6^Mr Harrison, the Premier said '(government did not inten^'to/aubsidise the Colonial Exhibit tioD,%rjt^'ghi> contribute towards it if the t^^^j^. taken- up as a private ' enteq^^r:";^-:,- \' r .\. Th*i Parliament was prorogued at tbree-^ o'clock this afternoon by the Gk>V(|^of."/Jwraty-four members were presenjifitnd.^e^ few visitors, owing to thttrdayibeing wet. On tha members . enterlogf^he Council, Sir Dillon u _feii^'eaid the members of the House^f^ll^Veseptativ^a learned with regreKa'f |i|si|Jiceellency*s : resignation of bis high oflice. .The prorogation speeob was longer: than usual. The Governor said it- was the last occasion be wou^d ; |Eve\be honor of addressing them from tbat place, but he promised to serve the interests of the colony as far srfS^eansltnd opportunities enabled ; him 'KdiWftefl He anticipated, great b9ne_£t#' the colony from- the State Forests Bill, and regretted that tbe length of thel'iession did not enable them to 'deal with; the question of promoting - commercial intercourse with PoljjhjbU.^ Attention would -Iso be given to the re-establishment of the Californian mqit^service, in conjunction with New South Wales. He considered the session?, njemorabie for a decisional step in the direction of abolishing Pro-vinci^ji^-eiqinsats in the Nortb : Island, and hoped the Provincial Go- :_." vernmente wou}d] loyally recognise the - decision of the House of Representatives, and exert themselves to so manage the affairs of the Provinces as to enable the -projectediycbßnge to be effected next year with the least possible inconvenience; / -'■ - *