PARLIAMENTARY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 196, 7 August 1875, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

Wellington. Friday. The Rouse of Keprestntatives met at 2.30 yesterday. A number of petition* regarding the cr.nBtrumion of vmioua loml works by the Government were presented. In replying to Mr Kteves, the Colonial Treasurer s-titl that the sum 0f \£7,400 for the «stabU-»hinent of State Forests iv accord nice with the Act of hist year li:i<! not been ?et aside. The Act had n< ver come iut'.> operation acd no Minister was nppointed to carry out its provUioi s Conscqu ntly no fill had been made up >n llu Tr.asury for the mo ley, it not being conslere-l neceasitry. Also replying to Mr Kec-Vrs, Sir Donald M'Lean sail tha Government had. not taken any actiou in accordance with the views ex-prjs-sed in his Excellency's speech atthechiEe j vt the last scs3ii.ii, to pron ote commerce with \ or acquire dominion of Polynesia. I In rip'y to Air O'Nei', the Commissioner of Customs M.iid a most encouraging n port regardiDg tha Naval Training fcjrhooi at Kohimarama, had b.ea rec< ired, and would i be laid upoa the table. Tbe Hon. Mr Riehaniton replying to Mr Ke'ly, eaid it was the intention of the Government to complete the Waitara and Wan.ganui railway by constructing poitions of it tach year, and tuat each succeeding Ministry would do the same uuiil the line was Cimpleted, as it was con idered a maiu trunk line, 'I'lie Frotecticn and Animals Act Anvndment Bill pissed, thi Inspection of M.uliinery Act Amendment bill, which feourcg a more perfect inspection of boilera, and holding inquiries, waa ieil a te^onl tim<\ Thj iiawkei 1 J3ay Volunteer Gr-tnts' Bill came on for tho Eeoon i reading, and c-uued considerable discussion. A majority oi members condemned the system of rewarding volunteering servicea with grant* of land. They eaid these volunteers oid gcol serv-ce, bai; they should be paid in money, then they could buy the land that they may require. The Bill was read a second time, on the promise of the Native Miaisfv that the Government auould consider before the BIU wascommitteil the beat; means of carrying out the auggeations of liquy members.

A considerable portion of the afternoon \raa conmtned on a ques ion of privilege raised I y fir George Grey, because the morning papers had printed a lettfr from the Hon Mr Bowen to the Chief Justice, saving lie had given a contrary opinion regarding the question of abolition. Sir George Grey denied "ho did 10, and wanted the ruling of the Speaker as to whether the Government could b^e^k the forms of Parliamentary procedure by puttiug words j ito his mouth that he never used. Several hon. members s»id they understood the hon. member in the same sense as the Hon Mr Bowen did. Others said the the contrary. The Speaker ruled there vas no question I o r privilege, and tbe matter dropped. j the House rose at 5.30 It is understood that after the Minister! il explanat'ons to-night ol the Abortion Bill, Sir George Grey will move the adjournment of the debate tiil Tuesday. It it not expected Minitters will object. Saturday. On resuming last night, Mvjor Atkins m explained the provisions of the Abolition lii I in a speech of an hour, and was met byirpoi* cal cheers from the Opposition and cheers from tlerGovernment supporters. On the. motion of Sir George Grey, the. debate was adjourned till Tuesday, at 730