PARLIAMENTARY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 227, 8 September 1875, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

•Wellington, Tuesdijr. The House of Representatives met at 2 30 p.m. After a little formal business, Mr B tckland created a lively discussion by moving that a committee be appointed to enquire whether appointees of Superintendents did not come under the tilth clause of the Disqualification Act. He did so because he heard Mr Fitzherbert declare in Auckland that Surerinteodeuts were executive officers of the Crown, and it was cpecially provided for in the Act that, no appointees of theirs drawing public money as Bftlary could sit in tba« House. Mijor Atkinson, speaking for the Government, thought the clause did not apply, but the mover was at liberty to test the opinion of the (louse- - Mr Macandrew moved an amendment to make the motion embrace all the members of the House, on account of honorarium, and when Mr Buckiand agreed to withdraw his moiiaa at the wish of tha House, Mr Macandrew pressed hb amendment to & division and lost it by 40 to 23. The motion was then withdrawn, but Mr Bucteland said he would test the matter iu another way. Before going into committee on the Abolition Bi 1, tiajor Atkinson replied as he had promised on Friday's fitting. The burden of his remarks wns to show that the Government tiwd not and never had any design opon the land lu ids of Otago and Canterbury and quoted a large uumber of figures to show that abolition was an immediate necessity, quite irrespective of anything in counection wiDh the land It was solely, ..dictated by a desire for a system of colonial finance. fie considered that, with the exception' of Mr j Montgomery's, all the Opposition speakers

had been amply answered by those supporting the Bill, and the figures ha cited were mainly in ( reply to -Mr. Montgomery, and went to show that the colony could ecsily fulfil all the promises the Government made in connection with abolition. > The House rbae at 5 30, p.m. V v" x "'■: .Wednesday. 0 j the House resuming last 1 night, Mr O'Korke took orosion, ,bt fore 'going info Committee, to condemn the Abolition Bill av a system of brib'je. If passe I, he fore-aw itwould lead to political tjrpor, stagnation, and degradation in the whole colony, excepting at Wellington, where 16 would develop political corruption. Mr Mscaodrew male a last appeal, and clnllQngedLtue Government to go to the country. He would oppose ths Bill at every stage. Mr Stout then moved an amendment, the object of which was to postpone the question until tbe Government had matured a scheme and suhmitted It to the country. Sir G Grey, and Me«Bra Wool, Reid, and Fitzherbert supported it, and Mr T. E. Shepherd and Mr Merryh opposed it. The amendment w-a then put and lost by 44 to 82. After another ? eager . discussion as to whether the diacmaion should be resumed, at 2.30 or 7 20 p.m. on Thursday, the latter was agreed to, and ths House adjourned at 18-15 am, It is understood that those in favor of the Abolition, Bill will determiaedly use their majority in getting the Bill through committee, aad, if necessary, they will sit. continuously. .