HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 220, 7 September 1876, Page 2

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Wellington, Wedneesday. The followin? is tfaa division Jiat oa Mr. Stout's amendment :— A\es— Messrs Andrews, Baigenl, Burns, Dign*n, DuLntour. Fisher. Fitzroy, Joyce. Montgomery, O'Rorke, Rees (teller), llolieston, Seaton, Sharp, Stevens, Branson, To!e, Thomson, Tonku, Waktfield, Wason, R G Wool (teller), W. Wood, and Sir George Grey. Noes— Atkinson, Uallance, Birff, Bastings J. C. Brown, J. &. Brown, Bryoe, J3unny, Button, CaTingtou, Cox, Douglas, Gibbs, Harper, Henry, \[ enter, Hursthouse, Kelly Oelkr), Kennedy, Kenny, riUmßden,M'Far!ane, MLcau, M'/orliouje, Murray- Avnsiey Ormon s Pearce, Pyke, D. Keid, Richmond, liowe iiusseli, Rhriinski, Stafford, stnut (lelldi) Taw.ti. T.ibe, Whitaker, Woolcock and Sir P. M'Lean. The liouc met at 2 30 p ra. to-day. Ihs lusinees before the House was of a very miset llaneous nature, owing to its h°ir.e mainly private The following are the chief items ol the b isines-": — Sir George Grey gave notice to more for a se.ect committee to enquire into the cost of fair Juliun Voxel's two iuisabns to Europe, the usual p , wen of calliug ior peraons acd n 3 n trß being asked for. * The Government promised t> consilerth<> question of extramural cemeteiies duriu^ the recess. ° c lbe Government caid they could not interfere by legislation with the practice adopted by railway contractors of driving workmen in Dalla-t trucks before locomotive . Mr Murray gare notica to move that no member of the iioine should be appointed to the itxecucive before being £ entfor re-election A debate :ira,uon theiDcompatibiliiy o f the Cbairmmofthe Public Petitions Commit noting as Government whip, bur, no decision W*s arrived at. Tljo Native .Minister in reply to a mot ; on by Mr Tairoa that a portiou of the confis"ated land m tho Waikato b> given back to him p^id it was quite out of the quaatioa, and he was told bo when had an interview with him but he had no objectio-i if Tawhiao asked for other nnoccupied confiscated lands, to lay po ne proposal to th.it effect before the House. The otiier budneas was umimportant. Thursday. A good d.al of business was got through Jaut uight, but little of it possessed any general latereat, '

The second reading of the Liw Practitioners Act Amendmsnt Bill was opposed by Mr Whitaker, who thouvht that Mr Sniythiee had already been paid £1000 in full aitisfactioa of all his claim •. tie asked for an adjournment to enable bim to look into the matter Mr Hees disagreed with the assumption that the receipt,, in whatever form it was drawn up, would affect the deliberation* of the House as to whether, further redress should or should not be given. Mr Swanßon thought the £1000 was paid to compei^ate for loss (that was the opinion of the Public Petitions Committee), and did not debar Mr Sniytbk's from coming to the Hou:e and asiking that the law might be amended. The debate was ih?n aJjoumed, and the House adjourned at 12=50 a.m.