BREVITIES FROM " HANSARD."

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 28, 27 November 1877, Page 4

BREVITIES FROM " HANSARD."

[CKristdhurck Press] HAPPr COMPABISON. Mr Taiaroa— -It is a very good thing that the meetings of this Parliament are held in Wellington, because it is a very windy place, and we hear the wind blowing about here every day, I liken the wind to the speeches that are made by hon. members of this House, The winds blow from all qnariers, and so with the votes of hon. gentlemen, they are given this way to-day and another way to-morrow, and another way the next day. ■ HAPPY INDIFFERENCE. >Mr Tawiti — It does not matter what I have done in opposition to the wishes of my tribe, which they conveyed to me, by telegraph. If, when Igo back to them, my people say that I have done wrong in not attending to their request, I shall reply to them " you can turn me out." Mr Bowe — Telegrams and other means have been employed to influence my vote, but I have been so long connected with politics that these influences are not likely, to have much effect upon me. I hold that every man who represents, a constituency should be able to exercise an independent judgment as to what is right or wrong. I heard my hon. friend, the member for Auckland City East say what the constituencies were likely to do in three or four weeks. Well, sir, I am not afraid of my constituent?. I do Dot come here as a mere delegate, and I hope my bon. friend does not do so either. If ninety nine out of one hundred of my constituents were to tell me to act in opposition to my own judgment, I should feel justified in opposing their direction. All their telegrams and all their influence would have no effect upon me. HAPPT lIEMOKT. Mr Swanson— l knew Mr Sheehan when he was in his mother's arms, and I am proud to see him where he is, and of the share I had in bringing it about. . , KOUGH BETOBT. Mr Barff (interrupting Mr Whitaker) — I rise to a point of order; The Standing Order says that no newspaper is to be read in this House. lam led to make these remarks chiefly because the hon. gentleman said that he does not believe in newspapers. , Wbitaker — I understood this to be the authorised version of the Hon. the Premier's speech. But if newspapers are not to be read in this House, and if the rule can be confined to any newspaper edited by tha hon. member who has just epoken, I entirely agree that the Standing Orders should be strictly carried out. NO GENTLE LAMB. Mr Whitakar — The hon, gentleman (the Premier) was not satisfied with describing himself as being a lamb, but he assumed to be a " gentle lamb." If I were to describe the hoD. gentleman, I should not say he was tt lamb, but I should describe him as altogether another animal — a fox in lamb's clothing. I do not say this in a derogatory sense at all; I say it rather in a complimentary way. It means that the lion, gentleman has great acuieness. I think his speech tbe other night plainly and clearly showed that he does possess acuteness, the acuteness that the fox is known to possess, and that he is entitled to such a description. A DESERVED KEBUKE. Mr Bowea — There was an exhibition tqis afternoon, which I do not wish to refer to farther than to aay that it reflected the greatest discredit upon tbe hon. member (Mr Hodgkinson), who made an exhibition of himself, and also to a certain degree, reflected discredit upon theHouee; and I think it ie quite time that the hon. gentlemen who have a regard for the character of tbe House ehould, when, auch speeches are made, get up, and on the floor of this House publicly express the disgust they do not hesitate subsequently to express in the lobbies outside. It will be a good thing, I say, for the tone of this House When that course is taken. WHEN FOUND, NOTED. Dr Waliis— When I find an intern-Tfr-'.<p m a n rrrrjpl-iin nf intp-nip^r'infif-j« •>" «, 5 j*iy :'iO 5- h"p<>ri»y V . .. ' ■ . a dish -cc an w.npiaiL that his ueighbory ate- .ay that thai man also is a uypoctite. When luecivioua people complain of loHcivhiusm-ss I Bay, " Oh, ye hypocrites ;" aa.J wh-n I hear tlioae gemleaibu who were in office seven or eighfc years, and nevoi had any policy, cay they expect the hon. member for tbe Thanhs to bring dowo a definite policy in two or three weeks, I caunot help Buying in the

language of tbe good old Book. '« Ye hypocrites: ye see the mote that is in tby brother's eye, but oonaider not the beam that is in thine own eye." We teike the following from the Hawke'a Bay Herald: — In the course of a sermon preached in Trinity Church on Sunday evening last, from the test, " Take therefore the talent from him and give it unto him that hath ten talents," the Key J. Berry, after reviewing rapidly the great nations of the past and their fall, said that New Zealand had great advantages, deriving the bulk of her population from a people, the first in civilisation, possessing an unequalled climate, and, in fact, all the natural advantages ascribed in scripture to tbe land of promise her prospects are indeed splendid if her people are faithful to their talent. But are they faithful? Referring to political matters the preacher asked if the present Assembly represented the wisdom and moral honesty of the colony. Had the electors done their utmost to send men of culture and honesty? He thought not. There was much selflahnes, both on the part of the electors and their representatives, too much inclination to sacrifice the real wants of the colony to local interests; the treatment by tbe House of maDy of the bills before it indicated a want of real patriotism. When he saw a bill of great social , importance sacrificed to trickery, he was forced to this conclusion— take the Local Option Bill for instance. He did not aay the bill ought to have been passed in the shape in which it was presented to the House, but what he desired waa something like honesty iv dealing with it. He could understand a man objecting altogether to legislation in this direction, and respect him, but after both Houses accepting the principle of the bill, to send it to the country hobbled and inoperative, was in insuit to the common sense of the people. The preacher then went on to refer to the reported scenes of confusion, and even drunkenness within the House itself, as being calculated to produce shame and indignation in all right-minded men, aud the circulation of the intelligence of such scenes, without the etrougest condemnation, would result in a demoralisation of the people; and he wished that every pulpit in the land would lift up a protest so loud and clear that a repetition of such conduct; would be impossible.

Incidents of a Railway Accident. — It is stated in aa American journal that Miss Jeoine Frost of Council Bluffs, lowa, who had a marvellous escape from a train thnt was wrecked on the Rock Island Railroad, relates that one woman heroically rescued her sir children, and then went to the ai i of other sufferer?, while another lady was terribly exercised over the loss of her satchel, nnd could think of nothing else. One lady who was io agony from a broken wrist and a compound fracture of one of her legs, would not consent to have morphine lDJected into her arm because she feared it might hurt her. Another lady who was severely injured was offered a glass of braudy, but refused to awallow it, stating that she was a strict temperance woman, and meant to stand by her principles, if she died in the attempt. A little child cluug to a window sill and kept her head aboye the surging waters until she was saved. A little girl lay for four hours with only her face out of water, the corpse of & large inaa being stretched across her little body. It was supposed that she too was dead, but a man who was " choppiug out "the wounded thought he saw the little one's lipa tremble. She was taken oat, covered wiih blood, her little etotkiugs as red as if they had been been dyed, and in a few hours she was as lively as a crickefi, .asking if anybody had seen her doll.