PARLIAMENT.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5185, 3 November 1877, Page 3

PARLIAMENT.

j LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Friday, November 2. . The Hon. the Speaker took the chair at 2.30 p.m. BEPORTS. The Hon. Major RICHMOND brought up the report of the Joint Library Committee, which was read. —The Hon. Dr. Pollen brought up the report of the Waste Lands Committee on the Oamaru Reserves Bill ; and the Hon. Mr. Miller brought up the report of the select committee to whom the Lawrence Municipal Waterworks Bill had been referred. NEW BILL. The Hon. Dr. MENZIES gave notice that on next sitting day he should move for leave to introduce a Bill intituled the Wyndham Show Ground Reserves Bill. MOTION WITHOUT NOTICE. The Hon. Sir F. D. BELL moved without notice (by permission of the Council), and it was carried, —That a message should be sent to the Houße of Representatives, asking permission for Mr. Kelly to attend and give evidence before the select committee to whom had been referred the New Plymouth Harbor Board Bill. NOTICES OF MOTION. The Hon. Mr. BUCKLEY gave notice that on next sitting he should move that leave of absence for the remainder of the session be granted to the Hon.. Mr. Bonar. The Hon. Mr. MILLER gave notice that on next sitting :day he should move the committal of the Oamaru Reserves Bill and the Lawrence Municipal Waterworks Bil). The Hon. Mr. PHARAZYN gave notice that he shoi'.ld move next sitting day that the City of Wellington Loans Consolidation Act Amendment Bill be recommitted for the purpose of altering clause 3. The Hon. Colonel WHITMORE gave notice that on next sitting day he should move that the standing orders relating to Bills be suspended. He would give notice of this motion, he said, because it might be necessary for the Council to pass another Imprest Supply Bill on that day. MOTION. The Hon. Mr. HART moved for leave to bring in a Bill intituled an Act to set at rest doubts on the laws relating to wil's, and other testamentary instruments affecJ : ng personal estate, executed by : -persons . without the colony of New Zealand. L ave was granted, and the Bill being read a first time, it was oi-dered to be read a second time on Tuesday Dext. ■' ORDERS OF THE DAY. The following Bills were read a third time and passed :—the Volunteers and I Others Land Bill, the Peninsula County Libraries Bill, the Municipal Corporations Act, 1876 Amendment Bill, the City of Wellington Loans Consolidation Act Amendment Bill, the St. Andrew's Church (Wel'ini'tcn) Tras'- . tees Act 1873 Amendmeat Bill, and the Lyttelton Harbor Board La id Bill. The Volunteers and Others Land Bill was recommitted, reported to the Council with amendments, and its third reading fixed for Tuesday next. The Gold Mining Districts Act 1873 Amendment Bill (second reading) was, on the motion of the Hon. Dr. Pollen, discharged from the Order Paper, and inade an order of the day for Wednesday next. The Auckland College aad Grammar School Bill and the Otago Girls and Boys High Schools Bill were further considered in committee, but progre:'" on them was soon reported, and leave ofr-am'd'to sit again nexi sitting, day. The Wakapuaka Telegraph Station Site Bill was reported from committee with amendments, its third reading, on the motion of the Hon. Colonel Whitmore, being made an order of the day for Tuesday next. The Ducedin Town Hall Site, Bill and the Wr.iwera School Glebe Exchange Bill were reported to the Council with amendments, and, on the motion of the Hon. Dr. Pollen, ordered to be read a third time next sitting dav. The Hon. Mr. BUCKLEY then moved that the Council .should- adjourn for a week. This was opposed by the Hon. Dr. Pollen, Colonels WKtniore and Kenny,! and Sir F. D. Bell. Subsequently, the Hon. Mr. Buckley withdrew his motion in favor of an amendment by the Hon. Colonel Whitmore, to the efie'ct that the Council should meet again at the usual hour, on Tuesday next ; in moving which the Colonial Secretary remarked that it would "in all probability be necessary for the Council to pajs another Imprest Supply Bill on that day, and that if hon. members then desired it, and they had no further business before them, they could adjourn from day to day as might be advisable. , This seemed agreeable to the majority of hon. members present, and accordingly the Council then (at 4.30 p.m.) adjourned till next Tuesday afternoon.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Friday, November, 2. The Speaker took the chair at the usual hour, PETITION; Mr. STOUT presented a petition from the working jewellers of Dunedin with reference to having a' duty fixed on imported jewellery. AUCKLAND GOVERNMENT HOUSE. Sir ROBERT DOUGLAS asked, without notice, if a telegram from Auckland that had appeared in print, stating that the use of. the grounds at Government House, Auckland, for the fete to be held in aid of the Indian Famine Relief Fund had been refused, were true? The Hon. Mr. LARNACH said that the statement in the telegram was not accurate, and that papers relating to the matter would be laid upon the table. BREACH OP PRIVILEGE DEBATE RESUMED, Mr. TRAVERS said that it was proposed to appoint a select committee to search for precedents in reference to the breach of privilege question, and to report generally upon the question raised. The report to be brought up on Monday. The committee to consist of the Hon. the Speaker, Messrs. Stafford, Stout, Rolleston, Gisborne, Reader Wood, Moorhouse, Rees, Harper, Wakefield, W. Johnston, Montgomery, O'Rorke, Ballance, and the mover (Mr. Travers). Mr. Travers explained that the committee was so constituted as to remove any idea of the question being a party one. The House was concerned in dealing with the matter in no O/her point of view than- to put' on a proper footing the relations that existed between his Excellency and the House of Representatives. - Mr. STOUT said he had no objection to the appointment of the committee, but he thought the House should pass a resolution affirming that its privileges had been invaded. Otherwise it would look as if there was doubt upon the subject. Unless a breach of privilege had been committed there | was no necessity to search for precedents. ~- ' The motion for the select committee was carried on the voices. Sir GEORGE GREY moved the adjournment of the House. MAJOR ATKINSON opposed the adjournment. Although the question of privilege was a most important one, it was not a matter which at that late period of the session should necessitate the adjournment of the other important motion before the House. He vvould not, however, press hia objection if the House really desired to adjourn. Mr. TRAVERS supported the adjournment. Nothing would be lost, and he trusted the House would consent to that course. The question was one affecting the whole relations between the House and the Governor, and therefore the ordinary business * Bhould be set aside until it was settled. Mr. SUTTON opposed the adjournment. When other questions of breach of privilege aroße during the present session the House did not adjourn. The Hon. Mr. FOX supported the adjourn* ment. He trusted that it would be clearly understood that the committee would go on forthwith with the work, and business bo proceeded with on Monday next. Mr. Pyo and Mr. Reader Wood supported the adjournment, which was agreed to, and the House rose.