PARLIAMENTARY.

Patea Mail, Volume IV, Issue 348, 17 August 1878, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

(Per Press Agency.)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE?. WELLINGTON. August 14. On the House resuming at 7.30 last night, the debate on the Electoral Bill was continued by Sir George Grey, who said it would enfranchise 78,000 persons, and was the first stop in the great charter that they had proposed to give the people.—Others followed, and the House adjourned at 11.30 p.m. In the afternoon sitting to-day (Wednesday), replying to questions, Government did not propose to make special provision for persons on railways, in cases of accident. 80. A Boards and Municipalities arc to have the Gazette free of expense. The report on the condition of lunatic asylums throughout the colony is in course of preparation. The Government have announced that they did not intend to introduce a Constabulary Bill this session. The lion Mr Fox moved for a return giving all particulars regarding the mode in which Government buildings were insured during last year. Agreed to. The hon Mr Fox moved for a return containing all the particulars in regard to the distribution of Government advertisements. On the House resuming at 7.30, Mr Whitaker, in a speech of two hours and a half, moved the second reading of his Representation Bill, explaining its machinery and principal provisions very minutely. He claimed for it to give a wider franchise than the Government Bill; to have a more simple and effective machinery for registration, polling, and representation : to be comparatively inexpensive as compared with the present system, and be able to return at Parliament what would be an accurate reflex of the public mind, not merely of a majority of that, but of the different shades of opinion of minorities as well

as of majorities.—Discussion was continued till pa-sfc midnight. August 16. After the House resumed at 7.30 last night, Mr George moved the second reading of the Gold Duty Abolition Bill. A long debate followed, which was chiefly taken up by goldfields members, some being for and some against, until Mr Rowe .moved that the Bill be read that day six months, which was carried by 35 against 24. The Women's Electoral Disabilities Bill was shelved, by Mr Feld wick moving the previous question, the votes being 44 against 8. The following Bills passed;— Laud Claims Final Settlement, Southland Boys and Girls High School, Nelson Hurbor, Ellesmere Reclamation, and tiie Waitaki High School. The House adjourned at 1 a.m.

In the House to-day, Mr Pyko presented a petition from the Catholics of Otago and Southland, praying that their schools may be placed in the same position as other schools. Mr Fox gave notice to move for the production of all correspondence between the Governor and the Home Office since last session. Mr Reeves gave notice to move for legislation to restrict the influx of Chinese. Mr Fyke gave notice to move for a return of the number of free railway passes issued. Replying to a question by Mr McLean, the Premier said the agents appointed under the Inscription of Stock Act, were Messrs Larnach, Julyan, and Sergeant. About that time, Sir J. Yogel had intimated that he would probably resign and as Government knew be was contemplating engaging iu something else, the Agency was not offered him. Replying to Mr Feld wick, Mr Macau drew said in the Fisheries Bill Government would introduce there would bo a clause for protecting seal fisheries. Mr Ballance informed Mr Feldwick that Government were taking stops to reorganise the Volunteer force. All correspondence and instructions between the Government and Crown Agents to Loan Agents and AgentGeneral to bo produced. In reply to Mr Bowen, a return was promised of the number of electors registered in the several electoral districts. Government Bills, giving effect to the financial arrangements, were road a first time. A Bill, which would increase the pension of Sir, William Martin, from £333 to £SOO annually, caused a. good deal of opposition. For the Bill 42, against 7. A second Impress (Supply Bill for another £250,000 was read a second time, in consequence of emptiness of the Treasury.

The Auckland Herald says: —The demand for Waikato coal is largely increasing. and it is now extensively used in the Waikato settlement for domestic purposes. That obtainable from the segmul seam, discovered a few weeks agOf is of greatly improved quality. This coal gives out a great heat, burns clearly, and leaves but little ash. Strangers and country settlers coming to Carlyle, arc very often at a loss to know which is the best and cheapest General Dranery and Clothing Establishment in the * district. K. A. Adams’ Cardigan House, offers special advantages that can be met with nowhere else in the district. He keeps the largest and best assorted stock of every description of drapery goods, imported direct —and from the best colonial houses ; which, being bought on the most advantageous terms, and having thorough knowledge of the business, enables him to offer- goods of sterling quality at pi ices that cannot ho improved on by any other liouse in Kew Zealand. Every article is marked in plain figures, from which there is no deviation ; so that inexperienced people are as well served ns the best judges, the terms being net cash, without rebate or abatement of any kind. Note the address—R. A. Adams ; Cardigan House, nearly opposite Town Hall, Carlyle.— auvt. Holloway's Ointment and Pills. —Fistulas piles, excoriations, and strictures are speedily relieved, and ultimately removed by applying this Ointment after fomentation with warm water. Persons suffering from these scourges of the human frame, should arrest their progress at once, for it is jjoth insidious and rapid. ‘Fistulas, if lo||pa!lowed to go unchecked, not only weaken the nervous system, but destroy life. The sooner these inestimable remedies are used the more certain is success, yet none need despair ; hopeless cases have likewise yielded, and the sufferer been saved a painful death. In excoriations, a few applications of this healing Ointment effect a cure, -while the PiUs, conjointly with it, are especially beneficial in relaxing and removing strictures, whatever their situation or duration.