PARLIAMENT

Patea Mail, Volume I, Issue 7, 14 November 1887, Page 2

PARLIAMENT

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Tcesd.sy, November 10 c;:.. or, re-?<‘tring to tlic death ,)f th ■ Vi : iibi.io whoso momoiy lie hi A trib-ale, moved as a <,L* re-pec:. the adjournment oi Council M the u<':h <ia\. : U' { | v,•,• . •• the IUOtiOU I'.i o. . v , C; -.-h to the unswerving 11val.v (E t!:deceased to tho early European smCciv. Tii.o motion was agreed to. lIOUSE OF id FIT l ES EXT A Tl\ E ■ Turnon \Y, isovi:m3)m:i 10. In replying O' q nostions. It was s'iiUt’i! ‘h..t ino Crown prose—-cii-ors were appoint' 1 ;! o}' the Govt. rumour, and were paid by fees, under certain ivg-ula ions ; that it was proposed (’,uiv io continue monetary assistance to schools ol niiaes at the llianies -u.d Koefton ; that there was no inten:iun oi converting- the Ministerial resiileuces into a lion so ■ for tho Governor, in order that the present Government House me. v bo converted into a museum that the Government would state their intentions witii respect to the San Francisco service before the end of tho sosdon ; that the Mines Act Amendment Bill would be introduced this session; that the fixed holid iys for railway employees were Christmas Day and New Years Day and Good Fri' lay, and their pay was not stoped on thoso days, Guards, and others who work at all hours, received a week’s holiday ext.m. paoGBESs or bills. The Oamam Harbour Loan Bill passed through committee with slight amendment. The Wanganui Harbour Loan Bill was committed. Clause d was amended by striking out tho whole of the idaugitikei county from the Wanganui harbour district. Tho remaining- clauses passed with slight amendments, The House resumed at 7.:>0 p.m. Four bills which had passed through committee, were reported on, and all put throu.-h the haul stages, except the W nganui Harbour 13111, which was ordered to stand over for a week, Mr Steward moved the second read ino* of the Education Reserves SettleO monts Bill. Hon Mr Richardson suggested that it should bo referred to the Waste Lands Committee.

The bid was road a second time, bir George Grey moved the second reading of the Bill to repeal the Contagious Diseases Act After a b iof debate, the bill was thrown ou* by 52 to 26. Air See.don moved the second reading of tho Gold Duty Reduction Bill the object of which was 10 reduce the duty by sixpence an ounce. Agreed to, on a division, by 39 to 3d. Mr Joyce moved tho second reading of J.. i'lieciive < A.varners Bill. fir J \ogol ask dif the Government did not intend to give an indication of opinion on the subject of the way in which they were lotting im povtaut l>l.!s go to their second readings unnoticed. It almost amounted to abnegation of tbc-ir position. He moved that tho bill bo read (hat day six months Mr Pishor said the Premier was unavoidably absent, ui* he would have spoken on the Bill. Mecttve Governors would mean the possib litw of legislation coming- into conflict with them; ami, moreover, his loxa ! ty to the Queen forbade Ipm to support such a measure. A brisk debnlo followed, in which Messrs Pish, Tniwhanga, fchewart, Beeves, (Inanaghua;, Hodgkinsou, Beddon, ■' lien, Dance, Turnbull, Pitchctt, Steward, and Moss took part. Tho Premier apologised for nob being present in tho House when the bill came on. He regretted that a measure like this should have been brought down in a special session such as the present, when, when they had so much to do. He would ask whether they had heard a single argument in favourof adopting the American system. Sir G Grey strongly advocated the passing of the measux-o. This was just the time to consider a change. The country had never been so well governed as tinder the provincial superimendanfs and it was well known tlia-t Vogel and Atkin son were two of the arch conspirators who had swept those elective officials away, iter some further discussion, in which Air J Hall, Sir J Vogel, Messrs Mills, Taylor, Ward, T McKenzie, Anderson, Puller, and Buffon spoke, the motion was lust b\ 55 to 29. in reply to a question, the Premier sail he proposed to take one private member’s day next woc-k. Mr Seddon protested strongly against this being done at so early a ->criod. The Premier said ho hj d no objection to sitting after Christmas if the House wished it. The House adjourned at I a.m.