HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 55, 21 June 1884, Page 2

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

The House, met at 2.30. The following private Bills were read a second lime : — Perpetual Trustees and Agency Companies, and N.Z. Companies (limited) Empowering Bill. Holmes gave notice of motion to reduce the honorarium of the present £50, and asked Government to give him facilities to move it. Atkinson declined, but said Government proposed to fix the amount at £100. It would be for the House to decide it. Jn roply to Shaw, Atkinson said thnt Government would not facilitate any measures if to interfere with tue duration of Parliament. In reply to a question put by Seddon, Atkinson said that Government couM not under the circumstances give facilities for passing a Bill this session for road justing the West Coast Education District. The discussion which followed elicited an explanation from Dick to ascertain monies due to the Westl md Board for the payment of salaries had been impounded by the Board's bank, for liquidation of an overdraft. Shrimski moved the adjournment of lhe House to enable further explanation to be made. Atkinson charged the Opposition with the obstruction of the business occasioned by the Confidence motion. Dirgaville retorted that the haste in going to a division on the Conlidence Motion was occasioned by the fact that the Government were well known to be adepts at manipulating majorities. Montgomery blamed the Premier for browbeating and overbearing conduct. Turnbull defended the course taken by the Opposition, and contended that the proper course would have been to go to the whole leugth of stopping supplies. Seddon replied. The question for adjournment was negatived. Atkinson gave notice he would ask at rising that the House sit again to-morrow. The House went into Committee of Supply and Financial Statement. ' ' In reply to Richardson Mitchelson said it was not intended to make any Pubjic Works statement. J. W. Thomson contended that there v\ere a large deficiency, that is £150,000. As stated by the Treasurer, they were already three mouths into the financial year, and they were asked for other two months mailing in all five months, so that the deficit would be that proportion of time in excess of ihe £150,000. This fuct for political purposes, in the present state of the count! y, wx?s made light of. The Customs revenue was over estimated £123,000 ; railway receipts £56,000; together with the income of the colony for the la.«t yefr has been over estimated £205,000 ; that fact itself should be suftioient to make the Treasurer ashamed of himself, having expended £187,000 in excess of incrome. ' Debate interrupted by 5.30 adjournment.