HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Wellington, September 20.

Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 69, 27 September 1884, Page 3

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Wellington, September 20.

The Afternoon Sitting. The afternoon sitting of the House partook rather of the character of a calm that precoeds the storm. Thore were fow quostions asked, and those of an uninteresting charactor. A Public Revenue Bill was eceived from the Upper House and road a first timo. The Treasurer volunteered the information that tho bill was to enable an addition of £50,000 worth of deficiency bills to be issued, and it would be necessary to pass tho bill through the remaining stage on Tuesday. Tho House passed quietly on to icturns, which were ordored— an immense quantity. The most interesting of these were the following -.—Return of tho Crown Prosecutors and other poisons employed during- tho year to transact legal business on behalf of tho Government (Garrick) ; of tenders received for railway sleepers during last year and those accepted (W. "White) ; of unpublished correspondence between the Government and AgentGeneral relating to the inscription of stock and conversions of loans (Montgomery) ; of examiners of titles under the Land Transfer Act, and in what districts tho Land Registrars also discharge their duties.

The Honorarium. Quite a pleasant littlo debate on this question, which members profess to consider fto disagreeable, occupied the remainder of the afternoon sitting. Sir Julius Vogel, who moved the second reading of the Parliamentary Honorarium and Privilege Bill, said the intention was to put the present honorarium in the form of a bill instead of having resolutions moved from session to session, which of courso could not fail to be disagreeable. Captain Kusslll objected to members voting themselves as much as £210 per annum, \\ hile Air Mo.ss hoped the bill would pass. Mr Siihrnr.KJ) denounced the present Disqualification Act, but in reply it was contended that before the Act was passed nearly e\ cry position in the Civil Service was the reward for good service. Mr Huiivr suggested that they should in corporate in the bill the suggestion of t'iu late member for ]S'o\vton (Mr Swanson), tli it each county should reward its own member*. Major Stkwakd asked where the funds would come from. Mr Hurst replied : A special rato might be levied for the purpose. In his reply, Sir Julius Vocjel characterised the present Disqualification Bill as an insult to lion, members, and to the Government of the colony. Nothing was more discreditable to New Zealand than that it should have been thought necessary to bring in the severe Disqualification Bill that obtains in New Zealand. The bill -was read a third time, passed, a-id ordered to be committed on Tuesday. The House adjourned at 4.45 p.m. till 7.30 p m.