PARLIAMENTARY GOSSIP. Wellington, May SI. MR. LARNCH'S SEAT.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 269, 2 June 1888, Page 4

PARLIAMENTARY GOSSIP. W ellington, May SI. MR. LARNCH'S SEAT.

Jt is understood hero that the (Ton. Air Laniach will retain his seat for the Peninsula during the ro.sb of tho session. Hit 1 11. Stout iniorm.-!> me that he will decline any tccjuest t/luib ho .should be a candidate tor the vacancy, a^ he hub no intention ot going into polities, during tho dmation of the present I'ailiamcnt at all ovonLs.

CALLING OUT OUR UESEftVES. Sir (J. iS. Whil-morc's alarming motion in i.iNoiu ot enrolling blio iir&>l-clii>s militia, ended in a lizzie. (Sir (Jcorgc c\pliuiu;d hi--ol)|cct was ittciely Ijo piovido (JovcmmoriL with facilities tor calling out the militia in casi 1 ot necesMt y, l>cx\iu>c chu proiont sy jt<m ]>i\ol\ud f^rcal loks ot time. U the moduli \\oio cauied, it would only entail the pieparation (;i the militia lj.it, and it- did nut lollow that the men bo called out. The At'-oiney-deneral as^uicd Sii <i. S. W'hiutnoie that, the niati.ei Avould lie l)ion;^ht laioio (ho lOxucutiN u. At hi-, ittjucht the Major (Joneiul a<; i cod to withdiaw his motion.

.JUJSTiCMS Ob 1 THE I'HACE ACT. St_\eral proposed now piovisionM weic bionjjht iui wsud by Mi Hutchison Un m-'-eition in the .Justices, of Lhe Peace Ael. One ol thes'o was lor the payment by the Ciown of the expenses ot witne^es bound d\i;i to ;i])])eai lor the defence oi a pi lnouei aUlirSupiruir Com t. Mi Ilamlm o\rn ulorl tin- ;ii In in^ <>n appi opi latum clai^e. A motion l>y .Mi !>. Strwait l<n theiuteirneu ol tiie (lue^tion (o llie Speaker was ntuaLi\ed. Snb^ei|uenlly Major Stew aid appealed to the SpeaUti, who dc< lined t,o <ii\e an opinion on the mound that it \va~- not cnstoinai) toie\iew ( lie 1 iiliii«f of tlie Chan man unless (ho Coininiil.ee dissented iiom t!ie lalte,i s mliii^. Another ot Mi Hulohi--■on s el, Hires was intended to make u huo- ! and p\e e\ idenee, foi 01 against, a w ife in nuhetable ofJunce^, and 1 1< < i < r-~a, but a.s it «,b eonsidtMtd too nn])orliuH a matter to be humtdl> de'dt with. pio<^ie~s was iej'oitcd in oidei that due notice of the clause jnitiht be <ri\ eti.

HILLS. The\u\.il and Mililai\ I'Vrcos iH^cipline Uill, I'cii.'ilt ie- Hrci)\(_!> <ui(l I!tini-Mfm ilill, iUul Uemw of tho C'iuw n liill jki^-ccl t lirou^li llion lin.il '-friue^ lii^t nij^ht. The AdiMiiu-ti.Utiiii liill a\.i^ (.• unimtled ,uu\ .•-li^htlN .unrndrd, ,-uid pi <><_ r i t Mil 1 - in "do wiihtin .lu-t ir«. - of llk I Vmcc Act A'iu ndinciil Sir John Hull -.cem v<\ ( ho insert ion (it a pio\i-iOM in the .hi-tiits oi [\\o I'c.ice Ail <)iMpm\ ti iii' 4 |)osrniii»loi>- in coun dy di-liicN to take docl.na t ion-.

\ i^STEKDAN AITCUNOON S SITIiNC. The pioocedm^ in the !lou-c \e-f.ei day vue lobbed of ilieu nitetc^t b\ the weighty question ot the liu.inci.d pici[)(i».ds ot the ( io\ ui nniunt, and the \\a^ thcuctoic a \eiy dull one 'L'lio afU'tnoun \\as Udl\ ofcupicd %\ ith an-\\L:i iiil; (juc^tinu(A no < oti^uijucnuL 1 , and ihe di^cu^Nion <>! mot loii^ tui lot m n-^. Sou-u new I bill- wen.' lutuiduct'd, hat none i>l them jv.tioot ,uiy -[)erial unpuitauro Rl'luiih \\tie ouluied ot poi diteliained tnun j the puhiic and ai>poiutmLUti made, I and the Lephe- ot member to the piOv'edJ me eneulai^.

MOkAT ,!OM-:S The ComiuiUcc nominated hy Mi 11ami lin to mqunc nilo t!i(.' i d^u o! Muk.-ui -Juno | \\a~ tullv (.li^cu^^ud, :iml the motion was u\unUiuilv uilluiiaw n. i *

I LAM) TDK SETTLEMENT HILL. j Tins i>ill, the -oeond it 1 uliiiii of \\ liirh Sn deoi^e (-icy moved I.i^b m^hd, ant hoii^cs the utilisation and mini acquisition ot j ji i\ «U<j land*- toi .subdn won ioi puipo-esot ; .settlements. The n:ea-uie i-. \ n Lually tho same ;u-> thai ot laid ;md the iiiumji tii'4u<l lh.it it ii'Ucio ;ulaptL(l e\eiy funiils in the colony would b" aijle (o obtain >i lioiui^Le.id .!)w I -e( Io upon i( , w ith t '>c po^ ,-ibili(\ of H- ultima* el\ Ijoeoijiin^ ih-'i! onii pi.ipei!), then e<ipit;il Ikiii^ .i\aihil>lu in the meantime £oi impio\cnient- The I'ieiniLi eon-^idcied tlio ! Jill (l,tnc;ei oro and nnpi.iet u able in )t^ [n^ "OnLtoini, bud would be j^lud Lot-eco t-ee ti wotw ot Uabk uic.isuie de\ elojK'd, .md \\ ould ijipptn t tin -eeond leading on the undei^tandi i<^ I hat the Dill ihould be ic lei red lo tlio Landi ( 'onmnlter. The second 1 v culm;; ua- i.aiied on the \oii l-, and the ISill iL'eiidi to the W jctc Land* Committee ."-Hi Ueoiuo (-ti\ r made a piote-l aju.nn^t. tlu^ eoui^e, and refen od to tlu ema^eulation bj tiii^ (.'onmiittee ol a pit \ loin 1> )ill ot in'".

i:i;\'{';i{s|] vow tuk te.mim-:ijanci: iwktv The tempeianee pait> sustained a ie \ ci -c last illicit, in iheu oUnt to upset Major Ste\\,ud s B\ll prowdintr toi tuimualclee (uuis ot licensing committees, instead of annual elections as at piosCMit. The authoi ot (he Bill claimed a? the chief 1 ceo ■nmondation of his mca>uic Uiat/ it A\ould -<i\ e about 120,000 in expenses ot cleetioiis ior c\oi_\ two yeai.s ; bositios, local option polls, and elections ot < oinmitteos would occui .simultaneously M\ (loldie family op[>ohOil <my tinkeiin<4' w ifcli (he existing .\<t, which he said had ii'sullcd in udo'iea^-e ot the drink (rallicby al)ou<- half a million a \e;u. Tlu> only pci Ihons who desiied tho amendment weic tho luewt^s. Mi i<Vh (hou^hb tlie change should be hailed with delight by l empoi laiii_o nd\ocale«, v lioso immoduiale m'cw^lic soundly ralcd. Mr IlodoLinson and Mv Ken favoured a re\e»-ion to the old sys-iem ot administeiinu lieensmor laws, tlnoiifjh majiistiafc^ and |ustices. J\h' Fulton consi<leted t-lio chief ad vantage ot the annual elections was that they kept the licensing question continually befoicthc public, while Mi Withy contended that the alteration fco tiiennial elections would weaken the contiol oUhepeoplo o\cr the licensing 1 benches. Wu F. Hall, Mi- Duncan, Dr. Fitchett, Me^M> -lone-, l'd-cixal, Walker, Bruce, O'Connor, INloat, jMenteath and Reeves (2) supported the Bill, while Sir (t. (Jrey, Mi Monk and Mr Heddon opposed it. The motion for the second reading was ultimately earned by '12 to '28.

ELECTIVE (.JOVKRNOUS. Sir ( J. (\voy has been ur^cd to introduce ayviin this .session hi.> .Bill giving the people (it thib colony the power to elocfc their own <ioAcinov&, and it. is piobable he will do bo. The Bill war> l)eioro the House last session, but did not get through.

AN EXTRAORDINARY TETITJON. W r . 0. (! award, of Auckland, who has lepeatcdly petitioned the House- without success tor a giant of land in consideration of mihtaiy soiviees, has broken out badly again. Ah 1 ({oldie to-day presented another petition of an extraordinary nature from him. Its tenor may be gathered from the following extract :— " Your petitioner piayed tor honesty and justice and no moie. Random on this subject. He is- full up with it in your petition. Fs an honest man — not a rogue- and vagabond. Your petitioner declines fco have anything to do with ihe now commibt-ion unlchh independent gentlemen who have nothing to do vHU {Jovci'nmcnt. If you drive your ppfcltionoi 1 to stump the colony on the subject, ho will show it up

through the whole place of tho dirty transactions ot your appointed Commissioners and servants. Jlow they try to humbug people out ot their honest rights. If tho sumo commission .sits, it will be the .same old tout- find ninepence. Tl oping no oflence at this, and your petitioner will be truly thankful, and over pray at your command, etc."

WITNESSES' IUOCOUNISANCES. The woiding of one ot the sections in tho .luhticcs of the Pouco Act, 1882, luis been held to imply that unly witnesses against the person acunsoti of an indictable oilonee rofjuiro to be bound over to appear at the Hupiomo Court. Mr FLutchibon called attention to the niatter when the Jnstiees ot the Peace Act was befote the Ifou&e lust night, and at his instance an addition was made to the Bill so as to pro\idc that witnesses o:: both .side-> hhall outer into recojiiiisanees binding them to attend at the higher Court.

UXLHAKEJ) EDUCATION ftESEKVEH. JNlr Goldio is still arritatintr the question of the unloaded jiriman education reserves in Auckland The Minister oi Lands admits that theic aie o\ui 100,000 acres of it*sei\cs unleascd in Auckland, but says they aie in the hands or Coimm.-i-jonei.s, who h.ivc full power to lei or lease, and ( Jovcrnnienl- ha\e no contiol.

ArCKLANI) HAKBOUK IMPROVEMENT BILL. The House had a laugh ycsteidny altei110011 til the expense ol j\ii Monk. The Auckland Ikuboui fmpiovement J > i 11 was .set, down m the name ot Mr Peacock lor inhuduclion, but when the older \\n,s cilled on, ii. was .slated that .Mr l'eacuek hud gone to AucUland. JNli Mai chant asked lta\e to mUoduee I he Bill, but admit ted that he was not autliuii->ed to do so, and the I 'tenner declined to allow him to do -o. Suddenly when the oulei was about to be passed, Mr Monk ibao and haid he had quite torj^otteti, bub he had been requested by Mr I'eacook to intioduee the Bill. The House laughed bcepdcally, but Mi Monk earned his point. The oidev \\a» lead, and aeeoiding to custom, Mr Monk lose and said, " bn, 1 have a Bill. 1 ' Then he looked in embai las^iuefit at his empt> hands, and the thought ocemied to him that he leally had not a Bill. The House saw hi= eiiib;inasH])ient and laughed consumed!}. Air Monk stio>'e to explain, and all that could 1)0 hcaid \sas a lcnion.stiance ag.unst the bcha\iour of membeis in doubting hia woid. Mr Mills came to the lescuc ot the confu'-ed meml)ei b} thiu.sting a blotting jwid Jiilo liii hand to ,^ei\e the pin pose ol the liill, but M v .Monk put it aside and maiehed tiiuuiphanlly up to tlie Clerk of the House with a sheet o) blank ]>aj)ei in his hand. He cumecl hi- point, and the Bill Ma- lead a liisb time amid fiuther laii'^htei .

COAL FROM BOMKW Mil lamlinha- ju^t 'had an analysis made by Di licet 01 ot <t simple ot biouncoal iiom the lioinbii^ di-tiicl TJicieport i> a^ folhn\ — " Fanl % \ f-otnpact ; [lowdcr bio\vn, tidd cikintr in a £as flame, a~.h whito." Tliin t^ flic sum' kinr] of blown coal that i-> found at l)i ni'\ di\d Waikato.

AUCKLAND L'ETITJOIVS. Amount, thu petition-- piesenled aie the following Hum Auckland. — Fiom Adam Kiliutt and olhei seUluis, To Aioha doi^ued pjiyincnL soLtlei^, Avickland beekcc|)ei--, Mavwoll Uiothui^, Thomas Millet., Kiodei iuk Liiunc. .lohn Good ti'ilow and othei settler^, I'-i), (ionnan and otlirr ot l\ii[)aii, .10-L'))ii Mini and otlieis, ( leaion and others, (icoi^e Thompson, W'aitomaLa County; <M>or^e Hard}, ichcf for l ' wrongful di^-uii^-fil.

Tin: ( ' i nx es e coxf e rexte. The Piemici infoims me that the New South Wale-* (iincmmcnt luucnot Loplied Lo his cable^nun a^kinjx whuihev Tsew Zealand niij^ht be rujn evented at tlie Chinese (.'ouli. iciu (> by a dele^ale, and [)ointin<^ out tluib a 1 - the Exerutnc was already lull, Uoa mu, oiji'ut meuibei-, it coukl not be iueiea>ed. Jle has ai^ain -wiicd to JSn Hem> l'aike^ loda\ to kno\v it lie mi^ht tend o\ei a delegate.

THE ST. HELIEUS HOTEL. \\ hile the Bill pio\idin^ lor tiionnial elections ot LicenHnu Committees wasundei consideration la^t eNoniny;, Mr \\ ithy made lctetcnoo to the opening of the St. [ Lelicr*-. Hotel, and commented .strongly mi the method pui-ucd to boeuio the licen>e, namely, thu taekvnu ol the di>tnet on to I'.uimuie. M 1M 1 L;i\\l\, who followed, said t,h!i ( > it e\ cv a house \\,h opened by the will ot the people, thai at ttfc. Holier & was. lie added thai he helie\ed m the principle of the l>ill, hut; could not. \ote tor it, as he had pledged Innibolt not lo interfere with the pie-eni Lieensini; Act. Ho concluded with a broadside at. (he teetotallers of Auckland, who A\eie, he said, a.s intempeiutc in their ideas and actions n? nnj drunkard in hib wse of li({iior

JOTTINGS. The Colonial -Treasurer us moving to give the taritl debate precedence of other work alter Fi iday. MrMcGiegoi has- givcii notice of a Bill lor the eradication of yorse and sweetbiiar. Mr (i oldie is moving to have the 250,000 ane-. endowment tor Hospitals and ChniiLable Aid Boards &et apart, The Speaker has ruled that the Auckland (iiiK' High School Bill is a private one, and must he ad\ertised as such before introduced. Lea\e ot absence has been granted to Mr Peacock ioi a week, and Larnach for a fortnight. Sii GcoigcGrcy lias carried the .second reading of the Land for Settlement Bill. Go\ eminent expect lo hcai to-day \\ hetlier the Midland Railway contract has boon signed in London. Mr Smith is asking the Minister of I'ublip Works if lie is aware that railway cmployeeh have been notitied that Avages will be reduced Is per day after Monday next. The Premier introduced a Bill to Repeal the Crown and Native Lands Rating Act. Mr Fi&h wants the (xovemmeno to bringout a second shipment of Scotch salmon ova. Mr K. Thompson is urging the Government <o levy a tax this session on absentee land-owners. Mr T. Thompson is asking the Government if they intend to use the 11 anna ford light. Mr Pyke will ask Go\ eminent to take steps to stay the continuous introduction ' of the codlin moth into the colony. j Mr Samuel is virtuously indignant at what lobbying members are subject to by petitioners and other suppliants. It is estimated that a penny duty on salt will yield a revenue of £30,000. I hear that an Otago gentleman will be asked to represent New Zealand at the Chinese Conference. Ministers deny that there was anything approaching an open breach in the Cabinet during the tariff consideration. The Naval and Military Discipline Bill, which pro\cnts the taking of intoxicants on board warships or into any camp, was passed through Committee la»t night. Mr Scddon in tends to endeavour to raise the fee for the naturalisation of Ohiimmcn. Mr Steward's 13111, abolishing the cumulative vote, has passod all stages in the Lower Rou&c.