PARLIAMENT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 193, 5 August 1908, Page 2

PARLIAMENT.

TUJSSJJAY, AUUUSI' -J. house oi<' iiiiri;iifc>JiM'.mvii*. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Aight. Tile House met ut 2.JU. The Kohmu Catholic Archbishop of Wellington limpowcring Kin was ivad u thiru time and passed. Tiiic premier tool; exception to tiu fact that some person had eirciiluted on members'uesks a leaflet issued by the anti-vaccinatiunists. The speaker ban Air. Urecnslnde was responsible, ami pointed out that the member had committed a breach, of the Standing Orders under which no 'document could lie circulated without Uhe .Speaker's consent. Air. Uieenslad'e apologised, and proceeded to make a speech on tile subject of the lea/let, but the House refused to listen. Hon. W. J. Steward's .Marriage Validation Bill was discharged. ° Another discussion took place on Hie report of the Public Petitions Committee respecting grants for public works. The Premier held that Mic (lovern-ni.-nt alone had power to place a sum on the Estimates for such work. Mr. Alassey again dissented, and prolestal against the Premier's doctrine, as J'arlh nt had the right to control the expenditure. The report, which had no recommendation to make, was ordered to lie on the table. The Premier referred to the death of the Hon. Air. Keldwiek, and spoke in eulogistic terms of his public services. He mnwd that the House place on record its high sense of the services rendered to the Legislature by deceased, and tcmlw sympathy to the family in their bereavement.

The motion was carried in silence, on tile motion of the Premier, and the House adjourned until 2.:i1) p.m. next day as a mark of respect to the memory of the late Hon. Keldwiek. The House rose at 4.13.