PARLIAMENTARY.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3602, 13 July 1880, Page 3

PARLIAMENTARY.

(Peb Pbess Association.)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Wellington, Monday. The house mot at 2.30 to-day. BOTTLE LICENSES Mr Dick presented a petition from Otago, praying that bottle licenses be not retained. IMPOBTED MAIZE. Mr McDonald gave notice that a duty of one shilling per bushel be imposed on maize imported into the colony, TJBLEGBAPH FOBMB. Mr Jones gave notice that he would ask if Government had any objection to call for tenders in the colony for the supply of telegraphic forms for a period of fife years? BEBBIONAL HOUBS. Hon J. Hall moved that the order requiring the House to rise at 12 30 a.m. be rescinded. And if not rescinded, the session would be prolonged far beyond its ordinary diuration, or else important measures would hare to be abandoned; Government desired to bring the session to a close as soon as possible consistent with the despatch of the important measures in hand. The 12 30 restriction had had a fair trial, and had not proved a success. „ , , x, j Mr Macandrew said that the order had worked very successfully, at all events it had not been abused. It was ( the interest of the country that they should not carry on the business as had been done last session, until all hours of the morning. It was ascertained that the late hours had exercised a prejudicial i effect on the health of the members. I Besides that the business was done in a loose manner. ■ „,. . . . J Mr Montgomery would rather give up | one of the private member's days for the Government business than see the%iotion carried. . Sir George Grey opposed the motion, and moved an amendment in the addition j thereto of the words: •• It is undesirable that any public money should be voted on any sitting day after 12.30."—The amendment was an extraordinary one, and meant that while they were not fit to deal with money matters after 12.30, they were still competent to undertake all the more important branches of legislation. Sir Geo. Grey's amendment was putayes, 29; noes 35. _• Mr Header Wood moved as a further amendment that Wednesday, at present devoted to private members' business, be in future devoted to Government business. ■_. . . . The motion was lost on a division dy 36 to 28. The original motion was put and carried. n ■ . *-' civil SBBVICE BEPOBT. Several members expressed an opinion that the Civil t Service Commissioners' report could not be considered, as certain papers had not been distributed amongst members. ' . ' Mr Bunny complained that the evidence nad been abstracted from the tables, and members thereby prevented from perusing *&.■■"■■.-■ •;>;- ■ ■■' -■'■ "■.'■;. V ■ ■"' -I Mr Saunders said the evidence had j not been taken put of the buildings, but it was found that the evidence of, the witness named White, whose case bad been before the House, had been abstracted, and could not be traced. The Speaker said the evidence was in the eurtody of the Clerk of Parliament and was open for the inspection of members, but he had ascertained that White's evidence had disappeared before the evidence as a whole got into the custody of the Clerk. It was then agreed that the consideration of the reports should'proceed at the evening sitting. „ House rose at 5.30.