LATEST PARLIAMENTARY.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3914, 15 July 1881, Page 2

LATEST PARLIAMENTARY.

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HOUSE OF EE^RESENMfiVES.

Wellington, Tins flay.

In the House last night the Surveyors' Institute Bill was committed. Mr Kolleston and others opposed its provisions. Progress was reported. ..,,-, The motion for compensation to Faroe 11 as Immigration Agent was rejected on the roices. '

The House then went into Committee on the Licensing Bill. Clause 106~The proposal to limit the £40 fee to Boroughs with orer 1000 inhabitants was negatived by 46 to 21. The proposal to reduce the fee to £30 was also negatired, as also one to make it .not exceeding £25.

Outside of Boroughs the proposal to make this fee £20 was rejected by 37 to 18.

A SCENE

Mr Beeres then mored that the Chairman do leare the chair, as they might as well kill the bill at that stage as to waste any more time on it. Messrs Weston, Wallis, and Leristam expressed an opinion that the sooner the bill was thrown out the better

Mr Keeres said the unirersal opinion was that the bill was now a lot of confounded rot.

At 12 30 Mr Andrews mored to report progress, as eridently the Committee were not disposed to do any business. Sereral members opposed this, whereupon Mr Beeres said he had amendments to propose on the clause, which would take till six o'clock in the morning. Mr Hall said, after such a threat, he hoped that progress would not be reported. He was prepared to sit till six to teach Mr Beeres a lesson.- _ | Sir Wm. Fox said, after the seandalou*j and disgraceful scenes of the last two] nights, lie hoped members would support' his motion, when uext it came on, to abolish Bellamy's. Dr Wallis protested against such insinuations. Nothing scandalous or disrespectful had. taken place, and members were all perfectly able to judge calmly and fairly of what was doing. Mr Weston protested in strong terms ag«io*t ,$U t -.foW Fox's language, and although a young jtwmbejw ke would not submit to such imputations on his character.' ' f';. '■■'•-■■' ■ :,. 71 i;

Mr Pyke and others also objected, ips such insinuations. , ''■"''• '■■ Mr Reeves said Sir W. Fox himself was the most intemperate.man in the House, and always spoiled his cause by the use of intemperate language. Sir W. Fox blight to be thoroughly ashamed him* self for creating the only scandal which had occur rod, and the Premier should also apologia® for hating lost his temper. The motion to report progress wa9 lost by 33 to 18. .; (ACr'Sheehan then said W. Fox had intuited the Chairman by saying that scandalous scenes had taken [plaoe, for not a single member had,been called to order, and therefore, the aeousation, if true, meant that the Chairman was neglecting h^a duty. 'r\ „,"-,:.' ;. ... ;■ -■■: il ... C" ■ h After iMtt fiirther diseussionr tKe^prb« posal to raise the club license from £20 to £30 was rejected by 43 to 8. The -bottle Hcens_e, at £4s,.pas,reinserted by 42 to 7* ' ;: ; . i. i Mr Oliver moved to increase the wine license from £1 to £10, but after some discussion the proposal was ilos^by 28 to, 20. ,-'•■■" .7 ;■; r; .;. '■ "'* Progress was reported, and the House rose at 2 o'clock. j