PARLIAMENTARY GOSSIP.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3920, 22 July 1881, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY GOSSIP.

(FEOM OUB SPECIAL COBBEBPONDENT.) . , - Wellington, This day. : Lobby rumors say the present crisis in the House is clearly traceable to lovely woman's influence/afM-Uhat'vPtherswife of ex-Superintendent Ormond piri'eshsfor the resumption of her liege lord's dignities, and that, urged by her counsel, he has thrown the apple of dJscord into the arena. The Banks and Bankers Act Amendment Bill, on going through Committee for the third time, in Council was further amended, and will not n6w come into force until next January. Mr Whitaker "explained that it, was to enable; the .defaced notes now in circulation •to be withdrawn. Several of the Councillors considered it hard that a person being in possession of defaced notes on the 2nd Jauuary, 1882, should have them conns,cated. Mr ;YV,aterho,use, suggested they might be put in 'the collection plate "at Church. ' ; ■■ ■■•:'■' U From a return tabled, the value of prisoner's work is 4s per diemjor. skilled, and 3s for unskilled labour, 1 except in the. case of a priuter at Lytteltdn, where the Government printer's valuation is adopted. . .. j The return prepared to the order of thk Legislative Council of the names of all officers who entered the civil serjicejolf' the Colony sinc!ethe^th!of JOct6ber jiß66, who at the date of, admission-, to such service were more than twenty years of age; date of each admission, : ages, and salaries at such date of admission, and lhie present salary of every such officer. The appointments since the Bth< of October, 1866 as follows:—Colonial Secretary Department 66, Audit 16, Treasury .'26, Native Lands Purchase 44, Public Trust' 2, Education 5, Government Insurance 14, Crown Landsr 53, Imnciigralion 15, Mines' 4, Survey 109, Justice SO,-'A.!C. Officers 7; l>e^ace/3, Jftegi§tr|(r General 12, Architects, Stamps 34/ Customs 49, Marine 16,; G^olpgiqal 3, Lunacj; 16, and the Property Tax 21. ■ '■ All the interist still centres in no confideaee debate, and Sir George Grey a,nd Mr Hall sp'oEe'lji^:gpme<ieug,th,[ arid witjli -maare. than usual' warmtu. M Mr'Weston and Mr Saund'ers depJlcq^that while they would not support Ormou 4o*V7beither would tliey vote for the Government's.proposals. Mr. Bunny, 'who had fcjeen counted on by th? Opposition, is rumoured to have telegraphed from Wairarapa pledging himself, and in the most unaccountable man. ner turned round tojthe intense delight of Ministers. . : ■■■,■..» , ■■ ':