Parliamentary Gossip.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4531, 13 July 1883, Page 2

Parliamentary Gossip.

FBOM OtTE OWN COBBESPONDENT.) Wellington, This day.

The Anti-Centralisation debate continued until midnight, and is now overlaid with two amendments, one by Mr Moss and another by Mr Seddon. As it has continued one thing has become apparent, even to Ministers: there is more dissatisfaction with the Central Government than they expected. The debate has now plainly become one of noconfidence, for this reason: if the resolu tions are carried the occupation of Mr Bryce and others will be gone. w Mr Pyke delivered a long speech, and Mr Macah* drew spoka at much length, denouncing Major Atkinson and all his works, with a zeal in his tones and a spirit in his language that John Knox could hardly have surpassed, hud he been a politician instead of a parson. Mr Kryoe followed, and- there ,cnroe a long panegyric on Bryce'a virjues; he damned Grey and liusden most vigorously,, aud when his denunciations failed to move sufficiently his hearers, he almost wept. It was intended to divide last night, but the division was put off. Other speakers, after Mr Bryce, evoked little interest.

The main matter of .Civil Service interest hero is the commission paid to Mr G. Thorue by the Government lasarance Department for the last year. During the year ending March last he received from the Department nearly' £3000 ; in. the June quarter, lam told, of this year he. received £1300 There is likely to'be an "enquiry over the matter, which is iiot very pleasing to Mr Lnokie.' There is a talk of work being over io six weekijV but there seems littlefhboe of it. v

XVday the Wellington Times summary is published, and the leader is about Native affairs ; the views are so novel that they stand out in the boldest relief., X ne Ministerial paper says " we thjnkit un« safe to trust the natives with the free sale of tbair own land, because they might barter away a hundred acres for a pound of tobacco, or a bottle of whisky," again, " to add to the difficulty there is a certain 3fot?tiou of oar population almost always

Infers. who Have no lawful visible means of support, vor else the land court lawyers : and both of these classes have by pandering to tbe pride, avarice, and suspicion of the natives, and by exciting hostility to the Government, and fears of their loss of man a, deluded the native chiefs into making them promises of land for their own personal benefit." Funny is it not ? Further on we are told that Wahanui is a man of far higher stamp than Mr Parnell.