PARLIAMENTARY GOSSIP.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4912, 7 October 1884, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY GOSSIP.

[By Telegbxph.] (FEOJI OTTB OWN COBHBSPOIfDBNT.) Wellington, This day.

A " round robin," signed by about forty members, was sent to the Premier last evening. It asked that the Government should use all possible exertions to con« elude the work of the session in order that Parliament mi^ht be prorogued about the 21th of October. Seeing that it is the desire and intentions of Ministers to finish the business of this session with the end of the month, and that moreover, such is thsir expressed intention, this interference and attempted coercion is hardlyto ba commended. I understand the Government will not introduce any [federal proposals in the shape of a bill, but that almost immediately they will bring down a resolution on the subject, and that Buch resolution will be of an adverse character to the resolutions passed at the federal convention. If this is so, the resolution will probably evoke a lengthy federation, ■ speech from Major Atkinson and provoke a spirited debate. Among the Bills passed by the Legislative Council is the Pensions Bill. The denizens of the celestial spheres, some of whom are pensioners, have no hesitation in passing the Bill now that it is not retrospective in its operation, but when ifc dealt with pensions already granted they were not so anxious for legislation in that direction, Afc last we have reached the estimates, and a rather lengthy sitting last night disposed of about £800,000 for the current year's appropriation. The most hotly contested^ item was that set down for secondary education, but after consider* able discussion th* vote passed by a large majority on a division. It is thus satis* factory to learn (hat what Sir Hercules Robinson has termed " the most liberal system in the world " is safe in the hands of the present house. It is neverthle39 painful to note how eager some are to tear down and dismantle the noble structure which so well adorns a young progressive aation. It is understood that Government will -not schedule the new loan, that is, it will not name any particular works upon which it is o be expended. Humors of the formation of a new party are assuming some shape, and it is slated again that a party has actually been formed, with a following of thirty/S'S, and its object is to resist the borrowing schemes of Sir J. Vogel. „