PARLIAMENTARY.

Observer, Volume 6, Issue 146, 30 June 1883, Page 228

PARLIAMENTARY.

')' . OVER T^;SM^EBi?S\^M»-. r -, ,":■ ; : FBOM Otfß SPBCifli ooEßß3P*oi^E^i. ■ ./ \ . 1 '"„••. - ■ "' '•-'• :WEiiLiwGToii.T]iui?iaay'.*;:, '''". — Ebenezer Baker wants the vacant billot of' interpreter to the Council. ! . .;■' v V .. ■ . -.. . '.. —Dick has nob yet taken an active part in the proceedings of the, Salvation Army. \ "- ( ! ' : /■ ' —Hurst is bigger 1 , than ever this sessiOii-i-f attar and taller, and his, head further back. ' '■'"' ■'■\/k.; •".. — I see from odd paragraphs appearing- in«HV papers that.the Potts. woman, is coming -nere.-V --J^W-^K • — I hoar Stewart is described as the tallest, luact Larnach as the, ugliest, man in the Legislature. .-.. '■', —-The Wellingtbn members intend .bringing in a Bill to fix the site of -the Auckland Free Library. \ —The Canterbury men are in a great fix abquK. ' •the Northern Ralway. - The Ministers are in a graikojS \ • '— Moss ; and Whitmore are both badly > aHSHJSiJ. ; with a new disease, called East Coast land on thelliKn. — J. Whitley King is here waiting to aWaY hangman for Bryce or W etere te Renga— perhaps both.—Some one or other this session will, bring in ' a Bill to disfranchise the civil service, most likely anAucklaiid man. . " •:•■■■,. — Shaw, who is., learned in the law* on Fridaynight spoke of the extradition treaty existing, between all nations. ■ .. ■'. ;■ •■ " ■' ■ _ ;■ ;.. 777 Whitmore., I hear, has been sharply 'bitten in Poverty Bay, , but. then he, is said to have engaged in; illegal ti'anadctions. ■ ' ' '.',-- —The rumour here is that Morris/ of Tauranga,. is huffed or cannot get what ho wants— at all events, hehas not yet shown up. , . : —The wicked, say that Driver will not? comer up tins session until hie gots something more promisedhim' than a free passage. " ' , ' ' — The future hope of Wellington is Terawhiti, Men say that Re'ady-niohey Robinson has three votes in the House of Representatives. ■'>*■'.• —Fitzgerald accused Atkinson of the effractibn "■ of the law. The derivation of the word'eifroctictt Plummet very woll understood. '. ' • •■' ' "' — The Post people got hold of a'wrong.papei*'put of the printing office- and made use of it. -Hence 9, • well-daaArved lock-out of .all himda. ■'•'•'- '>•'■' — Groen got warned in tt dream that Atkinson was a bad man. Other people have come to the same- : conclusion without the aid of a dreaml —Moss has succeeded in making all the peoplelaugh at him about 'his East Coasfe Company craze. Members draw him as badgers used to be drawn. .- . ' — There are this' session a number of members 6£ the Lower 1 House kcting as newspaper correspondents— • •• Poor dovils, who want to" earn or to save "a shilling. ' — There k a great fun on Rusden here; When. ' wa were told in Auckland that the only copy in Wei* lington waspodsossedby.Martell, Blair had sold ninecopies. * ' ' ' . \ ■.•.',.' ;;,. —The money that was voted for the .library. last year was spenton a corridor, and' I hear'Sihe coaiJ-.' is £13,000 iU9tead o£ £10,000, and that -,£20,000 more isto be asked for. . :' . . „ . ' — I am told to-day Ministers have a majority 1 of nearly twenty. Nexb weeklexpecb they will havomore, but the greater will be their trouble to drive their train. . . . • -„. ... '..'■■-« • —Much cunosity and interest was • felt; about) the petitions that were sent h ore from Cain bridge j all kinds of ruuioura prevailing, but there was nftthing in, ■ them of any importance. ' ••-•■■ > ,-•:• >, °. . --Jim Grow Richmond, now in the'CoualSil; i» a hesitating, stammering speaker. '■ r heard '^flKs^nv^ *" minutes, and found the time long. I don'M^Ki/tU- ~~ Nelson people would not elect him. , ,™ —The interpretation given ' to tfie note alitowring Grey's Bill to be brought in is that ttie Lower > House intends to doal in a suiamary war with the - Council. ..,,, . • i .■ , .- ■ : [ — Shaw's vote' depended, men say; ottBrandon's " call." Green had a " call," Shaw said, and why should not his partner be on his side, quoting the > Eastern proverb, " A little donkey is easily mountedv" —This session Parliament was hot called 1 to- : getheratthe prdper time, because the lavatories and other adjuncts were not finished. The House has jnofr ' been touched, and slinks are as bad as ever. . ;. — Atkinson is said to have bought the Ifelson ■ votes. It is to be hoped Shepherd will get paid thistime. He did not, it will be remembered, on the last occasion when he turned his coat. — A man from Christchurch goes to Auckland this week for the purpose of setting aside Costley's will. ■ or trying to do so. I told my' informant 'that' a Christ' church man.wouid bo warmly wolcomein the Queen of the South. . , . , ■ . . ; ;:;• . —The "convenient Prendergast" was.'' very : irate at being directed to hold a sitting of the Supreme Court at Gisboriie, and still more so when they choered the jury, for bringing in a vsrcUcfc of not guilty in the- [ case of some alleged. otl'ence against the law. "• ; -, >- — A syndicate has been formed in Hawke'a ! Bay for acquiring land . on tho^East Coast. Amopg itschief members sxve Orniond, the Rev; Sam. Williams, and .Coleman.' Their bank is the Union,, and their' organ is Facts, with a help occasidnallyfrom the Christ*church Press. '....'. . —Atkinson's attempt to come over the auditor.I heard told in this way :—" You remember the stuffed- ' figure to which bells were attached, devised by onif - Pagan for the instruction of the Artful Dodger?" * "Yes," I answered. "Well," was tue reply! " thiß ; time Atkinson rung the bell." ...... \ -.-■ , \ — The policemen at the Governor's gate Have- ' had new orders given them by one Inspector Coleman.- • It is to stand to "attention," whatsoever that- mav^ mean, when members of the Assembly pass. the gate. ' I have noticed on several occasions that they have mis«taken messengers for members. •< ; ..:,, ' —It was impossible hot to sympathise with Bertie Saverna over the decision on Grey obtaining;- ;: leave to bring in an- Act to amend an Act of the,' Imperial Parliament. ,He was vociferous' in Jiis ondeavouv to get O'Rorke to name it, a Government measure. He expectedto win, aud when beaten; had a- ' face as dolorous as deserted Barbara^- . ...,'...' , -r-The Wellhigton pap;er|i%i|i# haV.e, always ,-■ had a. bias in favour of the CcMtinuo^s . Ministry; aroi ~i more biased .than ever. The reppyts'of proceeding of . Parliament in thd 'New ■iSealaml Times aEEovQ.- the'moat- ' perfeot and impudent; effort of party reporting'Thaye' 1 ' ' ever seen ; and a well-kuowii member says that phnKS* •' ', such as " derisive laughter," V ironic cheers,'VmnMb&' '■ ' kept set up aiid dropped indiscriminately in Oppoi»sß- ' mombers' speeches.. . - : ■ '.- , ■ - , '■•.,■■ .^*; ;-.• . — Considerable interest is felt in; the discussion-V'. whether the largest wooden house in the world isHs'o'-W turned a refuge -ifor distressed WellingTion trodea»men after black Monday comes, or to. be , insured in th* ' Standard Insurance offico, and then bi^rnt' down, Thi»arson" idea, which is of Southern^ origin, its . advooatok> ''• say, will reconcile the people to the'lois 'entailed on the? •' public buildinga wlienthe central, Goyernin^ntis.brokejii.;i .■ vp ' "• -<; •; — ' : ' '-"• • V-f ; TA--y ■•"',:■ ; v v; '

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