Parliamentary. (BY OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) WELLINGTON, August 9.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 33, 12 August 1899, Page 3

Parliamentary. (BY OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) WELLINGTON, August 9.

C tf,l : OP.NIAN THISTLE. In Mr Wrights Californian Thistle Bill, * hlch h '« P a ssed its second reading, it is Provided that -eveiy peison owning any neshn.g machine which is used for thieshmg on tnore faims than one, and M «7 peison in charge thereof, commits •» offence who fails to thoroughly clean °« such machines immediately after reshing »t each farm and before remov- [" q • Hch maohiQe or any part thereof to 7 faim '" Th « P^alty for a b ieac h ™wy of the provisions of this Act shall <* not less than £1 nor more than £60.

MtHINB INQUIBt. to concluding their report, the Comttujnoneis expressed the . r astonishment «» intolerable deal of sack » that has £ P ol " e<i ov6r this "pennyworth of M - A w,t , n the House observed g^Affinan. Cantamß^i asked \ ' Premier il the House would have any

Special time for discussing the report, but Mr Seddon said in a very emphatic manner " No." He further added that this matter had been threshed out duung the no-confidence debate, and would also be introduced into the Financial Statement debate, theiefoie he declined to allow any more time to be wasted over the matter.'' Commenting on the finding of the Commission, the Wellington Ministeiial journal says that " It is utteily impossible to felicitate Distiict Judge Ward and Dr Giles upon the report which they havt in their capacity as Royal Commissioners presented on matters relating to the Marine Department that w«ie submitted to them tor enquiry. A more inconsequent, indecisive, ill-ananged, wishywashy, and unsatisfactory finding we do not remember ever before seeing. The impression conveyed by a peiusal of the document is that the Commissionezs were in a state of utter mental confusion, and ■weie unable to state clearly their dehbeiations uponihe facts placed before them, or that they were in Hopeless conflict as to the ' colour ' and tenoi of their repoit, and compromised matters by making it as

colourless as possible " Further on the limes adds that "public confidence in the two gentlemen who composed the Oom mission cannot fail to be shaken bv their Jaine and impotent conclusion in this important lnquny which they sneeunojy seek to belittle." It, is piett.y mtain that the lepoU will be fully discussed divm R the debate on the Financial Statement.

Tin NEW >Si,AIAND CROSS. The lepoit on the Wu<™ ease was placed upon the fable of the House >estenky a ii'l caused a discussion, the Public Veil \ tions Committee having decided that Mi | Wiifrg should not have bean piesente<i with the New Zealand Cioss Tbo Committee exonerated the Piemiei and the Minister for Defence fiom blame in the nmtfei, and said the Government acted entur-ly fiom evidence placed befoie it Captain Hussell stated that the OppoM tion \seie pomcr to debate this matter whethei the Go\emment liked or not, and j uoulfl take nil constitutio-ml means to place the whole of the facts lieioie the countiy. Latei on, when opening the debate on the Financial Statement, Cap tain Russell obseivcd that the Piemiei \\as now fauly entitled to the New Zealand Cioss as lie was veiy olevei at Wii«"» (line) out of difficulties. / l '

INTEREST. I A letiun fiurmheil by the Tieasury De ! paitment shows that the total amount of mteiest up to Maich last paid in lespect to the North Island Tiunk Eaihvay loan j of £1,000,000 laised in 1888, amounts to i £420,0U0. I

GO'fHENETme SYSTE3I. Mr O'Regan is asking the Government, if, having iep;aid to evils insfcpaiable fiom the licencing laws, they aie piepaied to set up a select committee, to enqnue into and lepoit upon the advisability of replacing the piesenfc system with what is kuown as the " Gothenhuig system."

liIBItATSY. The lepoit of the Joint Library Committee, with lefeience to the management of the newly elected hbiary building, was piesented to the House >esfeic?ay. It suggests that a sum of £2000 should be piovided in the Public Woiks Estimates for furnishing and generally equipping the libiary. It is eatimated that £500 will be leqmred to meet the cost of housing and classifying the books. The tieinier is introducing a Police Superannuation Bill.

TliL MICE OF COAL. A large number of people have expressed their willingness to give evidence when tteh c committee is sitting to enquire into the piices of West Coast coal.

A LOAN. It is almost ceitam that the proposal in the Budget to boirow a million will be accepted by the House, although strong exception will be taken to it by the Opposition, during the discussion on the finaucial debate.

AM ALLOWANCE. Several members favour the idea of placing an allowance upon tbe supplementaiy estimates for the widow of the ate Sir Julius Vogel.

BATING ON UNIMPROVED VALtE. A number of amendments will be moved in committee on the Eating on Unimproved Value Act Amendment Bill, which is a Bill of one clause, providing thai a majontyof those who vote shall decide the question. Major Steward intends to move an amendment that in cases whoie the proposal has been rejected solely because the number of votes recoided was less than one-thud of the total number of r atepay«is, the proposal may be submitted again at anj tune. Tin amendments of Mr O'Began include a proposal to make the Act apply to town and toad districts, and that wheie the Act is in force it shall apply to the rates levied by the Countj Council or other local authoiity. He also piopobes to apply the Act to landreclaimed from the sea, that each ratepayer shall have only one vote ; that ten p« cent of the ratepayers in boroughs may demand a poll, and to repeal section 20 of the principal Act, so as to make it apply to charitable aid water, lighting and diaining rates. At a meeting of the Taratahi-Car-terton Eoad Board, Major Steward's Eoads Obstiuction Prevention Bill was consideied, and the Board expressed the opinion that the exist- »q law was EuMcieut for all' requirements.

HOSPITAL SCHOLARSHIPS. Mr Monk is asking tha Government whether they will provide special hospital scholaiships for young Maou and halfcaste females, with the object of benefiting the Natives by diffusing aa improved knowledge of diseases, their character and lemedial tieatment, especially those incident to women and children ; if so, will the Government distiibnfce among the natives a rirouJa!, setting forth the benefits which the "presence of such trained pel sons of their own race may confer upon them also the willingness of the Government to help.