A CABINET MEETING.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1404, 14 June 1883, Page 3

A CABINET MEETING.

■•' % . , Telegraph).' . ; ; greets of a Cabinot ■:".: meeting recently held,at Wellington ; has eluded tlie specials, and 'appears "■' now, -I believe, for the first time :- The Hon, Well,'boys, hore we are again. Pigeon-holes seem a bit dusty. Must bo ready for Parliament by tho end of tho month. . Shall we begin with the Dills dropped last session? What- \\> yon snyf ■ Major Atk-s-n—"Before you d.atiirb the pigeonholes I have ouo Bill of most urgent impottance to submit, h ; deals' with a subject that cannot In- ;,. delayed-in point of fact with Compulsory Insurance. I am—" <-' Hon, Prem. (coughs)—'! You wero about to observe, Mr Br-ce 1" > Mr Br-ce—' I was about to observe that things can't go on much longer in the Native Lands Court the way they have been" Mr Pvl-st-n—" Ah, now you mention ' lands, 1 1 think something more might really be done in the way of village -settlements.. At the Baceitata there ■ are-" ■,.. .

Hon -Prem;-;" Yes, Mr Br-ce ; I »■■-■ quite agree, witji you," Maior'tAtk-s-Jn (who has been busily , correcting, the proof sheets of his Bill) —"Agree with me. Why, of course I knew:' you: would. Magnificent ■SchonJe. \Two jiiid threepence, a week • •■" --hero" are the figures." Mr -li-1-st-n—"Tho land, for the people has been the popular demand of all ages, < I have just been reading' a ■ book by George, in which—" Mr M-*" It would greatly promote the harmony •of tho proceedings if 'honorable members would not use such expressions as' By George!'" Mr C-n-lly goes into a fil; of laughter being reminded of a similar joke in the Law Reports, Major Atk-s-n—"National Insur- ' ance is the one thing that can—" ■' Hon, Prem—"Really, Major, we : shall have to turn you out, Has the Hon,-the Minister of Public Works ,'y anything to report? East or West Jr Coast railway, oh?" (smiles). Mr J'-hn-st-n (winks), ' Mr' R-l-st-n—"The system of deferred payment purchases established by the Land Act of 1877 • and tho leasing system of 1882, if it were only extended—" Major Atk-s-n—"The same advantages could be attained by Compuls-" Hon. Prem.—" Has not the Hon. Minister of Justice a Bill to submit?" Mv C-n-lly—" Certainly" (fumbles in , jiia bag ahd produces a dozen). Here \. ' are sqjjfe jjills whicl) the country, .has \ ; bpeil ,; requiring-fqr a, jongtimp'' (pauses, and puts them back agajn), f'Al), noi' Slight mistake, They are • -=-al|—rwell—they are, in point of fftct, bills of costs." Hon, Members (aro convulsed). Major Atk-s-n—(during the con. fusion visos and formally submits hja Bill to the Cabinet), Hon, Prem,—" Gentlemen, this infernal. National Insurance concern must go into the fire, [Hear, hear.] And we must knock off tinkering with our Land Tenure, and keep our Village Settlements to ourselves until people;'will go to the auction to bid for then).; We must keep our fads out of the Cabinet. In fact we cannot do better than stick to this dusky bundle I have brought down from the. pigeonholes, So let us to work,"-