PARLIAMENTARY

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3541, 20 June 1890, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY

HOUSIOF UEPEESENTATIVEB

; r After the delivery of the Govar? nor's speeohyesterday, in'the House of Eepiosohtaiiyes, the Speaker announced that Major Campbell had resigned hie position as Clerk to the House. '.'...'.• -.'■;•..■ ' ... ''

Mr Taylor asked the Minister of Defence, without, notice, whether lie had received' any' reports from the t!rowu\ Lands Commissioners with respeot.to old soldiers and volunteers' land claims, and, if riot,, whether lie would .do his bust'to get the rsports laid on the table •of the House, Captain llassell repliid that the matter had not been lost.sight of. The Commissioners 'had" been in-

structed to push on with these claims as far as possible, No reports had been received yot, but inquiries would be made with a view to having' them laid on,the table during, the present session..

Mr Mitohelsoa moved the. adjournment of the House, but Sir George Grey rose to move as an amendment that, the' Governor ..he asked to dissolve.the House' The amendment was ruled out of.order. .

Mr Taylor characterised the' Governor's speech as a ", colourless one. After Bomo discussion the motion for adjournment was carried without dissent and- the House, at 8,25, adjourned till 2.80 to-day.

NEWS BY CABLE,

''■'-'." CE ENGLISH. a- . tl '■■■'' London, June 17. oi Tbo directors of the Bank of New j Zealand are unaware of the authority of the Standard's statement that jj| the New Zealand Government will tl assist the bank to weather its o difficulties, .8] The Duchess of Fife has- been p delivered of a Stillborn child. n Mr Goschen promised the Agents- h General a writton answer as to what c

the Government -would do with 6 reference to'the'proposals for sharing o in the cable guarantee, ' • a Mr VV. H; 'Shiith.'in the House of , Commons, gave .notice of n resolution \ to resume the Government Bills at 1 the same stage next session, .' t Mr Gladstone approved the action | of the' Government, .."'- ( Mr Smith announced that he would 1 proceed with "the Tithes, Police, | Western Australian Enabling, and | Local Taxation Bills, and carry over ] the Irish Laud Purchase Bill. i i June 18. i I Dr Farrar, Archdeacon of Westi ninstcr, has.been offered the Deanery of Manchester, i Benzonhasattendcd the Bankruptcy 1 Court and filed a' statement showing

his lwbil'.ties to be £38,000 mid assets

• £IB,OOO. i It is understood that Mr Grjschen does not intend to recede from the 8 position taken up with regard to the l cablo snbstdy and the guarantee, d. Truth denounces the sentences passed by the Court-Martial on those it of tne'ereyrof H.M.S. Egeria charged g with mutiny, nnd insists that further is inquiry be held. i- Burns haviug declined to discuss the eight hour's question with Bradlaugh exoept hi Hyde Park, Hyndmnn has arranged to publicly discuss the matter with the member for Northampton, y Tho agreement between England ir nr.d Germany ovev the African quesn tion has been signed, and it turns out that the forecast published by the

Times was correct, Germany touches tho Congo frontier from Lake Tanganyika to the lirst degree of south latitude. Zanzibar cedes the sovereign rights of the East Coast to Germany and England, while the latter cedes Heligoland to Germany. Goruiany receives a freo transit to Lake Nyassa and tho Congo,. and surrenders the coast Hue from Witu to Juba, leaving England without a competitor except Italy to the boarders of Egypt. Tho English and German press generally applaud the settlement o 1 tho East African difficulty. It has been stipulated that tho residents in Heligoland shall be free from conßOriptiou, and the customs duties shall not bo altered for 20 years.

Tho Emperor is represented s being delighted at the cession of Heligoland, fokEgn. Lisbon, June 18. The . Portuguese Government requires the burning of their flags in the Shire distriot to he explained. Washington, June 18, Tho Senate passed the Silver Bill by 42 to 25. They declined to limit its operation. The Bill approves ' silver certificates being a legal tender, and inacts unlimited coinage when tinvalue of silver to that of gold is as 16 to 1. The measuro has been referred to a conference of both Chambers, Madrid, June 18. The cholera is sporadic (that is, it is occurring in single and scattered cases) and is not epidemic St Petersburg, June 17, • Tho NihilUte' Committee has announced its'intention to resume energetic action for tho purpose of putting and end to absoluli-m, which in Russia takes the form g!iiJ3uppoit;tblr despotism. Arrests me puinerous. Buenos AvEfis, June 18. The Goyernuicnt of jiie Argentine Republic has cancelled 80,000,000 of illegally issued dollar nous Paris, June 18. H the luncheon at the Hotel Continetal given by t!?«o.b'e Companies! to the French Minister of ConinTO. there were two hundred present. Sir J"op)> Pender presided.