PARLIAMENT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3559, 11 July 1890, Page 2

PARLIAMENT.

Houbo of Representatives. Leave was granted to MrTai. whanga for one week, ana to Mr Jones for sit weeks (from the beginning ot the sossion) on account' of illness, and to Mr Rhodes for one week on account of distress in his family, The Supply .Debate was'resumea?• I by Mr Br,uce who maintained that" depression; did not exist to suob an extent as; was said bv some. ■ Ha oonsidered;that in New,. Zealand greater ooirifort existed than in any . ate country in the world, and coneluded ;an able speeob. by decking that he feft confident of the suocess of their appeal to the'eorintry. "■''■>,■■■'- Mr Buxton, the next-speaker, pproved of the pttperty-tax, arid bund no fault with the Bailway Commissioners. ■■■; "•■..•■••'■"■ : .

Messrs Duncan andT. MoKenrie also spoke briefly on'the subjeot. Mr Mehteath ridioulod the'quaoka' whose remedy for every difficulty was to open up the land, when they had,, not got the settlers to put on the and, HeblamedtheHouseforthe fkilure .to; retrench, rnd referred to the charge that Ministers had raised a loan to.benefit the bank of New Zealand.

Sir John Hall spoke at oonsidorabla length, and was followed by Dr Newman and Sir George Grey. The debato.ffasadjoutn.odat 11,80 p.m.