PARLIAMENTARY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4225, 22 September 1892, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

The Premier has given notice to introduce the Payment of Members Bill. Sir John Hall is asking that the Government veterinary officer enquire into the ravages of the Bot-fly in 1 Canterbury, Mr Duthie is enquiring into the circumstances connected with tho sending of unemployed toPahiatua. The Premier says that (lie remission of. the Debenture Tax means a loss of £IO,OOO of revenue, To remit taxation on Building Societies would mean the loss of £2,800 per annum, Mr Coleman Phillips is petitioning the House through Mr Bucbannan for a Royal Commission to enquire into the manner in which ho has been "barrassed and worried" by the Wellington Land Board, Mr Fisher is moving for a Select Committeo to enquire into the distribution of tboir auctioneering business by the Public Trustee, Official Assignee,and Railway Commissioners, The Public Revenues Bill—wbich by tho way, the Evening Press was

the only Wellington paper to publish in full, and'to criticise editorially yesterday—received a godd deal of attention in the House yesterday afternoon. It was freely described as being a proposal—(lst) to enable the Govsnh ment to borrow on a non-borrowing plea; (2nd) to enable Government to undermine the purity,of Parliament by paying to their followers, in a a leight-of-hand fashion, considerable urns for having served on uselesß soyal Commissions; and (Brd) to RUidraw the department of the Minis wi of Lands from the jurisdiction o ter Controller-General. Altogether the everything considered, a mos«nd able measure I