PARLIAMENTARY NOTES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4501, 19 August 1893, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY NOTES.

I . SIR; FISH IN H(>r WATER, j The member for Dunedia City had rather a bad time of it in the House (yesterday, Early in the afternoon be was pulled up by Mr, Speaker for telling Sir Robert: iftout not to ask impertinent in-thij evening, he was ahirply reproved for 'elliogthe Speaker, who had BuggeiM that 3 epeeah the member was making should be curtailed, that he was } "muoh obliged to him for nis ■■■£ interruption 1 " Mr Fish wanted to argue the matterrbiit: the; Speaker ~"'\ would not permlFff, and the elect of Dunedin, mumbling th'at ''he bad hie ' rights in this.House," sullenly with- - - drew from the fight, "A few'minutes : 'M afterwards the member for Inangahua '" ' : :B "rubbed it in to Mr Fisher for , - :: M wasting the time of the House: in a '-P manner whiohho regarded as' 1 shame-. -'M ful." Mcßishi wanted the.;word J«f withdrawn, but the Speaker said"■■ .-:f| tbere.-waa' nothing objectionable ; in ; ' ; -<MM wore>n /unusual' number otjMJM ladies in: the galleries reserved I their Hccommodatiou in theLegielativfj ; ;^^H ; : iilllllittl

Oounoil Chamber yesterday afternoon, the attractions no doubt being the anticipated debate on tho Electoral Bill, which however, did not take place in consequence of the second reading being postponed till to-day. However, the Deseased Husband's Brother Marriage Bill, which was strangled in its biith, proved an amusing little interlude, and kept tho occupants of the gallnries in good humour. Lady Glas-gow-was present throughout the aftfti"noon.—Post. BANKHOPKII IIEGEtPTS AND EXPENDITURE, A return was yesterday laid upon tbotabloof the Houso showing the from bankruptoycases during the past threo years, and tho expenditure on the samo. It was as follows : 1800-91 1891-92 1892-93 £i d £b d £» (1 RewipU .. 8)03 18 4 7120 5 3 020615 7 ExpcndltureG73l 4 0 6230.2 8 609118 9 There is a foot-noto to the roturn which states that the above represents the amount actually charged against tho vote for bankruptcy for the three years naifeg but in addition tbcro is fairly chargeable to bankruptcy a proportion of tho annual cost of the Buprcmo Court and nearly the whole cost of the District Courts. If these amounts wore so charged tho apparent surplus of receipts over expenditure, shown abovo, would disnjipeur.—Press.