Parliamentary Notes.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4790, 3 August 1894, Page 2

Parliamentary Notes.

The Government policy is in a ';' [ great measure' responsible for tlio • position of the Bank of New Zealj and.-Hon.E.Mitchelson. "• Strong exception was taken by Mr ; Mitchelspn yesterday to the extiwa- ; ganco of Ministers in travelling ox- | penses. Using their position to send letters and telegrams to their political friends at the expense of the taxpayers was declared to be aii en-"* tirely new and unwarrantable de- ~': parture. Mr Tanner looks forward to tlio time when the railways of the colony will be as free to all as the high roads are at present, . The : Premier yosterday referred to his support of tlio Stout-Vogel Ministiy as a ■•" youthful indisciction.'.' . i _ Weknow that there are 18,000,000 in this colony which wo can't account for; it is hidden away in safes *** audteapok-4lrSeddon, The Opposition says Mr Ward, were associated with men who ad. ' ded £15,000,000 to tho public dobt. Sir Robert Stout thinks tho extravagant financiarproposals of Mr Ward couldoniy be ontertaiued in case of }W,,~EvtnJMg.Prw. ■■"' / "; Memberi are hanging back in f ho * \ financial-debate, /keeping their ' -' speeches till later .on, and yesterday Mr Ward was called on threeorfour . t \ times for his reply, At ono timo ho Jg» actuallyh-ose and was "about to proi'. - J 'J

sprang to his feet. I Membors aro taking to embollish thoir speochca with poetry. . Tho Premier and Minister of Lands havo given snatches from tho bards, and y ostorday Mr E. M. Smith rceitod to ' tho Honso somo verses apparently composod by himself. The metre was liko therolling of turnips across tho barn floor. Mr McLachlan also ; rose topootr)vconcludinghis speech '• "' with a quotation from Burns. Then ' moro pootiy was rend by Dr. Nowman, It represented tho Treasurer regretting that ho found it impossible to take off tlic'toa tax because two and two mado only four, and not five. Mr Button, of Auckland, is not a ciichro player, mid therefore- ho was at a loss yesterday. Ho wanted to appropriately describo tho leading feature of the Budget." What do you call that card? ho appealed to memboi's generally, and especially to Mr Mitchelson • a't his side. " Tho trump card, that's it!" and his face lighted up with tho suggestion from liis friend. So favourably was tho Bank of NJjjjZealand legislation received 'throughout tho Colony, said Mr McLachlan, the nioinbor for Ashbnry, ton, Inat night, tlint in his district oven tho ministers in the pulpits mentioned tho Government with respect. This . rather surprised the House. " Did thoy pray for them ?" quel ied another member, " Yes, they pray for all Binners," was the enigmatic reply.