House of Representatives. Wednesday evening,

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 664, 23 September 1876, Page 2

House of Representatives. Wednesday evening,

COUNTY" SYSTKM PEItMISbiVB ' BILL On tha explication of Sir Q-'orce Grey, the nceoud nadj/'g of fie County System t'emnaaivo Bill wu postponod lur m week,

PAYMENT TO MEMBERS. Mr LauiiOb moved tin fallowing resolutions :— *' 1. That, 1 iho House wll to morrow retolve itself into a Committee of the wholo to consider au addrtBdk| t» Ins Excel'oucy tho i >overnor praying^ that an additional sum miy be placed < a tnc E«ti«n*tes for tbe purpose of rtcfrnyiug tbo expanses of in mber* of tl ii Hi;iisi in coDDection with tbeir Parliameuttry dut'O) duiing the session. 2 I hat such alditional fiiiu be estimated at Llie rale of £300 fur o»ch bonorkbl* member. Thtt Promi'r laid the Government vrould nppuso tbe moti< n when jtMfcio ou in coraraittfe. M> Bums cjave notic« tono'e ''That members be ulloweri 20? per dum from the day Parlfciment is ojxntd till ltu^ profound." i Tho Si-etktr put the first resnlutiom Bnttly. 'I he discussion on both tides was animated. Mr _S aff)r»i s»id tho motion was mop' o^tuue, Kod, iv any oaee, really meant paying uitmlors at the rate of £909 i-per y«.ir. I M*»«r^ Pyke, Stout, Tnb«>, Kowe and, AV»>uloock «p»ke ntron^ly in favour of iucruased payment to m mber?. I Meurm MalFord, Mutrar,«J |k>fiarper, Bo wen, It Wood, T. Kil l"y,l Macf irl.uio and Kollftcun all spolce 1 'ajainst the motion Mr tlar f er inored the previous question. A division was taken in ftvmrof the resolution l>y 30 ag.inut>t 25, fcotcal having votel for tbo tirot res'lution wiio aaid tht-y won <i hob vote for the two, Jaud tbe second was tben withdrawn.