THE LOBBIES. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.]

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1418, 4 August 1881, Page 3

THE LOBBIES. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.]

The Gaming Bill. Wellington, Last Night. After sowing, and harrowing too, their perennial crop of wild oats, members seemed disposed to settle down to work la^t night. The Gaming and Lotteries Bill was got through committee, ami, unless re;cp,mmitted, fee further amendment, will be read a third time on Thursday and passed' „ The progress of the bill excited considerable debate, and occasioned a large amount of merriment. The Colonial Secretary, who piloted -it through committee, is reputed to bo a man of strict puritannical notions, and, knowing this, certain members took casual delight in twitting him regarding the nature of the sins with which the bill professed to deal. For example, he was closely examined as to his knowledge of "Yankee grab," "fan tan," and such like offences against social custom, and, in utter despair, the poor gentleman was made to confess his utter ignorance of their nature and practice. Thereupon, sage reflections were foundei on the utter folly of a man attempting to cure evils the nature and extent of which he had never studied or understood. More than oi^e shy hint was thrown out that it would be good for him to take a "round turn" in the ways of the wicked just by way of improving his experience if not his morals. Mr Dick, however, withstood the wiles of the wicked one, and stuck to his bill and got it through. The member for Waipa, who^e experiences seemed a little more fully developed, gave him material assistance on more than ono occasion in expounding some of the more difficult problems by which he was beset. The principle of the measure*, is undoubtedly good. No one enn doubt but th.it the business of life^f these colonies is being too much leduced to a "species of lottery, -iud the sooner the evil is checked the bettor. I nm'jußt afraid, however, the provisions of the' bill aie too stringent, and its penalties too sovere to achieve the purpose aimed at. It originated in tho Uppei House, and is said to be the pet .scheme of the Attorney-General.

The Steam Service. This afternoon Mr Macaudrew carried a motion affirming the desirability of establiwhing direct .steam communication with Cheat Britain. Dr. Wallis attempted to throw cold water on the proposal, by hinting that, it was merely a device on the part of Ot.igo to pet Dunediu named tho'port of destination The Government intimated its entire sympathy and promised to forwatd tho motion to the best of its ability. In the meantime the matter is left for mvestigation by a select committee.

Dr. Wallis Motion. A good sensible debate ensued on a motion tabled by Dr. Wallis >c xemodelling tho constitution of tho Legislative Council and making it an elective body. Mr Hall admitted it would be better to import into it the elective principal, but at the same time argued, that would have to be done with eai c and prudence. His suggestion w.is th.it its incrnbeib should be'elected by the House, and the ballot. In that way he argued an eligible class of men who had not the faculty of making themselves popular with tho masses would be got into politics. Giey was particularly severe on Hall, calling upon him to iulfil the promise made his constituency, \i/., that he would bung down a me.isuie such as the one pioposed. Tlie motion was talked out to the afternoon adjournment, so that nothing came of it. The tone of the debate was m favor of a mild elective system hems: had lecoiuse to, while one 01 two u ilfy thoughtful members spoke as if they thought the time was not far distant v\ lien a second Chamber might be dispensed -\\ ltli altogether.

The Ten-per-cent. Reductions. The question of the ten-per-cent, reduction came on incidentally. The Ticv.suier gave it to be undci stood that the w hole <-ci i ice had been le-motlelled, and that by meant, of amalgamation of offices, ami othei ludicious manipulations they h.ul elected «vi all-ioiuul saving equal to 10 pel cent.; they had levised the c.ist-iion mle of dealing with all alike, and tieated each case upon its own paitiuilar incuts. \\ heie salanes could btaml it they had made a reduction, and in other cases where it was wan.uited the) had made slight additions. This would seem to be the com se insisted upon last .session by the Opposition, ami certainly it seems fairer than the course hitherto pin sued.

Law Practitioners Bill. Sir G. Giey's Lav* Practitioneis Bill is provoking opposition already. A petition fiom the law societies ot Wellington and Clnistchurch piotesting against its passage have been leceived. It is quite to bc° expected the lawyers will not relish the pi o> osal.

Troubles Brewing. There is a whi'per of some fuitlier turmoil in tho no confidence line, but 1 don t think it is at all piobablc. Indeed, . there are two motions of tin*, native hanging upon the Order Paper, as it stand-.. The one is by Mr Sanndeis, and leads as follows :—" That no financial pioposnls shall be accepted, if not based on strict adaptation of animal expenditure of the colony to its annual ie\eimc \vithont any assistance fiom boirowed ijVjiiey, and that do not admit ot <i complete sepaiation of colonial and loc-al finance and entne emancipation of the latter fiom the contiol or inteifeience of this House."' The other is m the name of Mr Stewait, and leads as follows :—: — "That the House disapprove^ of the conduct of Government in forwarding to the Telegraph Departments of the Austiahan Colonies the names of telegtaphists in this colony alleged to h.uc stiuok." Although to-night is a private members' one, one or two mea&mes aie likely to create some inteiest. The one isMmray's Duration of Parliaments Bill, and the other Grey's Law Practitioners Bill. Neither of them are far down on the Order Paper.

3Clss Lucia Zabatu, a dwarf, exhibiting in Lonnon, commands a larger &alaiy than aay other. When a cow disgorges her tood it is a symptom of irritation in the htomrich and indigestion, probably arising from the presence of too much acid. Give her two drachms of carbonate of ammonia, with one ounce of ground ginger in some scalded bian, once a day for a week. Afterwards she should have a little salt and pounded chalk to lick every day as she will take it. Is treating the qualities of animals a correspondent of the Prairie Farmer says, concerning large-boned animals :— Great bones in cows, pigs, or sheep are a great evil. They are an index to coarseness everywhere, and often the index, too, of a bad constitution ; size and strength are not identical in living tissues and structures. The small bone of the gazelle and chamois, supporting them in dashing leaps from crag to crag, are natural illustrations of how strength may be condensed in the small bone. The large bones are full of cells— are porous, so to apeak— and bear about the same relation to the small bone as the branch of the pithy arfdejr tree does to the dense and compact Btetn «{ the oak.