THE LOBBIES. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] Wellington, Saturday.

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1426, 23 August 1881, Page 2

THE LOBBIES. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, SPEC IAL CORRESPONDENT.] Wellington, Saturday.

• Grey's Law Reform. Grky is going to have another try afc the reform in the practice of law. His Law Practitioners Bill, as you are no doubt aware, after passing the Representative Chamber with. 1 eclat, came to grief in the Upper Chamber, having been thrown out by a majority of 20 to 6. Last night he introduced a bill to enable the practice of on behalf of any part}' to civil or criminal proceedings. There can be no doubt that his effortsjn this respect have met with a large amount of approval. Looking at the average class of men we meet with in the practice of' law, it seems absurd to talk of it as a pursuit > demanding the grave Parliamentary precautions assumed on their behalf. Just think of the number and variety of coxcombs who fuss and fume behind the shelter of a Police Court attorney's privileges, and say if the average man of parts is not his superior both mentally and socially. Then again we find the nincompoop of the law walking boldly into the ranks of other professions without let or hindrance, and what is sauce for the goose ought certainly to be sauce for the gander. The Irrepressible Pyke. We have just spent a lively half hour with the rowdy, rollicking member for Dunsfcan, the irrepressible Pyke. Yesterday he tabled a motion, which the Speaker took upon himself to alter before placing it on the Order Paper, alleging jin extenuation that he regarded the motion as a mere burlesque. Not to be done, Pyke, with the first breath of the evening sitting, rose to & question of privilege, and not being satisfied with the Speaker's explanation, he showed unmistakable evidence of a disposition to "play up." Indeed, on the curb being a little more tightly drawn by Mr Speaker,' he did "play up and all but kicked over the traces. The Sergeant-at-Arms was ordered to stand by, and in the meantime Pyke was further dealt with. At one time Pyke looked iightable, but on finding the Speaker firm and unflinching, he caved m and accepted terms of capitulation. During the time it lasted the conflict was sharp, accompanied by a good deal of uproar and disorder.