LAST NIGHT'S SITTING. Lively Proceedings.

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1431, 3 September 1881, Page 3

LAST NIGHT'S SITTING. Lively Proceedings.

On the House resuming at 7.30 there was a large attendance of members. Mr Seymour took the chair. He said : " Before calling on the business, I desire to make a statement on the conduct of the business. The committee has now been sitting 48 hours, and has negatived, on 23 occasions, motions for reporting progress or the Chairman leaving the chair. lam of opinion that the limits of fair discussion have been overstepped on this occasion, and it becomes my duty as Chairman, m order to uphold the proper conduct of the business of the Committee, and put a stop to the proceedings which have become obstiuctive. For the present, therefoie I shall not permit to be proposed, nor shall I put horn the chair any fuither notice to report progress or to leave the chair. I shall submit to the consideration of the Committee any new clauses or amendments which may be burnt fide and in order, and 1 shall then strictly confine the discussion of these amendments to the point immediately under consideration. I feel sensible of the impoitance of the decision to which I have arrived, but I am of opinion that it is absolutely necessary for the proper conduct of business that the deliberations of the Committee should be brought to that point, which is usual in fair and reasonable discussions of the measure submitted to it by the House. I have only now to add that I shall not allow this ruling of mine to be disputed. If any lion, member objects to the course I piopose to take, and there may be some hon. members who may think that in the proposal I make for the conduct of the business of the chair I am overstepping my authority, then I think the proper time for the discuasion of that point is when the House is sitting, and the Speaker is in the chair. I shall not allow the ruling I give now to be challenged. In reply to Mr Tole, the Chairman said ifc was not hia place to quote hia authorities for his ruling. It was his place to rule. Several other members having asked questions upon the ruling, Mr Seddon proceeded to discuss the new clause, which the Chairman now insisted upon the House dealing with. When he sat down Mr Gisborne rose and moved, " That the Chairman report progress, in order that the unprecedented ruling of the Chairman of Committees relative to this procedure in Committee may be submitted ,to the consideration of the House*, "> (Loud, cheers and clapping of hands from the stonewall party). ' The Chairman : I may inform the Committee that I shall decline to put this, (^.pplauso from Ministerial side),— Mr Gisborne rose to speak to his motion, when the Chairman said : The hon. ; <rpntleman will please .speak to the clause tihder consideration.— Mr Glsborne : I shall speak to my motion. (Cheers and pripa of "chair.") — The Chairman: The hop. gentleman will speak to the clause. — Mr Gisborne : I believe lam asserting the privileges of the House. (Cheers from the Opposition party.) If lam disorderly, I wish my conduct to be reported to the House. — The Chairman : I Understand the bon'. member declines to «pesik to the elanse under discussion. — Mr Gisborne : I do. — The Chan man : In that; case I declare the hon. member acting in defiance of the rules of the chair. (Cheers from the Opposition.) — The Premier besought the members to be calm. — The Chairman then said he would leave the chair and report that the hon. member for Totara had been guilty of disorderly conduct.— The Chairman having: done so, Sir George Grey rose, and was about to sneak when the Speaker, in a fierce voice, cried "Order." If any member rises when I am on my legs, summary proceedings will be ordered to be taUen. It has been reported that M r Gisborne, the member for Totara, has been guilty of disorderly conduct in Committee. I will now afford that hou. member an opportunity of explaining his conduct, after •which he will withdraw from the Chamber^ until the House deliberates what course it will pursue with regard ix> him. — Mr Gishorne then explained hid reason for wha,t'he had done, and left the Chamber.— Mr Hall said, before he proceeded to move the motion," he ' "would ask the Swjak^feitouptll upon the hon. .member toWmfflUJ&wht matter.— The '*^w #if W& $ie% igiftlffll wborne, a member

mittee, after. husing beea'fcalled upon by the Chairman thereof to desist, that ho ahaU bo hejd to have been guilty of contempt." Mr Hall regretted', that he^was compelled/ to do ao, aiid moved that the penalty be £20 instead of £50.— Sir G. Gtfey moved, " That nb fine be ihflictdd." He contended that Mr (risbornie had merely upheld what he considered to be his rights. — Sir \y. Fox supported the motfon, and said they should put a stop to the obstruction. — Messrs Moss and Sheehan spoke against the motion, the latter intimating his intention to move that the fine be reduced to Is, — Messrs Hursthouse and Shephard spoke to the same effect. — Mr Stewart said tho ruling of the chair must be upheld. — Messrs Gibbs, Soddon, and Weston opposed the, motion on the grounds that Mr Gisborne had not intended to put any slight on the chairman. — Mr Macandrew Baid the authority of the chairman must be supported. — Captain Russell and Mr J. T. Fisher argued that Mr^ Fisher had not been guilty of any intentional contempt, and Mr Wood spoke in the same strain. — Messrs Barron and Johnson supported the motion. — Mr J. B. Fisher considered that Mr Gisborne had been guilty of coldblooded contempt of the chair, and Mr Rolleston spoke on the same side. — Messrs Levestam and Reid defended Mr Gisborue against the charge of premeditated insult. — Mr Collins said ne must vote for the motion even though he telt that it would lose him his scat,— Messrs Harris and Tole spoke in mitigation of the punishment. — Mr Swanson said he was sure that in any ease Mr Gisborne would not pay the line. — Messrs Ballance and Hall followed, and after Messrs Saunders and Reeves had spoken, the former for and the latter against, the motion was pat and carried on a division by 46 to 27. (Left Sitting.)

Messrs H. E. Cotton and Co. will sell at their mart to-day, at 3 p.m., produce, furniture, butter, cheese, &c. They have also on sale two double-furrow ploughs. Messrs W. J. Hunter and Co. will sell at the Cambridge yards on Thursday next, fat cattle, fat sheep, horses, &c, at 1 o'clock. The usual monthly meeting of the members of Lodge Sons of Ulster, L.0.L., will be held at the Victoiia Hall, Hamilton West, on Monday next, at 7.30 p.m. A general meeting of the creditors in the bankrupt estate of George Mason, Hamilton, will be held at the Court-bouse on Wednesday next, at 3 p.m., to pass a resolution that the debtor be discharged. Messrs B. and J. Coleman advertise for tenders for earthwork at their farm up to noon of the 14th instant. The imported thoroughbred sire "Feve" is advertised to travel the waikato this season. The new pure cash system now being initiated by G. and C. will certainly pro\e a benefit to the public. It has been a great success in Sydney and Melbourne and when strictly carried out the customer who buys at an establishment where the goods are marked low to ensure a rapid sale must be a great gainer. G. and C. sell their drapery millinery, and clothing at such prices for cash as gives the buyer the advantages of a shareholder in a co -operative society, without the risk of being called upon to bear aportionofthe loss should the year's business prove unsatisfactory. G.irhck and Cranwell will aim to retain the confidence whirh the public have hitherto shown them, and arc determined to give the pure cash system a fair trial ; whether they gam or lose the first year. Country buyers on remitting cash with order will be supplied with goods at co-operative prices , just the same as though they made a personal selection. Furnishing gooas, such as carpets, floor cloths, bedsteads, bed 'Sutp and general house furniture, the largest portion of which is turned out at our own factory, will be marked at the lowest remunerative prices, and a discount of five per cent, will be allowed to those who pay at the time of purchase. G. &C. having realised the entire value of their stock during their late cash sale, the present stock is ni wandw and cheaply bought. An inspection is invited. — Garuck and Cranwell, City Hall Furnishing Arcade Oueenstrret, Auckland