PARLIAMENTARY NOTES. [BY TELEGRAPH.—SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.]

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1737, 23 August 1883, Page 2

PA RLIA MENT A RY N OTES . [BY TELEGRAPH.—SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.]

Waikato Petitions. Wellington, Last Night. C4eo. McAnally, of Mcicer, states by petition that he was employed as huesman in the Telegiaph Department ; that on July, 1882, when assisting a settler to remove a small house he was ordered to desist by the oih'eer in chaigc ; that he answeied in an offensive manner, for which he was summanly (li&mi&sed. lie prayed for ichef. The Public Petition's Commmittee, to whom the petition was lefcued, lepoi t that they do not consider it desuable to make any recommendation in the case, as it involved a question of discipline of the depaitment. Jas. Laney, of Cambridge, petitions on the ground that on the :23rd Fcbiuary, 1873, he receiv ed a severe wound in the right temple from a native, which incapaciati'd him from cairying out bis contiaut, atul in a gieat measure any other work up to the present tune ; that through the effects of the said wound he was not able to cany on his woik, and was obliged to sell his land. He prays for favourable consideration. The Public Petition's Committee report that, having dealt with the case in 1873, and Parliament having declined to alhrm the responsibility of the colony tor claims of this kind, and no iiesh evidence being otleied, they have no recommendation to make.

The Education Act, Mr Wliytc presented a petition from Gl7 Roman Catholics of Wiukato, complaining of the injustice caused by the JKducation Aoi. This is simply one of a liuye seiies ot petitions cnain.itiug fiom this paitienkr denomination all out the colon} 7 . The Pailiamunt as constituted i-5 simply immoveable on the point. CoiuitiT petitions are coining pom ing in, so that any depaitiue fioin the system as ifc oA'ists id a vciy lcmoto probability. Indued one of the Litter class of petitions was presented by Mr Wliytc on the same ocea&ion. It is signed by Hairy 11. Deusbmy and 220 others.

The State of Parties. Reyond the fact that another effort will be made to provide for the removal of Paihament to Ch; istehureh, there is not u question of public mtciest, nor yet c\etia liiniour alloat. The non-success which attended the efforts made to oppose the Native Lands Amendment Bill, appears to have completely non-plusscd the restive power in Parliament, the result being that the bills set down on the Order Paper for the second reading to-day, passed without the slightest show of opposition. Indeed, the position of parties has become altogether unprecedented. There is nothing approaching organisation or cohesion, and every man, down even to the most unimpoi taut, strikes out in an independent course, sometimes acting on one side, and as often on the other. Under these circumstances, the feeling uuiversally pievails that the sooner the whole thing is brought to an end the better. There arc still 81 items on the Order Paper, but a slaughter of the innocents is hourly expected, and a thinning of the members cannot be far distant.