POLITICAL NEWS. [BY TELEGRAM-SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] Early Hours. Wellington, Thesday.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2021, 20 June 1885, Page 2

POLITICAL NEWS. [BY TELEGRAM-SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] Early Hours. Wellington, Thesday.

Thk legml.itnn dutic* of tho people's rnprpMMit.»ti\cs havo ccrtntnly not boen \t*ry anliKiui sinco tho opening of the hc^hiom, as up to the present tho Homo hn» .sat once aftpi tho dinner adjournment and on tl.at occasion tin* tilting was a very nhort one. Mr Macamirew no doubt fceU duly grateful f«>r the ntninston of owning Kittmgi. Tho Member for I'ort Chalniprs 1^ .ijnost conniitcut iulvocatr for tiiiii^.icting thu hu->inp-<-. of the Ho\mc dining tin* daylight hmir«, and ho li.is ahv.iyH p->r-'i-it' i ntly ><ot Ihh f.ico ugtiiiitit tlio jktiuciou^ habit, nx he con••ldois it of ruining inciiibciK 1 liealth bv '• tinning day into ni,,'ht." At tho pri-sput tune Mr M.ic.uvlre.v lias hn annual in >ti'»n on the pipt>r to tho elFect that tho Hoii 11 * 1 Mi all uit'i't at hilf-pist ton, and adjourn at .") p.m., biit it is ivodliMs to s.iy the piopmal h.is not the slightest chance of hanng boon put to clfpct, it only on the gioiui'l tli.it it will g-iritly tend t>> the obstruction of tin* bininoss of the House it a, ipociticd tnnu were fixed for adjoin nment.

Bible in Schools. The fimt cliMMion of the Mission was \yitnessed this afternoon over tho intioduction of tho Bible m Schools Bill by Mi J)ownic Stewait, tho member for Dunedin West. It is well known th it it is .\ most unusiial piococdintf to refux: leave for tin introduction of a hill, which, of course, is doiio without any debate, but tins afternoon, when the question was ]>ut fioin tho chair, thoio «!l'' « protest of " noes" all tminrl tho House, and Mr O'Connor di\idctl th* llouso on tho (luostion. The Jesuit w.is in f.nour of tho bill. Ayes, 41 ; noe«, '2H Tho Premier, who \otc<l witli the ayoj., aftorwivrds oxuhunod that his voto was gi\cn iti iicjorclnnco with the usual courttMy extended to a inuinbor on introducing n bill, but ho dul not by any iimns coiiMder hnnsi'lf bound to mi|i|Mirt the bill if its object \v,»s to pioiii'ite bible leading in schools. Mi (ioo. Fuller and Mi J. (J. Buckland made Minil.n o\|>l<») vtion".

Rumourod Cabinet ChangesA ciirunH rumour w.ia aHo.it thi-t morning that the C'.tb net was about to undetgo a reuoiirittuctKiii voiv shortly. The rumour in jfonDi.illy di«ei edited. The only thing winch giti'if Ciluui to it n tli ■ k1"-> tii.it it mvtty provalent of l.ito tint Sir Juliu* Vdp'l was \ery ,«n\ioui» to assume the I > i('inier"hi|) of tin 1 Mmmtry in addition to th'- portfolio of Colom.il Tu'.i-tuier. It i-* unlikely, h'nvftei, tli.'it a rooon tt notion of the Mini-it I y would tike pi ie 5 in tlic middle of the aiw.io.l. unle<s for \L*ry iirgsnt roi HOII.S.

Mr Hurst's In(iuisitivenes3. Mr Hurst, tha mmnlicr for W.utcmita, has Iwcn hter.dly thirsting f'>r inf<>ii)j.ati»:i on all possible subject « during tho inHt few dtyi, andho has qntMtinned nearly every Minister in turn ti> effect hi* ol>ji*ct. Tod»y lus cliwf anxiety w.n t<> ascertain tlio amount spent on the Minntpml rosuJunce sincp LS7!>, and the trnwllinir .illow.uioos |)iid to Mini<t«H arid tiu > ir.ittend.\nt-« fiom IS7O up to 1S8">. It is undii^tiMid Im object was to slinw up ,i fi'w of tin 1 .ill«'#'d i-\-ti i\,ijjjuiC'''s of sonii' of tlio ini'JiibuiH of the pi iM« nt Mim-ftiy.

Funeral of the late Mr Searle. The rumaius of Mi (1. I). Seirlo, 0110 <if tln> oldi^t jouiMiliNt-. iii the colony, wore intiM rod tin-, iijurmn^, tlio fun.-ial si-r\ico buniK raid l>v Au'lido.io'ii Stock. A lat^c nuuilici ol I're 1-1 -'' ropit'sent.itnes were i>ionuit iimonK the mourners.

The Budget. "WKi.r.iNc.roN, I'Yid.iy, 10 p.m. The Ilnuso to-night scarcely presented the ordinary aspect of a Hudjjet niplit. Although there was an extraordinary demand for Speaker* tickets, neither tho Jjidi("<' or Strangi'iV (Jalleru's wore in'irly .vs full . is on previous occihiiiiis. Hir >'. Vogt-l took iic.ulv two hours to lr.ul tht* Statement, and although Hnveral ]>oitions of it appeared to nfToid hohid fvmiHenient to inembi'i-*, h(> le cei\ed on the whole a nuwt ]i.itieut lnuriu(f. The loc.il f,M\ eminent proposals, taxation, .md ))orro\\in^ piopoH.tls « ere of course the portions of the Stiteinent most • > .\<,'erly hsj tened to, hut ,\s to tlv j^i'iier.ii effect of the IVidfjet it i* of too fin mill. U)lc a character to offer any opinion im vet upon it.

The Attitude of Parties. The pnlitic.il .itmospheit' Htill rcmiinH .ilni(i>t unn.itui.dly <mliii, .met Afiiititi'is<ui(l Opposition SIM 1)1 til 1)0 I>ll till' l»l"<t l>f tIMIIIM with o.idi other. Of course a stomi is predicted hrfoio long, but iu> one knows exactly fimn w h.it quiirti-i it will e<>ini\ Tli(>(J<»Vfrninoiit mipp'Ttorn jihsi'i t th.it the piwitiou of •XfiniMtor 1 * \k ton stroiipr to bo Hnccnusfiilly as^.vili'd, and I am m a iiositmri to <m .1 direct no confidence \oto thoy would m'cum' the support of moro than one i>f Major Atkni«oii * prosi»nt pnrtv. nimply to prcu'iit ft rotum of tho cliiiotic Ktnto of tiling that pn>\ailivl l.u<t sps-ion. Still the collapse of tlio Minintiy nwinjj to internal dHsp-.siDiH i\ not «.u altogether improbablo event.

The Native Lancia Bill. There i-< a mnnnii ftflo.it that the (loveiijr tnont intend to drop the N.itise L.mdH lifll in consequence of the fiifcn opposition to it in all quartern. Tho hill wti* inniietl to-day, and it-, lf.uliu^ fixtures wore generally G<indemned. Mr Is.ill.tnco is l)ehe\ed to bo perfectly ninceic m liim .wlvoc.icy <>f the bill, hut it i< uud«i'itood < Jr»\ci mtiont, .is a w}i«lo, have »" d'etre f» -Like tliuir j)o»itn>ii tin it.