POLITICAL NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH.-SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.]

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2024, 27 June 1885, Page 2

POLITICAL NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH.-SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.]

Objections to tho New Tariff. Wkuiv.ion, Vwt\,\\ NiK'lit. DUKIM. thr l.i-t feu d,i>> jii.>ii)lm i-. hue been perfeoth imiiid it"l \mLli tule{,'i.iui fioin then con^tihiiMiU li^pi'ttinfj the lmiiiiitiiM of tho ne» t n iIF .iiid it^ eJFurt-. on ti.nle <,'(MH'i.ilh Siinu- \iri)inu>. pi(pte--t--h.i\e boon iecei\cd fmiu sheep f.iriiiiui .i^'.ini^t the pio[M>se<J duty on wlu'op dip, fioin co.il iii< > ieh < Mit> .ig.iiM>t tlie duty on fnicign c"aN, fioin pl\<itiirrt.iphor-<, pmtin mteau m<ik*'i-, <uid .t \u>>i of otlict^, all ropivsiMitiii},' tn tin 11 ic^ppctive nuMiibut • tlic ncee---!f\ of ln-i^tmj,' on the icpc.il of tlm-iO objection.ible dntu>.

The Forests Bill. The second leading of the Xow Zealand Forests Hill elicited ,i lengthy and inteiost mg di-ciis^on tin-, .ifti moon. Tlic Hill chiefly propo-.es th.it .i «urn of i'"> 0,000 should be boirowed foi the pieseivation of tho forests of tho colony, and that a coin mission should be appointed to take chaise of tho forests, who would bo .subject to the contiol of Pailiamcnt, and undei tln> authonty of tho Minister m chaise of tJie Forest Department. .Sir Julius Vogel in moving the second rending alluded to the deploi»ble wnste of the finest land that v.is at present Komg on, owin^, to fiies and othei ciiHos, and said it was tune some steps \u>ie taken to stop such whole-ale destruction of the tuubei of the colony. The --econd lead ins (>f the bill was liitcirupted by the •Jiiiner adjoin tiiuent.

Free Trade Meeting. The meeting to bo hold on Monday is evpected to be of a, \eiy impoitant cluu aetei, and about .">0 ineinbeis of the Hou-,e sue CNpi'ctod to be piesent. The oiigin;tl intention of tho meeting was to discuss the. tanff propov.aU from a Fiee Trade point of mow, but it has since assumed a widei direction, inasmuch asthewholeof the pohcj bills of the (rtncimnent are likely to be considered, and some action taken upon them. Se\eral l'lotcctioui-t-. ha\e aUo e\piessed .i desiie to attend the moetmg, bi-iiigdi«satisfi«(! with the aiticlcs m the t ui(F th it aie proposed to lie admitteil duty fiee. An active cam ass is still going on toa-ceit- on tie i.-tual -tiongth of the Imoo Tiadc p.utv, and the iiimmlhi of \otes at their coinm.ind.

Reform Mania. Theio e\i-ts m the Ifou^o |r>t now a soit of mania foi iefoiin. The fiist ininiiatioii was attempted by Mr Macandiew on the opening day of the session, when he moved that ah-md piopo-nl tint the House should meet daily at halfpast ten. Although meeting .uth.-i tempolary success on Wednesday last by a c.itth \ote, the House last night, aftci a debite of neaily three houis' duration, reversed the dicision then auised at, and threw out the Standing Ordeis report, and with it Mi Macandiew's proposition, by a m ijoiity of four. The division on the question List night cieatod almost as much interest as if it weie a question affecting the fate of a (Joveinuiunt, and when "the pie\ ioih question " was carried only by the easting vote of the Speaker, there was intense excitement. During tho disciKsion Mi l'\ke caused loais of laughtei by the humoiiioii-. maiinoi in which he denounced the pioposal, and he said it was all \eiy willfm " mmuij,' im n bku tin- meiiiliri f,,i Toit (Jhalmeis to want moining sittings, l.\ithe(Mi IM<e) prefened to take .i \\.7lk in the moiuiug to Ineatho tlu> balmy ail of Wellington, .mil it the pi optical weie tinn i| lie was afi.ud he Imuld be can led out ot the Jlous(. feet foienvist. The ii'sidt of the motion w.i- iei -ned with hi aits iluMs, much to the di^n^t ot tin I'ailiainent.uv, \eteian, the membt l foi L'oit (.'h linn-is. Auothei lefoimei this session i, the membci foi Waumte, Mi W. .1. htewaid, who is moving m the duettion of hiving Mmistei s lephes to questions pi mt. d in a supplemental y Older Papei, instead of being answoied veibally as at piesent In this | loposal Mi Stevvaid will bewaimly >uppoitetl by the repoiteis, at any late, whose labouis would becoiisideiably lightened by the adoption of this coui-e In many c.^es it is a m.ittei of impossibility to heai Ministeis' ie|)bes to questions put thorn, owing to the indistinct way m which they ic.nh the g.dleiy. Mi Itichaidson is the gieatest suniei in this respect. Mr Hallauee, who persistently turns his back to the Kepoiteis' (Jalleiy, and consequently to the Speakei a No, when he addresses the House, is only a bhade better than his colleague. Mi Stew aid is also moving m the duection of bieaking the Standing ()idoif>, so that bills .slaughtoiud m ono .session may be lCMimcd the following session. Othei amundments aie spoken of which <ne to be toiiMileied shoitly at a meeting of tho uieuiboii of both sides ot tho House.

The Lung Worm. It may intt ioit y<>ui country readers to know that atCapt. KussrH's m^biq-ation, the ( IoM-uiint nt ,110 cudiMxoming to heciiic the sen ices of I'iofessoi A. O. Thomas, now of the Auekl md I'mvci^ity, toc\auune and icpntt udnii the luii^ muni and othoi p.u.i->itei in slieep. Tln> is cm-ployi-d by thoKoyal.Vjriiuultui.il Society of Kngl.md to lopnit tiptin the origin mil lu^toiy of the HuUo. Hi«. iepoit w.isconMileied a ni(»>t valu.ihlo and oxh.iu^thr oiu>, and i-> quoted continually a- .1 --taud.ud .uitli'ii ity. His >•(<! \ict'-< h.i\c not yet been M'cini'd, but it is expected ho will iiccept the appointuii'iit. The Financial Debate.

Tlio fiii.uioi.il debate was opened tonight b\ M,i)i>i Atkinson in .1 speech <»f ,»n houi .md throe qii.n tfi -t dilution. Hiw.is follow id l»y Sir Julius Vojjel, wild kept tlio debate Riunjf fur an hour .mil a (ju. liter. Neither nf tlie two le.ulei-i, li(iwe\er, w.i> in .untiling like hi- usniil fni in, and wlietliei tidiu old iisMictiition as uollejigiie>, or flout po'.-ihle coalition in tlie future, they dealt \eiy iiiiich inoic tcudeilv with e.ich othei tli. m was geiiuitill} expected would be the cine on such nn important occasion. It w.is noticeable that tlie cheers which gieeted M.ijoi Atkinson on lisin^ to spu.ik wore niuoli niiiic hcaity in tone than those •iccoidi'd to his n\al. The House iirexcnted .i MMy animati d appeaianti, .'til the K.illeius bt'iii^' tiowded. Tlie debate lexpecti d to I i-t o\ei in \t wet Iv.