PARLIAMENTARY NOTES. [BY TELEGRAPH-SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.]
The Justices of the Peace Bill. Wki.i ivgton S iturd ly. Thk discussion List night on tin' Justices of tht; Peace Ainriirimeiit Bill, introduced by Mr Title, the Minister of Justice, took a most exttwudin.iry turn, .uul the Hill met with fieice opposition fioin .til -ides of the House. One thine: was evident fiom the debate, namely, that the apixiintiiit nts of justice ni.ido by the pio-cnt (Jowrnnii'iit hue, in many c i-i>s, been nntuiiciiioly bid ,m<l do^i.idiiis? to tin 1 office. Mi Huithoiise, for example, I istanced ;i case in winch a in in in Ins own district h.id been ue.it>'d i Justice of the Peace who could neither ie.\i]oi wnte, and when acjitam document was brought to him for atte>titmn ho was m» inyatihcd by its contents that hd turned it over and over, :uid at length •< ud he should hi\\c to take the adv ice of tho Ministei of Justice upon it. This ot coui&e created greut ainu^emcnt, but Mr Hur*thonsp was thoroughly in earnest over the whole thing. He .said furtherthat hoknewof sever.il i| pointnients that bad been nude which would cause the Minister for Justice to blush, or if not tiiat Minister, at any rate •>oiu« "f his colleagues. The Hou.se was in a vciy iiutable mood over the dozen II so amendments th.it were moved ti> create almost everybody a Justice of the Peace, but tho climax was reached when Mr Wakefield rose and solemnly proposed that every elector in t!!e. eol< ny who is qualified to \ote for a member for Pailiament should be ipsi facto a ju.stice. The chaitman had at length to request members to have some tegard for the dignity of the House, and to put an end to the position into which they were dtifting. Of coui>e the members who moved that the chairmen of licenmng committees, river boards, school committees, and several other bodies should be justices had some difficulty in restraining their mirth whilst doing so, but they were compelled to advance some reason for their piopositions. All the trouble coiiimoncud with the proposal of the Government to give the Commission of the Peace to several hundreds of chairmen of road boards in the colony, and the Minister for Justice was moie than once roused to retaliate smartly on even some of his own aide for the unmerciful chaffing he got over some of hia precious appointments.
The Otago Central. The Otago Central Railway is a prominent subject again this session, a meeting of Otago members is to fake place on Monday, to take some steps for the furtherance of the work.
Otago Central Railway. Wellington, Monday. It is becoming more evident daily that the pre«ent session, which opened so ivuspicmusly for Ministers, will not be altogether plain for them. Already they aie being met with another big railway question. The promoters seem fully detei mined that the Ot.vgo central line, which has been before the House for years past, shall receive its full share of railway expenditure. The Otago members met again to-day, and the result is said to have been not .satisfactory. Resolutions weie passed regretting that a larger sum than was not allotted to the. work out of the next loan, and a deputation was appointed to wait on the Government with a view to receiving an assmance that the line should bo finished as far as Taieri Lake within 18 uiwnths after the negotiation of the loan. Twenty-three members were present, being nearly a fouith of the House, .so that unless the Ministers are able to effect a compromise, home unlooked-for development may be expected.
Earlier Sittings of the House. I bear the Standing Orders Committee intend bringing down a proposal lecommending tliat the Ho'isc sit earlier in the d.xv with the view of discontinuing night sittings as much as possible. A similar recommendatiim was made last .session, but was allowed to stand fm the tune being. Theie is no doubt the idea would begreatlv welcomed by many membei.s and ofhueis of the Hhim, to whom the incessant late sittings towards the end of the sus>ion become intensely wearisome and fatiguing. The work of the session would all be pei formed in a better and more expedition* niannei than Uat present the cat-e. On tli3 other hand, a strong argument against its adopting day sittings is, that honourable members possessing stonewalling tendencies would be able to evercise them wlienevei they cho^e to do so, if any particular how were named for rising the House. It U on this ground that any motion for day sittings is generally opposed by the Ministry of the day as the whole House could, except extreme t-teps were taken, be at the mercy of a few nieinbeis who choose to stonewall any particular measure. Mr Macaudrew speaks more eloquently perhaps on tins subject than on any other, and never loses an opportunity of enlarging on the injuiious effects of the late sittings. So strongly does the member for Port Chalmeis fe.il on the point that he has informed his constituents ho will not .seek re-election unless the House consents to day sitting-.. A lengthy discussion is sure to arise when the committee In ing down their report.
Civil Service Reform Bill. It is undei stood that the Ci\il Service Reform Bill is not at all relished by tho->e whom it more immediately concerns, and considerable opp isttion is being manifested towards sonio of its leading provj. Mons, the portion of the Bill which abolished the privilege-i at present now in the hands ol the Ministry, and which is often so unfairly evercised m making appointments to the service,
Ministers Annoyed. A rum<uir was afloat that the Ministers are so annoyed at the reception gnen to their Justices of the Peace Act, Amendment Bill, that they are not particularly anxious to bring it forward again for the consideration of Sir (4eo. Grey.* elective clause. The principle of elective justices was to all intents and purposes carried by the division on Friday night, hut the Bill was postponed to consider the new clause*. It is quite probable it may be indefinitely postponed.
Impending No -Confidence-Motion. It is rumoured to-ni<jht that a direct vote of no-oontidence is to be tabled during the financial debate, either by Major Atkinson <t by one of his lieutenants, the ground of attack being, that Sir J. Vogel lias not disclosed. The affair has been kept very quiet, but Ministerialists now expect a hostile motion of s>otne kind ou the financial proposals. The Opposition also con«ider it extremely doubtful whether the Civil Service Bill will effect any reduction in the expenditure.
Another Supreme Court Judge. The report U again revived that another Supreme Court Judge will shortly be appointed in consequence of the large amount of work that has to be performed by the present Judge, The rumour was lately centradicted by authority, but it is generally believed the appointment will be ma.de duiing the recess,
The Bad ajxd, Worthless are never imitatwl or counterfeited. This is especially true of a family medicine, and it is positive proof that the remedy imitated is of the highest value. Aa soon as it had been tested and proved by the whole world that Hop Eittoxa was the purest, best and the moat valuable family medicine an earth, many imitations sprung up and began to steal the notices in which the press and the people of the country had expressed the merits of H. 8., and in every way trying to induce Buffering invalids to use their stuff instead, expecting to make mont-v on the credit and good namu ot fl. B. Many others started nostrums put up in similar style to H. 8., with variously devised names in which the word " Hop" or " Hops" were used in a way to induce people to believe they were the same as Hop Bitters. All such pretended remedies or cures, no matter what their stylo or name is and especially those with the word " Hop" or " Hops" in their name or in any way connected with them or their name, are imitations or counterfeits. Beware of them, loach none of them. Use nothing but genuine American Hop Bitters, with a oluster of green Hops on the white label, and Dr Soule's name blown in the glass. Trust nothing else. Druggists and Chemists are warned against dealing in imitations or counterfeits.
Mr G. F. Millars, Ohaupo, that he has erected a new saw mill, syia, while thanking the public for past favours, lAtimates that he is preparecl to siyiply all kinds of rimu and kahikatea iQw^st r^tes.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2168, 1 June 1886, Page 2
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