PARLIAMENT.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2665, 10 August 1889, Page 2

PARLIAMENT.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. (r.Y TBLEiiIHI'Jt. — l'Ui-MS ASSOCIATION), FRUmV. Tim Lo ;i.-laUve Council met .-it 2.30. The following Bills won; introduced nnd renl a lii-sl limy :—An Act u> amend the iViilivo Lands Frauds Prevention Acts ; mm Ai:t fi validate and explain curtain definition of the port .-it the Thiiinos and tn in.iko provision in respect thon--of ; an Act. tn amend the Native Land Court Act J.';.S?» nnd Native Land Court lttiii Amendment Ac l , LSS.S, and the A»im i!.-; Protection Act Amendment Bill.

Hon. Mr Wilson move.-.) for Hie appointment of a select commi'to.; to report upon Ilia mucs which had led to tho correspondence between tho Government and Judge Ward. Tho Attorney-General objected. Tho motion was c irricd, after some discussion, I)}' 21 to 13. The Waimea River Works Bill was comiriifctod and reported with amendments. Tile Mercantile Loan Act Amendment Bill and Shipping and Seamen's Act Amendment Bill was read a second time. On resuming tlio adjourned debate upon tho second reading of the Selectors Land Revaluation Bill, Messrs Oliver, Barnicoat, and Shepherd supported, and Dr. Pollen and Mr Shrimski spoke against the Bill, and would vote for Mr Mantel's amendment, that the Bill be read a second time this day six months. The motion was agreed to on a division by 23 to 0. The Bill was then read a second time. Sir ]<\ Whitaker moved the second reading of the Native Land Purchase Act Amendment Bill, but on tho motion of Mr Wnhawaha, it was adjourned till Tuesday. The Council rose at 4.12 p.m. till' Tuesday. HOUSE OF KSPKESENTATIVJ3S. Fit! DAY. The House met at 2.30. Mr Hislop moved the adjournment of the House in order to make a statement as to his connection with the Ward-Christie case. He denied that he had interfered with tho interest of justice in the matter, explaining that all ho had done was at the suggestion of a deputation awaiting on him at Oamaru. With regard to the statement that there had been a mistake in tho evidence, he denied that he had instructed the Crown Prosecutor at Dunedin to contest the validity of the warrant of committal which was to send Christie to gaol at Dunedin, or that ho used threats to the clerk of the court at Oamaru to induce him to refrain from carrying out the instructions of tho judge in the matter of altering the warrant A lengthy dismission followed, in which Messrs iiillanee, Liniach, Fish, Fitzherbert, J-lutchesou and Seddon urged tho appointment of a Committee of Inquiry. Mr Fuliou thought the House, not a committee, should deal with the matter.

The discussion wax interrupted by tho .->.3Q adjournment. The House resumed at 7.30. Sir 11. A. Atkinson moved that the House, at its rising, adjourn till Monday at 7.30 for Government business only. Mr Lirnach moved as an amendment that the sitting be for the purpose of considering the appointment of "a Select Committee to investigate the Ward-Hislop case. Sir H. A. Atkinson said he had made an olfer to the leader of tha Opposition to set apaita day for this purpose, sinj hi: luuked on the amendment as distinctly traversing tho policy of the Government, and should treat it as a want of confidence in the Government, and would not transact any business till this is dispo.v d of. Mr P.allance s.iid the Government was responsible for tins waste of time. It was an insult to tun House tn refuse to appoint this committee, when a committee had already been appointed iu the other Chamber. All they wanted was that nil the facts should be placed before them, and that had not been done by the explanation made that afternoon by the Colonial Secret iry. Mr Hislop said all tho facts were before the House. If the Government could not discharge tho ordinary duties »f the administration of justice, he ivas .sure u committee could not.

Mr Walker said in the interest of tlio Mon.-e ami (juvcrnuieiit the fullest consideration should In; gmin to this questiun. Mr Taylor protested nff.iinst such .a question being made oiio of '• no-conlidence." Dr. iiodxkiiison and Mr Bruce opposed the amendment. Mr Pish thought thcco-.rmiittcc should be appointed. Mr Miirchant opposed tliß amendment. Tjost by -10 to 3(3. .Sir H. A. Atkinson uinvcJ tlm .second reading of the IVi.pjity A's.-mment Act Amendment Bill, without remark. Mr Mos< mov«!, .-.s an amendment, thiiL tin: J roperty-tax is unfair in its incidence., han-assing in its etfect and injurious to the piM(,'i-es.s of the ooimliy. ■ Mr .Soiidou liioved'the iidiiuininicnt of thl'.d;b:lto. Sir 11. A. Atkinson eoiiiplainiid t'iat a snt-priife amendment had bi:;'ii spniug on him, after lie had arranged wlt'.i the loader <jf the Opposition to bring- .m the deb tie tonis'ht. Mr PnUlar.eo snid in all his cxpciiiiiico he liad never known of a Colonial Treasurer bi-ingins fonviird such an import i;it ]3ill without a word of explanation. The debate was adjourned till next sitting day. Mr Hision moved flu; second roaditi" of the Ota-jo Maniagu Bill, iimi Marriaee Act Amendment Bill. Agreed to. The amendment made by the Legislative Council on the Dunedin Inhibition Public btreot CloKincr ;ind Bill was agreed to on a division by US to 2'J. Mr Richardson moved tlie .second raiding of the Caiilerbiiry .Society of Arts Reserve I.ill, and the Public- Jtewrvu Aut Amendmi;n!- JJil). Agreed to. The House limn went into committee on th^ Patents Design and Trade .Maries Bill. Clause US, penalty for unauthorised assumption of royal arms, was .-truck out, and a new clause inserted, providing that n;> trade mark shall be registered for artitidial manure manufactured in the colony, unless accompanied by a certificated analysis of the component parts by a ooirpeti.'nt analyatical chemist, a copy of which shall bo attached to every box or package The Bill was reported with amendments, read a third time, and passed fT.pft. e !fH,,™\ '