PARLIAMENTARY GOSSIP.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 217, 11 September 1907, Page 4

PARLIAMENTARY GOSSIP.

j<By ■Teiegraph;f^-ParWainentarj;' : Beporter.> "VVELIJNGTCaf, Tuesday. COUNTRY SCHOLAKS. I: lir Stallworthy: is;a3klrig:lhe.vMinistei: ■of ■ Education : ;whether- •he U will provide the settlers,, of. Lower Raupp; Avith a I He made the following. Teniarkable statement: of; they jjducatipjnal condiJiQns..prevailing in .the district: —"Thera are the school age, who' have - never. seen, the" inside "of .a , ichodl since^ .^nd : ,,it •■. is 'doubtfui- if' ttiey ".knoW -their alphabet. One and; .unless \ the ■ desired' school < is -erected;, "they will without' schooling, "unless the settler setls'tfut'and} removes to ; feowta locality Hvhere .there is a school.- Others are in the same positipn, the; settlers'being "■-nearly, possession? of -: young families. There.-are'- twenty, children jylio fhave never, seen theinside 6i''" a icfipol. : '- AiiotherT has - Jour , chil"dren in standards I. to ■ IV., but they 'ijave' been", unable to" attend the nearest school for. some owiHg_ to the ■state:.df .the".' ■■'".' THE [SIS. -: In- the light -of Friday explanations, the- iGpvernment yesterday returned to iconsid'er-the' tariff.• Business was resumed !;• at the. where . pro■gress : was. repprtedi.pn the preyibus occasionj and -a: prptracted : on one - item. ensued, Jastingv : about.. _. four hours, •.'., Qn .- .an ; anien4meht",-" inbyei'. ~i>y Mr" Guinness,. to make bdiietsyTmpbrtVd for mining-and dairying, purposes, duty, pi 5. per/.cenj;-,-instead of; 20 per rant,'-.'town'- and country members rangeil . themseives for., and. against -the prbpp.sal, Tjut the '- Government this" timeV won'! by, 11.-,Tp'tes J is' retained. Of the six liberal nieinbara Ayho were, •'the jcause of Friday's incident -in.the.rHpuse, :Siess*rs..Hornsby, Jennings, and Koss, as;-on iWednes'dajr'-lastj^voted . against the Government,: TMessrs - ; Dillon and- -paired against; tKex.Gpvern-. ment, and Mr Hallj who-on,Wednesday joined forces with Mr voted; with /the| Messrs -.-Elatinan,*- Grahain,-and Hpgan-; -who-.di.d not vote in last weeKs.,, crjiciai division, last night'threw in their.'ipty with the Goy« ernmerit. ''.'■;. ■ ~-.-.'' ;--_-J :> -~v <-■■..'.••..■ .'-' .•- . A; WI^IJM^qOFS;^ iA unusual incident occurred in shortly;'after midhight, when the.; Chairman , ' of: GbiiunitjteV.Mr' 'Kenzie'", named for. \yaihenoi ■"(!Mr. : l l :^MeK6nzieV.;-.fo)r_faipnigvtp'T'es^ne i ' hm seat when to~do so. 'The ofFendirig member expressed, "his and- the' premier' trifed/ to .pour pil on,' the- ■troubled/waters/; i the Chairman, ho frevffif- s\iid-tie' wduld take,the matter f ;■ The member for'-.Waiheitio agkiir' eipressed his regret7*Xiid -;Sjr "J. Ward hoped the 'Ghainnan' would not take extreme After some further-"-" explahation ~;'.." the■■"■'; 'C^i llll * 11 agreed to accept.the .ejcpression of '-ret gret '. : ' Inaccdrdance 'with* Parliamentary: procedure; when a'member is; named by the Chairman of ■ the later' decided to take' the; maliter.fur- - ther, tte/Sepaker' is .<!all : e'd ; 'inland:t.he ■Chairman Tepprts the. incident to .himThe Spealier orders the offender fa leaVe the Chamber, and the House then proceeds to discuss the- punishment thai is to be inflicted. ......... .