THE BANK TO BANK CLAUSE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 25, 24 October 1907, Page 6

THE BANK TO BANK CLAUSE.

V'l r ' ALLEGED BREACH $; PRIVILEGE. •' NATIONAL* ENDOWMENT.' '

•te s Tho Council yesterday began with local Bills, but spent most of its time on Mr. Colvin's Coal Mines Amendment Bill, apropos of which the discussion on tho bank to bank ' clause, the Arbitration Court and the authority of Parliament was resumed. Tho subject i ■ ' '.was continuedj'afr'ateevening;.sitting, and for ■ i time it"'was*ratheV a 'nice''point as to whether a stonewall : was, being set up.,. The ■Hon 0. Samuel, evidently had plenty of building materials'ready to hand. Eventu- ' ' ; kelly^pf Sgrdss"wasV.Teported,; on; tho, undergtanding.thatithe"Bill would-bs placed:at-tho .lop of tho "Order Paper to-day. Several clauses of the Animals Protection Bill were • ri;.^'en'vput ; thro'iigh. , Comnritteo. '.■>'''.'.:■■::■■! ; >:;V ', I In tho House >'Mr':'' Q. M. Gray (Christ- ■' churcb.;North) -alleged of privilegei against'the manager of tho' Stato Coal ■' .Department—-that;.is.-to .say, ho quoted from '-. .. -jp letter from.jChristchurch, in 'which it.was said that Mr.' Gas'qubiho.'tiad disclosed stafce- ■ ;ments made before a Select Committee, and [le.iasked ihe Hquso to decide as to. a breach \& privilege. ThojPrerhier desired "to information before tho paraphernalia a breach of privilege was gone through. He 'moved to ask Mr. Gasquoino for an oxplana-"-ition.' ilr'; Massey, Mr. Symes, Mr. Tanner, \ ■• ?Mr, Lewis, and others considered a clear (breach had been committed. Tho Minister , i,ftjprlliaes and'soveral;memherssupported;tho Mrv-.R. .M'Kenzio brought the Premier'to his feet by suggesting:that his motion was inadmissible,..and some Bharp re- ,.'" . , torts, that;£radualiy. Ipsi thoir>sting, passed .between 'them.' Tho continued 'for ' !.<about an hour and 'a half ;■ amidst cries, to- , 'wards the finish, lof "Get on with tho busiana.'finally the, Premier's; motion was '[carried.'Questions'-.and. ''Ministerial replies Occupied tho rest of'.tho afternoon to within ' "minutes of the- adjournment; .'when tho " ."'.'Endowment'.Bill was called tin. "■ ' I Tho dobato went off.at a lively paco when Ihe House again met. Mr. J. Allen livened up j members vwithsomo'spiritetr and pointed re- ' jtnarks on the tiselessness of the' Government ':■ 'proposals. Some: of his statistical quotations --aroused ;tho'wrath! of- the ;; member for •liytteiton, who declared them' linfair, , becaii?oVr and, with a note of ringing • ~'~:/yearn,, associated tho word "trickster" with ■; '-■'■ '/"such.methods..!This word ho was called upon 'to immediately withdraw., Hewithdrew, but the feeling between tho two members was exhibited in a few subsequent jibes. Half-a- ---; idozen. mqmbors sprang .up.tb. dej- ■• bate'as'Mr.'•Men?:'cdhclud^dr'i.Tbo ,; .'Hon. T. IY. Duncan mado;a lengthy, speech, \rescntful . ~of tho Premier's' , action I 'in replacing tho : knocked-out schedulo of tho Bill (the knock■j ■■ .ing-put .process, of-which/,the Ministor rde- / £crib*ed);"and : containing. threats of'.stumping - : ftifiiQantorbury' to. f place -Jtho. /injustice-of ■ tho allocations, especially ■asv' ) rpgar.ds v ' Canterbury, .before .tho people. He called • . upon' Canterbury "members t6' >: 16ok to , ' themselves. Mr. Duncan' evincei .considerable : ■•■■ /fe ! eling;';; i Mr.. ; -Wilfprd, whp7f6llbwed,;leyelled. ■■;. * a strong indictmratagamsi'tho schedule proposals, though being'in'favour of the endow--ment' principle. Mr. Rutherford spent a pleasant fifteen minutes amusing the galleries !. .with a.playful homily on Socialism, and afterwards the debate became general,.an unusual : "rdesire, until a late hour, being evinced to ~ , catch the Speaker's eye. . ,-' . ;