PARLIAMENT.

Evening Star, Issue 5171, 1 October 1879, Page 2

PARLIAMENT.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Tuesday, Sbpthmbeb 80. Aft >r the formi-l business the Hon. Mr Mantell raised a qnostlon of privilege in connection with the Kinross He argued that witnews when giving ovidenoe b-fore the Council's committees worn prin'ogod, and if ther committed porlury couli nob he prosecuted without tho leave of the Council. In Kinross'* <me tha prosecution had been guilty of contemit in Bubpu>-.iu!n?f a member aud the officers of the Counoib—The fcPKAOE wa* clearly of o;i it.n that a Lnaoh of privilege bad been committed —The H >n, Mr Bucklhy contended that if perjarr waa committed no qu«i»tion of privilege should stand in the w*y of the guilty partie* receiving punish-nent. -The matter was referred t* the Hta-iding Orders Oommittee. The.AddseßS iu R >ply was moved by tho Hon. Mr Wood, and secoud.d by > the Hon. Mr Martin, and agreed to on the voioes. —Tho Hon. Mr WaterHouhe charged the Governmeut with having unconstitutionally used the machinery of the Governmeut to iufluunce the recent elections ; and chaj aatorised their policy as a sy-tem k>( organic! hypocrisy.—The Colonial fc ecuetauy replied defending the Government, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Tuesday, Skptembkk 30. Poveial notiaej were given, and some papers laid on til) table. Ia an»wvr to questions, Ministers stated tha' L7OO would h*»« to bo voted before the salaries of gaol officers in the Colony could ba equalised, aud it w*s intended to ask the House to make the wtoeosary provision.—No architect m< the l uM'O service waa allowed to etigßgs in private practice. iutenied to oommenco the Hami'ton-Wsi-kato ralway at Hamilton until the bridge over the river i* oomplete 1.-7,393 ao-es had boen Bet aside iu Canterbury for sale on deferred piymnnta, the proclamations Laving been issued iu 1S78; and a number of settlors had been loaated on the aroa«.—There is a olause in all Government oontiacta providing that workmen »hall be paid at Je»st every fortnight, and attention would be drawn to it in order that contractors might he compelled t* respeot it.—The Agent-Gei'eral had appointed an of deaf and dumb, who wait ♦•xpecunl to arrive ia the Colouy about L>w»eaiber.—Steps had been taken to ensure a more punctual delivery of the San Francisco mail on the enuit coast of the North Island; and the Union Company had offered to run a »peci*l steamer down to Wellington for L 2.000 a-year.—The Government would be prepared to pace members of Fire Brigades in the same position, with regard to capitatbn, as the Volunteers. Leave waa given to introduce a number of Bills. THB ADDRESS IN REPLY. (Continued from fourth pagf.)

After referring to the way the Premier cajoled people by gammon, Mr Sacndbbs eontinued : Sir George would require very large supply if he was to keep up demaid. The speech of the hon. gentleman at the hoad of the Opposition waa a masterly one. It contained an array of facia damag ng to tho Government and ointasted favorably with the speech of the Premier, who expected the House to take hia assertion without any attempt at proof. The matter of the Canterbury gridiron had been denlt with. He (Mr Saunders) inquired intt> this, but found no cause for compl*int ag«inst allowing a person to obtain land if he was able to pay for i, He did not see any objection to alltwing a person who had a contract a chance ef obtaining anothor. That was the position of those chargtnl with grid roning. Tho fact was th»t only some 2,000 aores—ceroid? much lets than 6,000 were thus dealt with, so that the oharge of infamous practices fell to the ground. He did not intend to say anything respecting the Hioemoa They had heard enough to fchow them that the steamer which tho Premier said should be sold ought sot to be uied by him for political purposes. He ned scarcely refer to tho Premier's financial efforts. Foots and figures were not in his line, as was shwwn by tlm fuilure <f his efforts last «v»hionin this direction. He had gone over the list of members, and had found that lawyers and news-paper-men wero the only classes over-represented. They had twenty two f rmers, tleven lawyers, seven men whom ho called gentleman f r want of a better classification, seven newspaper men, editor and prop-ieto*, and five contributors six merchant*, flnana ors, nnney lender, <-tc., ihreo freeholders, two iu.iholders, two mineis, and two pensioner, botJi of whom had seats on the Gove nment bench's—(laughter ) On the subject of the Klestoral Bill, he di 1 not see that the Upper House were so blame.iolo in throwing out ihi Hill as sent before thorn as tho Premier would have them believe. The Promier bad not told them why Native administration had been so misroaaage:! : why ho had driven one Treasurer from h'B post and had not obtaiaed another to skvo bun from the disgrace of doing duty as a mock Treasurer. If he wanted to *how how the telegraph had been misused he should show how a nice little billet waa offered to one who would oppose him in hia candidature, and this w.vs done under the profession of furthering the great liberal measures so often referred to by bits. He told them that the Hinemoa was to be employed inenabling him tooiroulate his great liberal principle?, but ho maintained th*» if they had more of practice and less of preaching it wou bo bet'er for thfim. He than went on to speak of the finances of tho Colony as doalt with in tho moaau ea of past sessions, which he maintainpd were failures. If ho had his way he Wv.uld have proposed an amendment to every clause of the Addres*, and would certainly hav.i shown how Ministers had themselves opposed those greit libaral measures they advocated. He continued at some length in a humorous manner and sat down amidst applause. Mr Speihht moved an udj urnmont of the dobate at 12 p.m.