Thursday, August 12.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 13, Issue 1076, 20 August 1869, Page 3

Thursday, August 12.

There was very little worth notirig from the gallery yesterday beyond some faint indications of an approaching end to the Session. The Government moved that after to-day Government business take precedence of all other, except on Wednesdays, which was agreed to. Mr. Wilson tried to induce the House to sit every day at noon, but members did not seem to care about this. It is probable, however, that Monday sittings will soon commence. The Native Lands Act Amendment Bill was referred to a Select Ootutmtfceej an<i| one or two bills were advanced a stage. In the evening the House went into Committee of SUpply, Mr. Bell stating that the continued illness of the Treasurer rendered it undesirable that tbe debate on the financial statement should commence in his absence, to 1&s QeYwiunent would be glad if the departmental estimates, not likely to create iscussion, were gone on with. When the Treasurer recovered, full opportunity would be given for discussing the financial state-: xnent from the first line to the last. The House assented to this, and a large proportion of the departmental estimates were disposed of before the House rose. Mr. Reynolds tried to reject the item of £500 for the New Zealand Institute, and Major Heapby bad a tilt at Hansard^ moving rejection of the item — Reporters £1200. Neither gentleman, however, found sum*-. cient support to go to a division, and the items passed.