Parliamentary Notes.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 2757, 27 June 1894, Page 2

Parliamentary Notes.

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WELLINGTON, Jane 27. The Government are introducing a bill providing for discharging juries in crimkuL^ cases when there is no oh&noe of\S9Pl agreement being arrived at. ' T ' Both branches of the Legislature, at the instance of Ministers, passed resolutions of condolence' with the Frenob Government at the assassination of Pre« sident Oarndty The Governor, through the Secretary of State for the Colonies, has transmuted to the French nation a cablegram of sympathy at the loss sustained by them by the dastardly and untoward event. The Hon. Captain Baillie has been re-elected Chairman of Committees of the Council unopposed. : -"■ On the AddresS'in.Beply being called on in the Council, the Hon. T. Kelly was not in his plaoe, and the order; lapsed. Mr Kelly arrived a-, moment; ,'later, and ac there were dissentients to replacing the order a fresh notice for the following day bad to be tabled. -.....$-• * Mr Button is urging that the balance, sheets of the colony be presented in simple, nnderetamd&ble form. Mr Bussed (Ricoarton) is advooatiog State coal mines, and Mr MeKeusie #■ ißuller) an import duty on foiejg&coil. Mr E..M. Smith brought apXhJoase of Major CharleaJßrown, of New Plymouth, ■ The Government replied tba^they were fully warranted in striking- Bis name off the roll of Jnstioes of the u l*sce. If Major Brown felt' aggrieved '**& couia petition Parliament. > ; - oii Mr Pirani has a sensible motion thai grants to local bodies should be imade in the spring instead of tbe autumn., - In reply to a question as to whether the Government propose to.take any stepi to .restore to the electoral rolls the namef Btrupk off after the recent "Uceniing election, the Premier eaid the GofercmeDt Were not interfering with any registrars. The House was momentarily threatened this afternoon with a hostile amendment - in connection with the Serge&nt-at-Arm. $ ship. .The, Premier having, stated that no appointment to the office* bad beep made, Sir B. Stout took exception to Colonel Fraser's filling the position in defiance of the Disqualification Act, and gave- notice >• that he would move on the following day ( as a matter of privilege, "That a respect. ful< address be presented to His Ex* oeHenoy the Governor praying him to appoint some eligible person to the • position of Sergean^al>Anas." Tbe Premier, rising to his.feet,>aaid:-j-"There is only one way in, whioh I oah ; take ! such a motion ai that." Trouble threatened till Mr Speaker O'Rorke intervened, and asked that tbe matter should stand over till ha saw whether the appointmentnowrestedoa his recommendation or that of the Ministry^ The Premier promised to move in the. matter of filling the ytnttiiey to- A morrow. \r£ *" In moving for leave of absence, /or the session for Sir Geo. Grey, the' Premier referred to the distinction" 'conferred on* New Zealand by Sir George's appointment as a Privy Councillor. <£ The Government have agreed/ to proolaim the second Wednesday -inOotober the eightihdurs day. „ „.,,../ The Debt Beoovery Limitation Bill of tbe Government reduces the .time in which debts are recoverable from six to three years. • ** T ** Dr Newman's Pharmacy Bflliims at prohibiting persons practising as chemists without a diploma from the pbarmaeentioal authorities. It is not intended to be retrospective. (P2B PBSSS ASSOCIATION.) *»£* ADDBESS IN REPLY., Montgomery moved (headdress in* Beply to the Governor's Speech. He * said, the speech delivered on Thursday was a remarkable one in many respeots, in that it was full of faote, and eon* taioed a very dear indication of tfa% policy of the Government. He alluded to the flourishing . condition of the dairy industry, and he was bound to say the present Government bad given it evefy encouragement. ' It was. yet in iU infancy and must increase largely. He welcomed with pleasure thereintrbduetion of the Labor Bills, whioh had been thrown out in " another pUce " last ' session, and especially, re* ferred to the Industrial, f , Conciliation and Arbitration Bills saying that if tbe arbitration was to, have any affect at all it mtjet be compulsory. The most important pa|i of tbe Governor's Speeoh was thai relating to' the 1 settlement .of the lands, and tba present Government' must always be iDommended for their efforts in thii direction. He warmly eulogised tbe Cheviot purchase, , and said it had turned r out exceedingly, well. The policy of. settling the people on/the land was a polioy. tbe country had been waiting for for years. The success that had attended the Cheviot. Pomohaka, and other purchases should encourage tbe Government to persevere in their policy. Although he was in favor of the compulsory purchase of land, he thought the owners should receive full compensation. Mr O!Began seconded. Speaking as a freetrader, be hoped the time was not far distant when some understanding would be arrived at whereby an end wonli be put to the tariff warfare now going on. Ec hoped a^b that before long ai Setter feeling would prevail between this oolony and other colonies in respeoc to the tariff question. Some alteration was required in tbe system of local governtneot, and the election of land boards.. He thought a reform in local government would be « formS in a reversion; to sometbinglike tbe old provincial governments, and simplify* ing various local bodies tbst at present existed. Speaking of tbe reconstruction of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, be said be thought the real estate of that oompany should be valued by a Government -assessor, and that if that were not done 'tbe oompany should not be allowed to reconstruct at .Captain Bussell, warmly complimented the mover and seconder on their admirable speeches, saying, with regard to* Mr Montgomery, rtbat while they all deeply regretted the Hon. Mr Bolleston's absence they, welcomed bis soooesaor, and eongratalatett him on bis excellent' speech. He jGapfc Russell) refused to accept all thefigoreßJtbat bad been put forward by the Government during tbe recess, but said it would be unjust and ongenetons to attack tbe Ministers for their administration since last sesiion,; is they ' had been travelling all over the country, leaving their /offices to undersecretaries. - The Governor's Speech referred to tbe prosperity of the colony, and this in, face of the fact that there 1 had never been so many unemployed at at present, and that tbe price of our produce was bo low. He oombattaj some of Mr Ward's figures at Oamara in regard to tbe public"* debt of tbe oolony, boi said tbe truth was that the public accounts were now kept in snoh a confusing mg oQer that it was almost impossible to unjer atanf Ibem. As to land settlement be asserted it was nothing but' the" merest slavery for ten years to put men on land without any oapital, and suoh a course was bound to end in bankrontev *+C settlers. He hoped the House wonld Ju« an opportunity of discussing t tt e Bailwav Commissioners, and be would merely mv now ; tbat he failed; to see why two 'mm who increased tbe revenue, snortened khl» hour*, and improved : the rollioe •' mttuZ should be dismißied._ * * Btook H&i Mr Beeves congratulated *h« m,M tboughVit bad 3i(ThadTbS the political Q^Sfeff* &c bare appearance 6f the'OßnMKfe gngfcg. He admitted the ChnSSS

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were a travelling Mioistry, and bb long at they remained in offiue they intended tc do so. Any Ministry that refased to go through the colony would soon come to grief.- ) The Government would, welcome (be , fnlleet discDssion ot the 1 railway queetion, bat he wi&«>ed to deny that Mr Maxwell was sacrificed because his ' demeanour was not acceptable to tbe public generally. Tbe people from one end of the colony to ihe other pried out , for a ohaoge in the railway m^nkgement, and the publio were determined there should be > new blood on the board. Captain Bussell had referred to the state of the colony at present, but when he (Mr Beeves) considered the adverse circumstances which tbe Government, had to contend with — the collapse of tbe kauri gum trade in the north, ruin ot harvest in the south, and tbe faob that the, price of wool was lower tban ever before, not to speak of tbe depressing inflaenoe of the collapse of so many financial institutions in otber colonies— it was marvellous the colony wa'sin such a good condition as at . present. It was 1 only by introducing ,;\//Boand. and .just iegislation and, not by borrowed millions that tbe Government hoped to improve tbe position of the oolonists of New Zealand.