Parliamentary Notes.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 2758, 28 June 1894, Page 2

Parliamentary Notes.

' (BY-TEMIteAtfH.)"" ' r ''"ertfi<| WELLINGTON, Jane 27i r The Council, on the motion of the Hon. T. Kelly, seconded by tbe Hon. Mr; Bolt, passed- the A'ldress-inßeplyi 'a^uiilij ?i As significant of the intan^e^athtade of tbe Council to the Goyeriome'n^ pojicy bills it should be mentioned that the Hon. Mr Pbarazyn, one of their most determined opponents in the late -Parliament, stated that, tbe ~o'o_htry t having deoided lor Liberal measures, it was f tbe duty of the Council to agree to them. " -*- Several bills were read a'^seoobd^titoe ia tbe House last night, including. Jflie Arms Aot RepeaLand tbe Electoral Aot Amendment. ■ . > • ~

THE SERGEANT.ATARMS,.\, 7 The Premier treated, Sir R. Stout's motion re the appointment of Sergeant'itArms. aa no-confidence, and moved ipa postponement of all orders. ,\[ l ' r The no-confidence debate raised' bythe Premier's attitude on Sir R. Stool's motion, "That a respeotfnl address be presented to His Excellenoy the Governor praying him ..to appoint some eligible person to the position of Sergeant-at-Arms," ocoupied the attention, oi the ■ House, for upwards of two hoursV The speakers, besides the senior member for 1 Wellington, were: Honi Heki, Gaptain Russell, and Mr G. Hutchison who supported the motion on thei ground thit an evasion of the Disqualification Aot w,aa attempted ; while the Premier alone hacL anything to say from the opposite side, Mr Seddbn rather gave himself away when be said that Colonel 'Fraser had not yet drawn one penny of public money, nor .y: should he till after the twelve ''months ';; prescribed by the Disqualification Act. " In conclusion, be appealed to the members of the. Liberal Party to , vote against' the motion, and to leave Government to make an immediate proposition to the House concerning tbe vacant office. Sir RiJ Stout, in reply, charged the Premier with^ having made a compact wi{h tbe liquor party on the eve of the general election. The division resulted in the defeat of the motion by 48 to 19.

AN ELECTION EPISODE HEWyED. It may be remembered that durihg^the - General' Election a difference as t6> a matter of fact arose between the- ; Premier and Mr G. Hutohison in speeches de* livered at Hawera. The, point was^as to whether or not the Premier had interfered in the dismissal and appoinim^ni 1 'of charwoman in the Parliamentary^ buildings. Mr Hutchison had used "the <_a« ference in connection with, as he stated, the intolerable interference of the Premier in all things great and, email, irom . usurping the functions, of the Governor in communicating with Her Majesty down to the appointment, of oharwpmen ; The J latter extreme of 'interference being . instanced by the case of k oharwoman, who bad been for several years con^ftfously employed, being dismissed bythe Premier, who subsequently denied that . he had interfered in the way stated, or-" that the woman had innoint of,;fa_ been dismissed at all. "Mr "Hutchison afterwards (in a letter in tbeee qolumns) stated that the question would probably *be thereafter answered conclusively than by assertion and counter- assertion; In tbe oourse of tbe report of the Recess House Committee, laid on the table of the House on Tuesday, the following extraot appear! — " Mr Letham (custodian), ia reply to a queetion from the,. chairman* stated, that Mrs Coohrane, a charwoman in the buildings, "who had -been, employed' for nearly fifteen 1 years, bad been dismissed in November last, at the instance of the Premier, to make room for Mrs Ohemis." TOWN DISTRICT'S BILL.' The. Town District Bill (1894), introduced by Mr Hutohison and read- a first time on Tuesday, 1 revives the Town Distriot Acts of 1881 and 1883, With some amendments, the most important being the restricting of the votes, of ratepayers in respeot of property in a town.distrioMothe administration of the affairs of the town distriot within whioh snob qualification exists. This will, if passed, enable such townships as Eltham to obtain local Bell government. NEW PLYMOUTH HARBOUB. Mr McGuire is to ask the Colonial Treasurer ion Wednesday what aotion,' the Government proposes to take in order that justice may be done to tbe long-suffering 'settlers' ' -in Taranaki Harbor . Rating District, and will the Government make restitution to those unfortunate settlers for tbe 198,278 acre's 'taken oat of tbe New Plymouth Harbor Endowment. SCRIP AND. " THIRDS. 1 , 1 , , On Friday Mr G. Hutchison is to c.Bk the Minister of Lands if provision is to be made for the payment to looal bodies of the balances, represented by sorip, which have been deducted from the, "thirds" payable to such local bodies?! He will »Ibo on Wednesday j July 4th, move for a return showing the amount drawn, by eaoh member of the Executive for travelling allowances and travelling expenses daring the financial year ended ,31st Mareb.lß94.