PARLIAMENT.
(— ( — "(PER PBESS ASSOCIATION.) '*>"^wi HOUSE OF EEPBESENTATIVES. ! TeubsdattJunb 28. The House me.t at 2.80 pp.mr. r question or raw 'j«ge. Captain Rubbqll bold, <that in the /mi of the Premier's statement' Colonel Fraier had dearly no right to accompany the Speaker as Sergeanb-atArmc to C&ttjtt* ment House to preient the addrou tqj§6 Governor,; Colonel Fraier fras noCmiJ officer of the Houie, and his prnanoe m the Chamber was a tiolation u of the Hoaee'B privileges.' ", ' ' Sir Maurice O'Borbo said Colonel FraW had informed him that he had bfeintsiluid by the Governnunlso aot as Sergtaateatp Aima till an appointment had bMn : n»4«> As the last Parliament had taken^ ill authority with respect to tbeie appoint* ments from,the Speaker he felt joitifieafin edmitting Colonel Frascr to the Hons*. Captain Bassell atill maintained; tbat
Colonel Frauerjhad no right in the House, and moved, " That Coil.' 'Fraser'f 1 prssenoe in the Chamber is- a breaoh of the privileges of tht House.'*. : r .: ; The Hon. Mr Seddon iaid he informsdw the leader of the Opposition that few intended to move the following motion on tbe Bubjeot :— " That the appointment of Sergeant«at-AruM be deferred till tht Ist Deoember next* and that in the 1 meantime Colonel, Fraisr perform the ' neeetsary duties naually performed by tne Sergeant* at' Arms without fee or payment of: any any kind whatever." .... -.-., ;>,.•- , Captain. Bassell's motion was put and lost by 45 to 18. f , ." \ ,' T '" ' nNANOIAI. STATEMENT. Replying to Mr Mitchelsoni; ! The Hon. J. G. Ward said the Financial Statement was ready", and it would depend bn the cdnrsfrof business for the nsxtfew days as to what night tbe Statement would be brought down.; . , .- . QUBBTIONS. :-, r ,. „.'„ In reply to questions, it Was stated that the : Government would , consider whether they would" asßUt Ideal bodits in bearing the cost of lioensiog elections ; that enquiries would be made' into tbe retßon why the* names of electors who had voted at tht lait general elsotion wan strnek off tbe tolls. , ; -, > i: i; ; . In connection with tbe Shop and Shop Assistants Bill, Sir B. Stoat stated that he intended to move that pnblib boasef also be closed on the half*bolidays. ; , COKOHJATION AND ABBITKATION, 'Mr Beeves moved 'the second reading of the Industrial' Conciliation md Arbi. tration Bill, which was the same as last year's measure. ' „ - - ; - ■ .„? Captain Bnsaell, in supporting the Bill, said he thought there would, be very few oases for an arbitration court tp, decide, for when people became aware 1 that there was a tribunal of this kind to appeal to they would take a reasonable course. Agreed to. JUDGE KETTLE'S PETITION. A lengthy petition has been presented from Judge/Kettle with pfersnoe to a fine for contempt of Court inflicted by him upon Mr Jelliooe, barrister and sblieitor, on November 28, 1891. The petition isti forth that the order has not been rssoinded or varied nor has itfaeenobeysdor enforosd. The pa^tioner submits , that . counsel 'for \ the Crown ibould be Instructed to take proceedings in order that the conviction shall be either 'susiaihsd, reversed! or varied, otherwise public confidence in the effective administration of justioe will fee shaken if not destroyed; also tbat the refusal of the exeoative to instraol eoansel to appear in support of the order, and their neglect to take steps to enforce the fine, is oaloulated to impair the authority of the Judge in the Courts. ■ ■''■
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS18940629.2.17
Bibliographic details
Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 2758, 29 June 1894, Page 2
Word Count
557PARLIAMENT. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 2758, 29 June 1894, Page 2
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.