PARLIAMENTARY.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 20902, 14 May 1887, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

[from our own special reporter.]

r •, t Wellington. May 12. To-morrow Mr Conolly will ask the Minister for Public Works if he; will during the recess cause a survey to ; be made between Rai Valley and Wakapuaka with a view of ascertaining whether a shorter route exists by about ten miles than that heretofore suggested for the line of railway. According to a return laid before tha House this afternoon the number of men of all ranks in the permanent militia force is 350,whose average cost per head per annum is £l2l is id, the commis sioned officers consisting of 1 lieutenantcolonel, 3 majors, 8 captains, 2 lieutenants, and 1 assistant surgeon, paid £4075 a yeat, the average cost per head beirg £271 13s 3d. There are 49 noncommissioned officers whose average cost per head is £127 733 d a year and 28 g privates and gunners whose annual cost per head is £lO6 17s, No land has yet been bought under the operation of the Native Lands Administration Act 1886. This information was elicited by a return laid before the House to-day on the motion of Mr Fisher. ' i

Mr Bracken presen ed a petition today signed by a large number of shop assistants,, factory employees, and|others who have ’ benefited by the labors of the late Mr J, B, Bradshaw, M.H R., the originator of the eight hours’ system, praying the House to grant the widow and the orphans of the deceased gentleman some pecuniary assistance. lit his amiual report on the New Zealand forces, bv Sir George Whitmore appear the following paragraphs with reference to the yearly inspection of the Marlborough Volunteers :On the 29th October, 18S6. I inspected the Blenheim Cavalry corps at its annual training. It had recently been re-organised and was very much better than before. The rt end-nice v as grod and the horse* and drib were v-ry e'cdi'able. inppeefed the Blenheim Volun e rs on Hie 22-id Oefobc, 1886 ; rrrsent 183 absent 32 ; t! i« w-8 an imp ovemen' < n last year wh-n -he to'*n eo-ps was ;-bwe the average. The Spring fr.-ek corps h's *in e fai-en c!i banded. Bme absentees without excuse were fm p d, but some were Cade s without a tins.

Mr Mae ar'liur asked 'ho Premier this afternn. n win ther in vie”' of the imperaiire neeesshr fo- le'p-L-c-hrreot 'hit fxis*i} in every pun of (he pub'ie s-nme and the pissib e 1 eduction of the number of members of the Hnuse to 05, the Government

■will bring in a Bill ibis session to amend “Tho Civil List Act 1803 Amendment. Act, 1573,” so as to provide (1) that the salaries mentioned in the second schedule to the Act bo reduced to 1.1500 for the Premier and LIOOO for other members of the Execu ire Council; (2) That the number of members of the executive Council entitled to receive such sa’aries bo reduced 'o four in addition to the Premier ; (3) That the aHoivaive of L2 2s per day mentioned in section 4 of the said Act be reduced to LI Is in addition to actual cost of travelling. The Premier replied that the Government were not prepared to adopt the suggestions of (he lion, member. The Representation Bill wid bo taken tho first • hing to-nr'rrovv evening, May 13. The fact that the Premier was r.wuv from tho House f- r the greater part of the afternoon attending the Court of Appeal was s’rong'y commented upon by Bir George Grey and Mr Moss. Sir Geo. Grey was especially severe in denouncing tho practice which Sir Robert Stout is so fond of adopting in neglecting the business of t he country in order to secure good fees as a legal prael.idom-r. He threatened to bring in a Bid to prevent, members engaging mother than business connected with i heir offices.

It is 'eiieved that the notorious Sydney Taiwhanga has at length succeeded in getti’ g into Parliament. So far as the returns go lie is the >accessor of the late Ffankon" as representative of the Northern Maori District. He is bi'lerly opposed to (lie Government’s Native policy. "I he Public Petitions Committco report that as no evidence has been adduced in support of the petitions against the employment of barmaids they have no recommendation to make

Winn the Dog Registration Act Amend' men),Bill go's in‘f> C'unmiUeo Mr Me Mil lan will move (lie addition of (he following clause—‘ That the ranger or other olßctr employed by any local authority to carryout the provisions if the Dog Regis'ration Act, 1880, tlioDng Registration Act Amendment Act, 1882, and tin's Act, may seive upon any person in whose possession or following any unregistered dog shall bo found notice in writing or in print signed by such ranger or other officer, to the effect that an information will be laid and summons issued for such offence, and in rose personal service of any such notice emnot be effected then the leaving of such notice at the last known place of abode of the person intended to be served shall be deemed sufficient service thereof, The person upon whom any such notice as aforesaid shall be issued shall not be entitled to exemption under section 4 of the Dog Registration Act / Amendment Act 1882, notwithstanding that Registration fee be paid between time of service of such notice and hearing of information, A Bill to amend ‘ the Governors salary and Allowance Act 187*1,” and a Bill to amend “the Parliamentary Honorarium and Privileges Act ISS4,” (Mr Ormond) were read for the first time in the House this afternoon. Dr Newman asked the Minister of Marine this afternoon if the sum of L3O was paid for the towage of the s s Stella into Greymouth, when she went to fetch two members of Parliament to this session ; and further, if it be true that the steamer Mahinapiu was leaving at the same time. '! lie Minister of Marine said “ No ” to the first part of the question, and with regard to the latter said no vessel left Greymouth for three days before the Stella or for five days after. Replying to Mr Onolly who asked the Minister for Public Works if he will during Ihe recess cause a survey to be made between Rai Valley and Wakapuaka with the view of ascertaining whether a shorter route exists by about ten miles than that heretofore suggested for the line of Railway, Mr Richardson stated that the survey would cost about £3O per mile and that as it was a rule , never to proceed with an undertaking of the kind without first obtaining legislative sanction the Government did not feel justified in going on with the work. Crammed gallcricsand very fullbcnches at the opening of this evening’s sitting of the House, betokened something more than ordinarily interesting about the proceedings. The Representation Bill was the chief attraction, the item standing forth on the order pi per. The early part of Hie evening was spent on the reeommital of the "l lectoral Act Amendment Bill, but tin; evident impatience to get to i the principal business ol the evening was \ shown. Even Mr Seddon who lias been » credited with beiim one of the leaders of tin; stonewalling party avowed his intention of voting everything as quickly as possible, so as to get to a Representation Bill. At length the electoral question was disposed of, and the Representation Bill was then taken up into Committee, at the stage where it was dropped some days ago. Mr Cadman at once moved an amendment empowering the Commitice to take community' of interest into account in defining the elect'n ates. Immediately a series of further amendments } was offered, and the debate on these will probably proceed for the vest of the evening.

Tub Earthquakes in Southkun Eohopk. —Judge Gillies was in the Riviera during the earthquakes, and writing to a friend in Rotlisay (Scotland) he says v—- *• My danghter and I have just had a grand experience in earthquakes. We wont up to Nice on Tue May morning to see the last day of the Carnival there, which wo enjoyed very much, being well peppered w th confetti, and saw the grand fireworks at eight. We remained there that, night, and were woke up in the morning by tho plaster in the hotel falling down about our ears, and sverthing rolling and rocking 'ike a ship at sea. When wo dressed and got oir, we found tho who’e population in Hie sfr-vts pome in night dresses some m blankets, some in tli ir nuiMjiierade dre.’sea of die

idglifc hi fore, some -itting werpmg nr li vo n f crn ing, some in cbs half diessed, ' 00.1110 e rryiuy bird '"•oes or hauling pet (1 ; p],g. l l• r wn in aU directimis, and cornices fr m the houses and the walls c'sckeb. This r.i- a iidle after six in the morning. We took -i walk round 1 .(.king at the (iamage done, and hiving m -nag’cd togs' sour? hr ml ‘.ml butter and col!' in a ' •Oiioking-r wm, end find ins t*i!,>•{> world be ’i : !lo »Ranee of retting a .(■ rent '.uvikbi-'t wo startrd off • ome to

(his p'i'eo t 8 30. /• s wo walked rp Id the s*«tio:r a sight sho-'k occurred which i ,;. ! ilc those who ivuiamed in their i iitrse- run u r . ' n an 1 val here found n • <bnimg;' d tie but sir mi vs nil', at a li'l e village, t wo pe pe were killed ami s: me wounded by an old lower f riling and smashing in route hciws M c wsnt on iind saw it. text nay. Ihe ‘ ’quake ’ has been much more serious fm lher a eng the ~-o •>', but the papers have made tho most of if. 1 send these iv.v lima so that you may not think that we have been swallowed up by the ' ’quake.’

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