PARLIAMENTARY ITEMS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXII, Issue 196, 21 August 1888, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY ITEMS.

(From oar Special Correspondent.) Wellington, August 20. Donating his Honobakiom^ The Hon Mr Larnach has given the 'most magnanimous dinproof of the charge of self~ interest recently mads against him in con-

neotion with the honorarium. He Lea handed tHe whole of his honorarinm for the session to Father G-inaby nn a conbribation to the building fund of the Magdolen Asylum. This is Mr Larnach's second subscription. Chinese Immigration Bill, It is still hoped by the Governmeot that an arraugement can yec be made between tha two Legislative Chambers with regard to the Chinese Immigraiiou Bill, and another canference will be propoeed. Miniatera are hopeful that they will be able to paaa the Bill with a limitation of the Chinees pas* Hengers by esoh vessel to one to every 300 tons burdeD. A Morning Sitting. The probability of a spsciU eilting.of the House on Thursday morning to deal with local Bills w«s hinted at by lac Premier to. night m a Ministerial statement. In making his statement as to the bueineisthe Governmenr, intend to proceed with this session, the Premier laid epooial stress on the importance of the Harbors Aoc Amoudmenfi Bill which ,' ( Continued on third, Page.)

1 fCmtituued torn SeemA Page. ) he said, involved th« principle whether the Home W4s to allow local In lies to repudiate. Some members seemed to fancy that it was merely a lcoal Bill, but be would make a statement to show is imp>rtanoo and the wagons why it has been introdnoed^ Tht question war one which would be far rosohin &AQ .Its effeotP, and unless come enoh Bill Were p&Bead the question would be opened op aa to how the colony was te deal with looal bodies' engnjjeroontp. j Bills to bb Pbocbbded With. I The Bills to be persevered with this session { end the stages at which they stand are I Orown and Native Lands^Rating Aot Repeal j (to be committed) ; Local Courts Proceedings J (second reading) ; Fencing Aot Amendment j (to be committed) ; Rating Acts Amendment I (peoond reading) ; Justices of the Peace Aot I Amendment (to be further considered in j Committee) ; Slaughter Houses Act Amend- I cnent (consideration of amendments by the j Legislative Counoil); District Railways I Purchasing Aot Amendment {adjourned debate I on qneßtion of consideration of report) ; I \ Land Transfer Aot Amendment (to be further J \ considered in Committee; ; Pa olio Works Act I , Amendment; (eeoond reading) ; Harbors Aot 1 1 Amendment (second reading) ; Property Tax I (second reading) ; Speoial Powers and Con- I ° tracts Aot Amendment (second reading.) I 7 Thb Mokau Cokmis ioh. I \ l

la answer to Mr Hamlin the Premier stated rhat the Government ha"i nob yet received the report of the Mokan Cainmieeion 00 the case of Mr Joshua Joms. Ho believed it hod gone to His Excellency the Governor, but the Government had not yet Been anything of it. Dir-:ot.ly it wos received the Government would con-ider it and ar« ronnoo to the Hoose what they proposed to do, and if they considered legislation neceeBary they would propose if. this bopsiod. In the meantime he naked hon memb're not to believe the reports thoy sa^v in the mwspapers op the snbjeot. : Slaughtered Innocents. The following are the Bills which weru discharged from the Order Paper to-nigbt in the annual slaughter of the innocents : ■- Foul Brood among Bses, Californium Thistle Eradication ; Counties B-jundaries Alteration ; Dooeased Prraons Estates Duties Amendments; Public Bodies Powers Act. *" Amend m »tik ; Criminal Code ; Mnnioipal Corporations ; Fisheries ; E'eotortl ; Indu*ferial Schools Amendment ; Offence 1 * ogaiost «ba Person ; and Disorderly Houses Sappresflion Bills.

...A?r Early Prorogation. The' Government, according to the Pr*mier'a announcement to-night, see no reason why, if the House desires to get on with the business, the work of the Bession Bhoold not be finished tiffs werk. They eooßider that with the exception of the Crown end Native Lands Rating Act' Repeal Bill, the Dfetriot Railways Pnrchneinfr Act Amendment Bill, and the di'cu«sion of the Poblio Works Statement, thrrai« no me*aure ibat ibonld provoke muoh disouaeion. August 81. VJBOTTKAirD KjLTIVfI LANDS RATIKO ACT _ . , ' Repeal Bill. This Bill passed through its final stages in the House last night. There was an mttntfon even up to the last to stonewall it, ont th« intending stonewallers found that tha Ho^use was not in a mood to stand ODBtrootion, arid that the sole result of any Buoh attempt would be to forfeit the concessions already promised^ so they wisely g»Te in and the Bill was passed. The Public Works Statement. -« a meeting of the Opposition jusb over, ftW» Snaniaabusly decided* that the Public Works proposals are unsatisfactory, and they will be ehatply oriticised. "