NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIAMENT.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 751, 23 July 1886, Page 30

NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIAMENT.

(Per s.s. Tarawera at the Bluff;)

DISGRACEFUL SCENES.

(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Sydney, July. 14.

A sitting of abnormal duration, during which scenes of great disorder took place* waa completed in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly at 12.30 a.m. on Sunday The House sat, without an interval from Thursday afternoon, a term of 56>hours, which is the longest on.record in the Colony. The subject under discussion was tbe Customs Bill, which was being considered by the whole House. Several members protested against the continued session of Committee as informal* and the Chairman referred the matter to the Speaker, who decided that the Committee was properly constituted. Attention was called to the presence of strangers, and the galleries were cleared, including the Press. The newspapers obtained a report, nevertheless. Daring Friday night the wildest uproar prevailed iu the Houss, aud the-grossest personalities were freely indulged in,, such expressions as “liar” and “drunkard” being exchanged. A number of members openly defied the Speaker and the Chairman of Committees* three —namely, Messrs Wisdom, Shepherd and Gibbs —being suspended and removed by the Sergaaut-at-Arms, Gibbs being three times removed from the Speaker’s chair, in which he had taken his seat.

Elirly oa Saturday morning the Press were-re-admitted, and the stonewalling continued all Saturday, the soeneß of disorder continuing. Shortly before midnight of Saturday* Sir H. Parkes, as leader of the Opposition, announced that his followers refused to break the Sabbath, whereupon Sir P. Jennings, the Premier, proposed an adjournment from midnight till 1 on Monday morning. Sir H. Parkes refused to consent, asking an adjournment till Tuesday, which tbe Government refused fair H. Parkes then handed in a., paper signed by 28 members of the Opposition, placing ou record their protest against the unreasonable violent course pursued by the Government in forcing the Bill through. A dramatic scene took place, all tbe memhers of tbe Opposition, headed by Sir H. Parkes, leaving tha Chamber in single file. The Committee thereupon pass ad the remaining clauses, and the House adjourned at 12.30 a.m. WRen the sitting concluded, a demonstration was made by the occupants of the strangers’ gallery, which was crowded, hisses, groans, aud uncomplimentary expressions being indulged in.

(Per e.s. Mariposa, at Auckland.) Sydney, July 15.

Tbe unparalleled scenes in the Assembly have been followed by a calm. Sir H. Parkea brought forward a formal motion calling in question the Speaker’s ruling on Tuesday last. He maintained that the Speaker should have taken the chair at 4 o’clock on that day, and opened the business of the day. In support of this he cited several precedents. The motion was negatived by 54 to 33. Mr Shepherd has brought au action against Mr Slattery for having him removed from the Chamber for disregarding the chair, Mr Trickett having resigned the Chairmanship of Committees, and Mr Slattery having been appointed.