POLITICAL NOTES

New Zealand Times, Volume LV, Issue 9969, 2 August 1893, Page 2

POLITICAL NOTES

Adjournment, of course, No afternoon is possible now without a motion for adjournment Mr Fish is the mover, ns be very often is, for tfre purpose of cracking up the Westport Colliery, flmting Sir Robert Stout. lie pays bis shot by Guying a smart thing. ‘ Sir, Guinness apd majfe a sinister combination/ A wag remark# .that fre ought to have called It 1 the beer on wbio£ tfro government will be carried fortfr/ ’ \yith this exception the afternoon ia deyoted tp work. Bu §y »nd dull, when dinner comes the Hpuejehas a heajthy appetite. Cheviot County looms up after dinner and goes past, giving the House a glimpsp of flowery meadows and rolling downs. A Bill succeeds by which it is proposed to give certain taxing powers in the matter of vehicles to the counties north of Auckland. A great many members seem to think it necessary to speak, and they do speak. Me Shera deplores the necessity for the measure—another injustice fo Auckland. Such a Bill cannot possibly be allowed by the rules. Ha will vote for it for Auckland, anyone pr posing a similar Bill for any other of tfre Colony—let him look out. A3 r Taylor reproves Mr Shera, mimic? jhirc for a second or two, throws his hands at him insinuatingly, and has atomic interlude genarally. 1 Interjections, sir/ .are the bane of Mr Taylor’s existence we learn Is it fafr or just that he shall be subjected, day after day and night after night, to these interjections by people who—who—Mr Taylor taxes his mind hard to compare them to something; it is a sort of • Oh, for breath to utter what is like thee ’ —who, who, sir—ought to know better. The House laughs, as usual, and Mr Taylor gets called to order, and is brought back to the thread of his discourse. The thread not being strong enough to carry him, he collapses. The .cable and Lyell Bay come next. Two of the Wellington members, Messrs Duthie and McLean, attack it hard,Joining forces from opposite sides. Quite fier.ee they wax over the wretched measure. Good Mr WVigfrfc supports them J not liking to see a thing which i« 1 irritating and vexations*' to the people of Wellington. Mr Willis, on the contrary, with the fine freedom which all Wanganui goals permit themselves in matters Wclliogtonfyn, stands up manfully for the Minister, rebuking Wellington. l lf your cable is so safe, why be afraid of this Bill T Mr Ward takes that and other ground, and the Bill goes through i s second reading flying, The adjourned debate on the Bill for abolishing imprisonment for debt J* remarkable for the fact that Sir Robert Stout insists on adjournment and is beaten, for the feryld pleading of the Premier for the unfortunates the Bill aims at assisting, for the sneers of the opponents of the measure, chiefly lawyers, and for the warm support of the Labour members, whoso * Hear, hears' cheer the Premier at every turn. The Electoral Bill in commut'd conus next. Mr Shera unchaining the Mnsri question stops the way for a time, . Progress is slow, and tne House is told of it pointedly by fir R. Stopt, who points out that these acts of speechifying are long, while Parliamentary life i* too short for women’s franchise. Mr Shera fails at Lst, there is a further dreary flutter, which expires into inanition, and consequent adjournment at a trifle before one.