PARLIAMENT.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 767, 26 September 1878, Page 2

PARLIAMENT.

The follow!;!;;, ihe concluding portion <>f flin report of Tuesday evening's sitting' of tho Hon-.':; of lli-s.in-iiontativKS!, did not reach u-< una! tliiH ini>rninvf, own"!'/ to r. hr ain tho communication V>v teie-ur.-.r-h : Wellington-, S.-iuember 2~>. The remainder of flie sir>in<v of t ; : House aftf.M' 10 last niulit was «i. iv the s in disfn-isir.'? education vote of L217.J>70. J!r wanted tht- witii!.! Colony nmdrt on« i ducatioiial district. The Colonial Treasurer said the Government-, after oaveuil considvratioi. of rhe whole question, hud arrive.:] j,i the conclusion that the only fair basis was that of po*:'.«!ai ,•>!'(, and he promised that fhe question of supplementing the salaries of teache'-s in < uflviitir district l ; by emiiloviei; them upon other Government ,1> : would he eonstiler.-d. The forma'ie.ii of the Colonv into one education district was impracticable. It wov.id not lie wise, lie maintained, to return to the central svstem of control. The vote was eventually passed as printed, and tlnHouse adjourned at midnight, September 26. In til" House of Representatives, last niifht, Mr. Srevens introduced a BankHoliday Bill, the obj»ct of which is to increase the number of hank holidays by four, arid to make them the same as in Victoria, The Bill was read, a seom.d time.