The Honorarium.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 5080, 16 September 1891, Page 2

The Honorarium.

(l!Y TELEGRAPH.) (FROM OUR OWN CORRESrONDKNT.) Wellington, September la This afternoon Mr Speaker reiul ft ktts which, he said, had been left on his tal)» It proved to be a legal opinion by McssiJ ltees and Palmer as to the amount '< honorarium to which members iiro entitled for the present session, written*; the request of a number of members. 1 ! fixed Ll5O as the amount. The Speaker ruled that LIOO was® amount, and he will refer the question' 1 the law officers of the Crown. Mr Rolleston thought it was a pity V: question had been raised again, and # the country had had quito enough of" honorarium question. During the brief discussion, a 1111 laughable incident occurred, and tltf the House into fits of laughter. Buckland, the man who speaks on ov( thing, and sneers at or abuses every'H and who, as you may be aware, is bulky l loud, and is a lawyer by profession, if' some remark not complimentary Palmer, who is a young man, but a sC' lawyer. Mr Palmer is the most c«' J tcous, mild, and inoffensive i the ITouse, respected and liked, #r . remarkable for his mildness, but ho*, on this occasion stung in the soul. the worm turned furiously upon its l,s ? ant. He said, blazing with wrath, " ho would not be insulted by an j l ' member who was his junior at Ihp ' "Yes, sir, my junior at the Bar, the young gentleman, with iiw'S" !iCOVII - r ~m The House, looking on the trails' 01 tioti, was so struck with its contrftf the other transformation, viz., Unit nt <, Buckland into shame and silence, tlw roared again and again, while Mr 1" sat down panting and snorting. j Mr Buckland, recovering his said, As to the opinions of tlioso . lawyers, why, they were worth ' and at this lawyerlike retort the 11 merriment was redoubled.