POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 6383, 28 July 1882, Page 2

POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE.

[By Telegraph.]

(FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Wellington, July 27th.

•To-day'a sitting has been occupied with private business, but little progress has been made, only four out of 8G orders of the day having been dealt with up to the supper adjournment. There is no sign of any further movement on the part of the Opposition, and the general opinion is that no serious party fighting will now take place this session; owing to the impossibility of effecting any organisation. There are likely, however, to be som.e vigorous struggles of a loeaj and non-party character over the schedules of Loap Bills. The present intention of Government is to, put Supply first again to-morrow, and to, continue to push on the Estimates. To-morrow Mr Kelly will ask the Commissioner of Telegraphs to state what clause of any existing or repealed statute authorises tho Telegraph Department to make the following announcement on telegraph-slips, viz: "The Government will not be held responsible for errors, omissions, ox delays in the transmission of telegrams, nor for the non-transmission of any telegram, nor for delays in the delivery, nor for the nondelivery of any telegram, from whatsoever cause the same may arise." Lord Kimborley's dispatch, thanking the House of Representatives, in tho name of the Queen, for their congratulations on, her Majesty's preservation from the recent attempt on her life, was presented to Parliament to-night. It is couched in the usual official strain.

The Joint Committee for Revision of Statutes recommend that the Imbecile Passengers (Cwy solidation) Bill, drafted by the Statutes Revision. Commission, be passed as drafted. The piincipal changes from the i^d Act are rendered necessary through the abortion, of provinces. It is suggested th,aa. y*e Collector of Customs should exercise, ths functions provided under this Apt-. The same Committee, reporting on the Prisons (Consolidation) Bill, advise that it be passed as amended. The amendments are merely verbal, and the bill is that of last session.

Among to-day's 'private business, the Otago Harbour Board Further Empowering Bill went through Committee smoothly, with addition of Mr Wright's clause, but had there been any chance of the Opposition attack on the Government, or had the former party not proved so wretchedly weak, it is probable that Mr Fish would have placed the bill in serious jeopardy through his sudden and inexplicable transfer of his allegiance to the Opposition side. It is said that he does not fancy he would make at all a bad Minister, but so does every member of the organisation, wherefore I fear many Ministers will inevitably be disappointed. The Importation, Examination, and Adulteration of Tea Bill, introduced hylMfrSeddon, is intituled " An Act to Prevent the Adulteration of Tea." It provides that tea shall be subject to. examination on importation., and chemical wialysiti; if unfit for human, food, to^ be forfeited; exhausted, iea. or tea 'mixed' with other sutasfc&ncQs not to be delivered, importer Qr o,wner of condemned tea to pay ajl ospenses incident, to the analysis; importer or owner of condemned tea. to, have kis. name published if found guilty of haying more than twice imported tea which was subsequently condemned; nothing in this Act to interfere with remedies under " The Adulteration of Food Act, 188Q" \ this Act to/be read as one with " The. CiVittavvs, Regulation Act, 1858," arid "Thoi Custom^ Regulation Act Amendment Act, 1806."

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