N Z. PARLIAMENT.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13. Justice department, £1260. — Mr Goldib moved to reduoe the vote by £290— £50 off the salary of the under-seoretary, and £240 representing tho salary of the new officer, deputyregistrar of patents. Lost, 13 to 16.— Mr Monk moved a reduction of^ £100, as a protest against the violation of a principle by transferring offioers of the Public Works department to the patient office. Lost, 12 to 17.— Mr Guinness moved to report progress. Lost, 11 to 19.— Mr Fish, remarking that the time had now arrived for decisive action, moved that the chairman leave the' chair. — At 10 minutes paßt 3, when Mr Fish had been speaking about an hour, the Hon. Mr Mitchelson moved that the SiTgeant-at-Arms clear strangers from the galleries. In doing so he said the action of Mr Fish in stonewalling the vote was nut creditable either to himself or his party. It would not be fair to keep Hansard reporters in the chambur under the circumstances. The motion was carried on the voices, and the galleries were then cleared. After the galleries were cleared the discussion was continued. The proposed inorease of £25 to the Uuder-seoretary was struok off and the vote as amended passed. Ihe item Crown Law Office, £2145, was also passed.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1906, 21 August 1890, Page 16
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215N Z. PARLIAMENT. Otago Witness, Issue 1906, 21 August 1890, Page 16
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