PARLIAMENTARY NOTES

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7665, 29 June 1896, Page 3

PARLIAMENTARY NOTES

j^^^^V(mkiii)*S_PßOTAii Reporter.) WMOJf yJ': jjf -!■'!■"■ '-. Wellington, to-day. .-•..._■- .-•_ „-,,-. WW^AAAfAPAji-^^ banking enquiry. caucus on Saturdaj yy^ybernooh decided that the order of refer it*sSj,69o&bse limited to ;an enquiry into' accounts Sv|^w^iftn,;6ff' 'Bince 1887. The Government g|f^nomihees';bn. the Committee' will be Messra 'Sff^eSJ^oa,. McKenzie, Tanner, Graham, Montand McGowan, and the s%SJf^poßitmri;are tb have the choice of four ol sj^^tbpi^partyisq.that the total strength of the j___y&"jßoiri'mittiei'wiil be eleven. It will be noticed „MrvGollinßj as the result of his outyWsjpojjen,/ deliverance on Friday night, has Jj-Jttom the Committee. jl^^|^here«..jvere_\some.. thirty-four members caucus, and eight Xi 'f'jyseti accounted, for.- Mr Riccarton Russell VS>?Bras nofr-inViteS. ; The discussion was very ?yVlengthy, and ; praotical unanimity characterised'the proceedings. It was decided not : ? to permit Mr Dotbie to be inoluded on. tlie / Gomraittee.in consequence of his inflamma- -. v y, tory speech" ln the- Rebate. The reason '-...;' given' for. carrying the enquiry back to 1887 yy was to have Ijhe statements of Mr George V'.BubMeyj, then chairman of the Bank of New : .;.." Zealand, placed before the Committee. The t^y .House will be divided on this phase of the matter by those who hold that the scope of Jtfethe .inquiry should be limited to what took -^%]lace immediately prior and subsequent to '.Sjiyßankihg Legislation, but the Government , -%£ now, have a majority and will carry the yy fcOihJi. \ ; . " : ,---.-:4jJtn connection with banking matters it 'V'l.lmay be mentioned tbat the three liquidators Vyof the Colonial Bank arrived from south /V'y.esterday. !;V?,-, : AJA '' ' 'CLAI?tf POR COMPENSATION. :y -Major- Charles Browne, of New Plymouth, ',;■> who in 1894 was struck off the list of licensed ,'. interpreters and Commission of the Peace, ' and has repeatedly asked for an enquiry by y -. the Nativo Land Court, is -now praying for ■-"'-;. compensation, on the ground that his liveliU <; hood has been taken away, and be is refused V a chance of meeting the charges against him. •-;..;• -. THB MEMBER 30 OLUTHA. ■"'- :___ I. understand that Mr T. McKenzie, ""_ - member for Clutha, as a result of a visit to- ; Christchnreh on Saturday, has definitely '. '• -accepted^ three years' engagement as repre- .*-_. sentative Of', the Canterbury, Farmers Co"V,operative Association in London. His object, yi he sa^s, -in accepting the engagement' is to acquire a thorough grasp of the colonial f.-yproduce question, and also to arrange for the '" - best jpossible terms for importing. :■:':■"?•-'*; '.«** •"• unshed orowino. V; y There is on view in the lobby an exhibition - of. linseed, shown by Mr John Scott, of y Waitahona, at the recent winter show in .; y .Dunedin, which is attracting much attention y from members.. fy REPORTED STRAINED RELATIONS. , y - There, is . a- rumor, in circulation, which I Vvgive for what it is worth, that strained re- -; lations exist between Messrß Cadman and •i Seddon, owing to the latter attempting to ; .-interfere in the administration of the Mines :?£-Department. . 'if:A. '■ • ,\. ... .. THK JUDGESHIP. V. x 3 hough! the : appointment to the vacant Judgeship has not yet been officially offered JAyto.Mt W. B. Edwards, I see. no reason for : y altering my tip given several days ago. The /appointment will in all likelihood be any_.jnpnriced to the Honse in a day or two. £&: f The' Premier says that no representations jr'.v; have been, made to him by either the Chief ; y Js.iitice.of Wellington Law-Society as to the -i- accumulation of business since the. death of ;. ; j"*f; Judge" T Buctf ley. There was no need for ;*Vhßrry,'ip;> filling the 'appointment. The fjj}. Leader" of" the Opposition dissented eny. tirely ,--.", .';-■■ - . . '