Parliamentary Gossip.

Thames Star, Volume XXX, Issue 9110, 2 July 1898, Page 2

Parliamentary Gossip.

[By Telegraph—Own Correspondent.]

Wellington, July 2 There is heart-burning on both sides of the House over the division on Captain BusseU's motion. The Government are savage that they were not enabled to bring; all their forces up in time. The division was forced, by being taken immediately at 7.30. Of five other, members of the Government party, some were in the Library and others on their way to the House, the Premier being among the number. When the division was called, Mr Hall-Jones was the only Minister in the House, and he did not see the importance of killing time by putting someone up ti speak, when Mr Buchanan, of the Opposition, refused o take his turn. Membe s of the Opposition who bad speeches prepared, are savage also with Mr Buchanan for not telling them what he proposed doing, and the Left Wing un embers (one of whom had another amendment to propose, touching appointments to the Upper House) are in a no less unpleasant mood all round. There is a feeling of disaatisf ction with the whole debate upon Captain Russell's amendment, which is looked upon as a farce and waste cf time. In justice to Captain Bussell it is bow said that he opposed, at a caucus of the Opposition, the proposal to move tho motion, and only that another promiuont member of the party (said to b* George Hutchison) towed ba would move the motion if tho Leader did not, induced him to alter his view* These faotb accouut fo -the half-hearted way in which Captain Russell proposed the amendment and the indifference shown as to its fate by members of the Opposition. There is do doubt that the Government had a majority of 11 on Captain Emsell's amendment.