PARLIAMENT.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1699, 26 June 1885, Page 3

PARLIAMENT.

IIOLSE OF I.EI'KESKN fATIVI.S. t: ;,m fn f, „ , ; :i. t t; ” G. ■- : - . . • ! in ,i IT; u - ; ;■ TheGr- Art ;!: = s;;-G,r.. 1'..; . mUndid to ;; tiv.dr.--t-v ;n . t- the di-triVuti ,a of sea:). I; a: c v-.-v mu:t cots;l rn-t this scas-u i t.tnvc in a Bid jnr :di: gfr tUp iMo; ■; . -j m civil c .set : That the G : ; ni, d to ask the ll.uss this ft.-M.:;: : - . legislation en the ral-lit nuisance gr. s’.-,, n Delta sum wvnld le pat er. the r>:;::;.-s;rs as a subsidy t'* pub ic hi raid;e : t’.u: a re. is take Lad 1., n ni.de :n the construction . t the- Nepier-dV, odviid lira- a? recar is «c-.vtv-modatiur at Danevirk liaiiway Station, and Steps wei.a Lcmg takin to rectify it. That. it 11-ssibie,I 1 -ssibie, t ‘ Bid w-.ui-.i le introduced to iturea the- tiUmU-r of rirsons liable- io st rve on cotoners juiifs, and to provi.ie tint p-.-t----s-ns iialne to s- rv. tin-.h be cai'.t-i hi tur •. J !j at it was n.-t intended to introduce any Liu winch wou.-l disturb the present Tice; - sing Act. ii.at there were not su-fn-iint copies -f the list i.-f fn ehrlders in Nhw /..aiamilo supply the the Gounty Counci.s and Kuril ].cards. V\ itii ii-fc-r« nee to the now tariff Sir Julius \ ogtl said the pic-posais of Die Ciovcrniucrt we-r.. Nt OHsi-tri.u, and many objections had Gen receive, honi all part 6 of the colony, lie woui.i i ring down a Bill dealing with the piesent tariff and tin- amendments made on In-lay evening. Major Atkinson said the position Le proposed to take, was, as soon as the ireasurer had explained his Policy Bills, the debate should be adjourned till Friday, lie suggested that the Treasurer should ask the House to pass the new tariff as it stood. He ventured to say, a more nnsatisfaetoiy tariff had never been in force in the Colony,

WEDNESDAY. In the House of Representatives in answer to questions, it was stated that it was not the intention of tho Government to make provisions for the payment of witnesses for the accused in criminal cases at the Supreme Cunt. That the present duties on bools amounted to about 10 per cent, upon value, and the Government proposed to increase to 15 per cent. Ihe opinion ef the Government was that persons could obtain a pood substantial article tf colonial manufacture ; and if they wished to pet a more dopant and fashionable article they should contribute to Gusti ms revenue. The same remark applied to Weo.it ii gw tls. He was not aware that these duties were favorable to manufacturers, or that they designed them. Indeed, they already knew if h-.rpe company which wa* against the tillin', t'eve!,.! new Dins were ii tu- iiv. ,1. sir Etc'ham's motion, for the production of Hr Daw's rej ort on lie case of W. A. li. tmttou, late Sheep Inspector of the Wairarapa was earned. Mr Macandrew’s motion that the House meet In.dO a.m. was put to the vote and earned by a majority f 7 votes Sir George Grev moved the second reading of a Dill to abolish plurality of voting tor members of the 1 louse. The Dili was crueied to ie ccmmitm.i eii ]'th July, l!.e second it-dlrm ,J the Law Practitioners Act w ;s apuc.i to. lu ti.c L. pisl.-tiv.-- (.Vnr.cil ">n We-lucsihr Mr J. lUtnmm in. v,- i •• IDu a select C'. mmi'ii e : e ci ; - consider ami it port as tf he w fnr it -,:. i. ,1-that tho of vt the- C I 1. V sh.U.d m-nljed towards, n.amiie- a.u. n.cis a: a 1 w iv/.c - ; inteiust tsen o hieeteurily , ; ; h,;i i fl e ■ ho 1 d lands, an; -. -o as to the it,-; m- do in wli-.-h such cr- -i;; ma.v he so emph.yed ; th,n C ’lnmiitcc to have pow.-r i-, call ter persons and papers and to y, user with a similar Committee to he appt intc i !y the ID. use of Representatives. The hi nuuiitec to consist c-f Messrs Bonar, Eraser, G. D. Johns-'n. Laninanc, Men.ties, M'-riis, Roden, Reynolds, J.C. Richmond, She] hard, and the mover. *• The debate was adjourned.