PARLIAMENTARY NOTES.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1837, 28 May 1886, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY NOTES.

m kom oi i; Bi-iruL coi.nrsrostu'.Ni.) In the Hoiim <i( Re | H oM'litiiti w,- or. Wednesday Sir (Iciiiorp (Irei aj-ked a (jUfctioii as to how a cui tain Maori India <?ot into the General Assembly Library. This taiha had the following; inscription ; “ Tlic name of this tiaha is Mahuta, and it is celebrated as the emblem of the aukati, and signified that the chief holding it had authority to kill any European enTssiug the forbidden boundary. It wae presented to the Government hy Walianui, in “token of the establishment of peace. - ’ Sir George Grey said that some of these statements were not. true, es|xieially about the power of killing Eurojieans. There was a discussion on the subject, which led to nothing, aud ultimately the matter dropp'd. There was a discussion on the ijuestion of railway passes for school children, arising out of a motion hy Mr Guiness, and it was decided to give the same rights as to free passes on railways to children attending private schools as to those attending Government schools. The remaining business did not ]x>ssess the slightest general interest, and having not hi tig more to do, the House adjourned at o.dO.

LAST NKHIT'S I'KOCKKIUNCS

lii tlic House last tin; I Vernier Kave iniicr to introduce the Civil Service Reform Hill, This Rill would ell'oet reductions in the Civil Service of the colony to the extent of £dU,iXH>or i - th.tlOOdining this year (cheers). The Rill had hceu prepared <m somewhat new lines. The Minister for Lands, in answer to a question said that steps had hecn taken to have blocks of agricultural land set apart for workin" men in various parts of the colony. Mr Buchanan moved for a return of persons a|>|minled as land purchase oflß. ccrs duriiie the last year. The motion was carried. Ihe Minister of .lustice moved second reading of .lust ices of the I'race Act. Carried, Major Atkinson, in a liearlv sjieech, offered Mr Stout tin liearlv cone-ratula-tions of flu* House on his reeeii inu ill* - honor of kniolil hood. He said Mr Si out thoroughly deserved the honor, Mr Macandrcw followed in a speech expressing similar sentiments. air Stout showed much emotion alien fepil ill o. 11l lie.. I U •■' it. 11 ■ •.! - ■ ii 1.,..-eonei-ii.llllation-. The Kill for ,|„ , ..Inetlo,.. >n i!. I .1 S.-n iee U inllodne cl |.| I .r. i hj . tio 11 o( the I l|i| uol r ion in I I i.i i do, , :.,i, file lint el |i lie'lll I 111 •.i. i ah, i| I-hi n District Court;. An additional Supreme Court .bulge i* Co he ap|Kiinted. There are still vague Minim., of a m, confidence motion.

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