PARLIAMENTARY NOTES.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1865, 2 August 1886, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY NOTES.

(rtOU OCB SPIOUL OOBBBSPORBEMT.) BITUD LEND BILL. On Thursday in th« Legislative Con noil thia bill which proridei for aetlied laud left by will being eat np and sold by auction at onea by Trustees, was read a second time. FBITILIOB. On Thnraday in the House of Beprssentatires Mr Brown said that Mr Fergus had called him “ a——" (something awfully bad) and he had brought the matter before the House as a breach of privilege. Mr Fergus apologised and all was ones mote happy and peaceful.

HOSPITALS AMD CHARITABLE IMITTTrTIOMI. The bill dealing with those bodies wee considered in Committee, and some amendments made in it. The House rose at midnight. FIVE BHILLIKOI A DAT. In the House of Representatives on Friday, in reply to a question, tbe Minister for Public Works said it bad been brought under bis notice by various officers of tbe Government that men were offering in large numbers to go to work for 5s a day, and he bad given instructions that any men employed in future should not be paid more than 6s. THE HOSPITALS AMD CHARITABLE AID BILL. MR bccbaman's AMEMDMEHI. This Bill wae considered in committee, Mr Buchanan moved as an amendment ■ new clause to separate the Wairarapa from tbe Wellington and Horowbenna Districts. Before tbe Act was passed, fan said, they had iu the Wairarapa two benevolent institutions, 60 per cent of the cost of vhieh was contributed in the district. Last year when tbe Act was before the House, separation wae granted in the way of hospitals, bat not otherwise. The district had now had a year ondft the United District Hoard. Tbe Board levied > differential rate, against which tbf Wellington district appealed, and the action of the Board was upheld. Tbe Premia told them the United Board wae wrong in levying this rate, and that tbe oowmlmioomt wbn decided it wen wrong in upholding that rata, He wae not going to bandy law with the Premier, but he wished to ear that the Wairarapa had always taken a pride in man* tuning its own poor, A few day* ago the Unifcd Board pnt • iVpwtiHwi (• a«k tbf

Premier for separation. The Premier demined, using arguments that ha (Mr Boehananjdid not think applied to the Wainf~r The Premier hoped the elaneee would not be earned. The Wtirsrapa repreeentativee oa tbe United Board, Mr Bonny (chairman) and Mr Buchanan “ boased " the whole affair, and the members for tbe Hutt, who waited on him tbe other day, ahowed that they did not understand the resolution in regard to the differential rate. Mr Buchanan in answer to tba Premier, said Hr Bunny was elected .K.irm.n by the Wellington members of the Board; and, farther, the Wellington members had publicly thanked the Wairarapa representatives for tbs fairness with which they •elad. After aome farther debate Mr Buchanan’s proposed new clause was rejected by 34 to 29 votes. LOAN BILL. . The Loan Bill was further considered in eommittee. The Government wanted to propoee the additionto tbe schedule of tbe amount by which it was diminished on Wednesday, viz., 2176,000 to be voted simply “ for railways in tbe South Island,” without being specially appropriated. The House objected to this, and on a division tbe propoeal waa rejected. Tbe schedule as amended (id eet, with £175.000 struck off the LI,500,000) was then agreed to. The Bill was recommitted, and the amount in clause 3, authorising tbe loan, waa altered from £1.500,000 to £1,325,000. The Bill having bean reported, it was ultimately resolved that its third reading be fixed for Monday, this day. Tha House rote at 3.15.