PARLIAMENTARY NOTES

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1869, 11 August 1886, Page 3

PARLIAMENTARY NOTES

(r»OM COB SPECIAL COBBEBPOSDENT.) THE LOAN nil-L. On Monday, in the Legislative Council, • Select Committee reported on the Loan Bill, that the schedule contained an item not autboriaed by law. The difficulty will be got over by the Government introducing an Aathonsation Bill, aud the Loan Bril will then be pasaed by the Council. 11EEB DCT\ Bill.. The Beer Duty Bill waa read a third time and adopted by the Council. . LOCAL BODIES FINANCE AND POWEBS BILL. On Monday in the Honse of Representatives this Bill waa read a third time and passed. VARIOUS bills. The amendments made in the Civil Service Bill by the Legislative Council were agreed to. The Hospital and Charitable Institutions Bill, and the Government Life Insurance Bill were read a third time and passed. BEPBESENTATION BILL. The Premier moved the second reading of the Representation Bill, (full details of which measure baa appeared in cur coitunns). There waa a long) debate, which waa ultimately adjourned till next day. and the House rose Bt 1.20. Miscellaneous Extracts ATTACK ON GENERAL LORD WOLSELEY. Mr Laboucheres paper. Truth (writes the correspondent,of the Sydney Morning Herald) contains ona of the most daring, audacious, and unfair attacks aver directed against a popular and successful genaral. The article is in the shape of a letter, signed "An exMilitary Attache,' who seems to know a good deal about American manctuvres. He speaks of General Lord Wolseley as an impostor and a mountebank, and charges him with falsifying reports and despatches. The article is the talk of the clubs, and it is thought Lord Wolseley must take some action about it. Ha has friends and admirers as well as detracters. Both sides are very much in earnest. The general public regard him as the military hero of our time He is the object of much jealousy in the army Hit name has been used too much lately in connection with the arming in Lister. But Mr Labouchere does not often make mistakes in the object* he selects to run down , he is fearless, bold, has plenty of money t-> spend on libel suits, which he nearly always win* , and the public will be very curious to see what comes of this attack upon "Our only General.' A VIGILANCE LEAGUE. The merchants c f Sydney have (,-rmed themselves into a Vigilance League ior the following objects —To consider tne present po’itical situation, and its etlect ujion the country. To form an association fur opposing impo.itic am! oppressive taxation, ami to promote economy in the expenditure of public moneys. To arrange for a public meeting, if desirable, to tarry out above objects ; aud protest against the present proceeding* in Tardament, as being antagonism: t me Lest interests tf the eolenv. Mr J N. 5 Uiarke has accepted the office of hou. secretary to the league AN ENTERPRISING DAIRYMAN. M. Crespm, of iV-mbault, is something like a dairyman His farm covers 1.400 acres, and he milks oou cows, anj serves over half a milium customers He delivers the milk in sealed bottles. During the recent Mi Careme (the mid Lent festival) he arranged a procession which gave a very good retrospect of French history. There were Roman and Catiovingian costume* correctly rendered, Charlemagne, Charles VII., Louis XV . Mme. de Pompadour, and other great folk* appeared alto. A BIG PETITION BY WOMEN. A petition to the Queen, signed by 30,000 women of UUter, wu left *t the Home Officeon May 12. The petition, which preyed her Majesty not to give her assent to the Government of Ireland Bill, waa 371 yard* long The first name on the list was the Dnchcsa of Abercom, as representing the nobility of Ireland ; the second, Mr* Kuox, of Holtrood Palace, ike wile of the Bishop of Down, Coo not, and Dromore, representing the Chmoh ; the third, Mr* Henderson, oi Norwood Tower, Bella* t, a* representing the pepfe