TELEGRAMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume X, Issue 1595, 2 September 1885, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

Wellington, 1. In the House last nig'it some three hones were wasted in discussing & co>nplaint by Major Atkinson tliat the Government had brokou faith with him in not allowing ih« remainder of his resolutions to b* brought on the table, being well down on the Order Paper. The Premier said he took it th?.t the House by affirming the motion of the hon member for Port Chalmers had affirmed the principle ihat these reso^ lutions should not he considered, and it was the duty of the Government to obey the resolution of th« House. Hh declined to again delay the business of i he country i>y useless discussion. Government had recently m^t, not one but three motions of want of confidence. He held that Maeandrew's motion, which was carried, traversed the whole of the Majors motions. Thore would still he simple opportunity to discuss all the other questions. Atkinson said by a majority of four votes those hon. gentlemen having lost the confidence of their fellow colonists, the Premier was going to use the forms of the House to evade the remaining resolutions, and was quite, prepared to sit there aud shuffle through tlie session. Macandrew asked if the Major did not recollect in 1879 evading a no confidence motion till he had squared four Auckland votes. Atkinson asked the ruling of the Speaker, aud the Speaker ruled that (he resolutions of Macandrew only affected the resolution then under discussion, and hy no stretch could he consider that it a3'ected the other resolutions. Sir J. Voft-el said that if Major Atkinson's first resolution had been carried it would have meant the throwing out of employ aierit of some 5000 men, representing about 20,000 sou's. The resolution was, however, thrown out by a majority of 12, and if anyone now had the right to pose as the leader of the largest section of the Opposition it was the hon. member lor Oamaiu, hut two other resolutions of no confidence were each thrown out by 4 votes, and the Government did not think they had a right to waste fu> ther time in discussing the resolutions. After further discussion tlio motion hy Atkinson to adjourn the House was put and negatived on the voices. The other business dealt with was unimportant. The Estimates are not likely to be considered this week. There is a strong fooling in the House agains* passing a vote for the commencement of the West Coast railway. From careful enquiries T see no chance of success this session. The (lovernnieiit will not make the vote a party question, as they would for a certainty be beaten in the present temper of the House. Tha

item, £150,000, will have to take us chance with the other proposals. The mail shower Ruapuhu left for Plymouth via Rio and Madiena, on Sunday evening. She had about 70 passengers and a lar^.e mail, cunaistiiig of 54 bags, containing 44,798 letters, 10,520 newspapers and 2037 book packets. The football tournament which commenced on Saturday, has so far been an exciting contest, and very interesting. Wellington beat Hawke's Bay after a hard fight by four points to nil, and yesterday Taranaki defeated Hawke's Bay by nine points to nil. The winning team play Weliington on Thursday next. A large party of members of both branches of the Legislature and their friends, numbering about 200, went by invitation to-day for a trip to Paramatta, the first terminus on the Wellington Manawatu Railway Company's iine. The excursion was much enjoyed, and congratulatory speeches were made on arrival at Paramatta, where an excellent champagne lunch had been prepared. The line opens for public traffic on the 14th. Christchurch3l. A telegraph pole in Waimakariri at the Bealy Juoci ion, was struck by lightning at 10.40 this morning. The lightning fused all the wires leading into the telegraph otiiue, and set the inside of the office on tire in several places. There hsts bo' j ,n injt:.t»ant thunder and lightning and rain since Sunday eveniug. The -rivers are in heavy flood.