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LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.
The Speaker took the chair. atthe usual
hour yesterday . BILL.
•IIsE BRI[ADES BIL5 ,
The Assembly sat, till nearly midnight
yesterday, when' the'ihore of the claus?s of
the Fire Brigades Bill- with the exception.
of one or two ?vere "postponed. The house
dealt with the main features of the Bill.
Lm?SSINC, ECT AIAENDMENT BILL.
Mr. Oliffe's Bill to amend the Licensing
Act gives an extension of the hours for sel
ling, and .s modifiastiojs of the definition of
a bo!a .f1dc traveller
The Speaker took the chairto-day at the
ueukl time. .. .
?oa'oN Foil AuJOURNarsxT.
Mr. MI'Elhone moved the adjournment of
the House, to bring before it the matter of
Mr. ?_bbott's at taCk on him theother night,
and read a letter from the Colonial Secre
tary to himself, which stated .lhat the
writer had no wish to offend Mr. M'Elhone,
and asked him to come round and' see-him
to settle the little misunderstanding, buthe
(Mr. 1M'Elhone) declined to do so, and said
all he wanted was to be treated as a
stranger by the Ministry. He again went
into the question of his election expenses,
maintaining that his expenses on that occa
sion which, were of a party kind, ought to
have been shared by others. With re
gard to the asperation of Mr. Abbott,
he might soy that he (Mr: MT'Elhone)
had never done anything publicly
or privately of which he was ashamed. He
challenged that 1tinister to a contest at
Gunnedah with him, the defeated man never
to enter the House again. (Laughter.)
He was ready to sign a. bondto that effect
for a very heavy amount. In the course of
further remarks, MIr.?M'Elhone said he now
knew as a fact thatfir Henry Parkes:knew
nothing at all about- the proposed North
Shore bridge. - -
Mr. Purveo drew attention to etrangere,
but did not press it, - . .
M[r. M'Elhone then referred to the
strained relations between ,Mr. WVhitton and
Mir. Conderoy, and intimated that he con
sidered the latter was placed in judgment
over the former, who was an old and valued
public servant. The factof the matter was
that Mir. Whitton was too honest and would
not agree to the deviation of the Illawarra
Line, as proposed by r.. Stuart when the
latter was Mini ter rot Public Works.
Mir. Mitchell defended Mr. Conderoy from
the reflections of the last speaker.
Mr. Badgery drew attention to the travel
ling of stock on railway lnes.
Mr. Abbott cp as'ned that when he had
spoken the other night, he had not in-any
way intended to impugn Mr. M'Elhone's
private character.
M Ir. MElhone said he wss willing, to ac
cept the explanation, and said if he had
understoodl it in that light there would not
have been so much feeling shown.
Mr. Combes bore testimony to the ex
cillence of the Now South Wales railways,
which he maintained were equal to any in
the world.
Mr. Abigail denied that any attempt was
being made to hunt M[r. Whitton from his
office.
Mir. Cameron drew attention to over
crowded state of the theatres, especially the
Royal, and said that unless the Govern
ment exercised some supervision there
would one of these nights be a terrible
calamity. He was glad a Commission had
been appointed to inquire into the cause of
dispute between Mr. Whitton and Mr. Con
deroy.
Mr. A. t;. Taylor was surprised when the
Governor sasked Mr. Stuart to form a liq- i
istry that lie had not also told him he would1
have the assistance of Mm-. ?M'Elhone, the
cabinet-maker. He (Mr. Taylor) drew alton-,
tion to the case of a prisoner getting three
years' imprisonment for killing a calf by
accident; but said that as he had plea ded!.
guilty there was, under the Connolidated
Criminal Law, no other alternative.
Mr. Cass spoke to the same effect, and
the Minister of Justice said he would in
quire into the subject.
Mfr. O'Connor was surprised at the statc
ment of Mlr. M'Elhone that Mr. Stuart had
agreed with him that there ought to be
no Roman Catholics in the Ministry.
Mr. Stuart denied that he had ever done
so, and said he did not remember promis
ing Mr. MI'Elhono to share his expenses,
but if he had done so he would pay it to
the last penny piece.
SA fter Messrs Poole, Garrard, R. B. Smith,
Copeland, White, and M'Elhone had ad
dressedthe Heuser, Mr. MT'Elhone replying,
the motion for adjournment was put and
negatived, shortly before 9 o'clock, after
the debate had lasted over threa hours.,
The businee onaths order paper wasthen.
proceeded with. .
- , TIE OaiENT attLt, Co?siAdCT.
Mr. Trickett, Poetmaster- Geera', moved
his resolutions with regard t?0 the Orieit
mail service. They were mo=.t fav'ourably
received, though Mr. Young took exception
to some of the conditions, notably that
which exempted the vesselse:'employed in
the service from paying harbour; dock, and
other dues. The resolutionss were then
passed without opposition.
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