LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 48, 20 November 1907, Page 9

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

-irVWAIPAWA'cOUNTY BILL. IP." ifie kegislatiro' Co^ncjl .yesterday,>fternogfy'.the Hdii,; ;W.. C: the aocOTicli reading-6f "the"'lWajpawa, County. Bill. .The: Hon. >Y.. C.. F.' Carneross strongly s npporte4 ihi...BiH, .and., complained ..jn ~in bf,.,the_ '.'whipping" . which.ho, Baid;'had : been"done rin the lobby to prevent tho .(Bill-passing?' ' ;• •'.■•■ WT W.; M'Cardle, who had ohargoof the Bill, contended that the county ■which it was proposed..to divide into two was'altogether, too large, comprising about sixty-square miles. If the Bill were passed, the:AVaipawa County' would have a rating valup";.pf ,£1,391,730, apd the Panne,virke County, a rating value of £1,193,352. The M'.HGRils for the district were in favour of ..theSill.,' ' ' ' TBe sepopd reading .was carried by 15 votes to 10, and the; Bill afterwards passed through Committee without amendment.

.<.,•;.■;••.:WAIPAWA BOKOUGH BILL Ttie Local Bills Committee' recommended' tKat',the.\Vaipawa Borough Bill "be riot allowed:, to proceed.. ' : . . .'■■ >flie,.Hon. C. touisson, Chairman of the Local Bills Committee, explained that there was;' already a Waipawa Town Board. Tho . proposed; borough would include the present. \ Town;. District and also a sparsely populated area/occupied mainly by sheep farms. There was no'.evidence th,at the whole of the proposed; borough contained more than 1000 people. ■• The Town Board had contracted- a loan; the transfer of which to tho new body .vould,be attended with difficulties. Representations against the Bill had been received pom local residents. The Committee thought t.ho : Bill might well stand over for the present:,' •■ .. . The Honi Wi W. M'Cardle, who was pilot-mg;.}the->:Bill, said the population was 1000 , »nd '.the area was 5000 acres. He contended that nothing had.been shown against tho Bill iri'd'there were several advantages in a bor»ugh as, : against a^Town-Board. -The second reading was carried on the voices; i ' The Bill was subsequently committeed, but a 'motion to report progres was carried* in order to allow of further information beihe ebtained. ■■■ -■'■ ■■■ ■■- -,;-. ■■■'■%;.>,..-MAKARA COUNTY. ..- ' Incommittee on the Makara County Bill, a new 'clause was moved by tho Hon. J. Anstey.-.who was in charge of'-the Bill, to divide the now county into two' ridings corresponding* with ■ the Makara 'and Porirua ridings,of. the Hutt County, and to provide that, subject to the defraying of cost of administration, the rates collected in each 'riding..shall bo spent in such riding. The mover ; explained tbat there wore no mam roads in the Makara riding, and tho ratepayers of that district felt that they shoulJ not ,, be called upon toi, contribute to tho upkeep of the mam roads in the Porirua district, which they did not use. The new clause was adopted, and the Bill ras reported as amended. • ' OTHER LOCAL BILLS. . The Auckland Harbour Board and Birken-head-Borough Empowering Bill,, Hutt Park Bill, Dunedm District Drainage and Sowerage Act.Amendment Bill, Maniototo Hospital andCharitablo Aid Bill, Makara County Bill Groymoutli Harbour Board Loan Bill ™"[ au . Harbour Board Bill, and Gisbornc Harbour Board Enabling Bill were read a second time and put through committee. " : DISAGREEMENT. ,Tho Council decided to insist on its amendments to the Factories Act Amondment Bill Jrhich the Houso had disagreed with. V- : FIRST READINCS. . Tho Public Service Superannuation Bill Stock' Act Amendment Bill, and Packet Licenses Bill were received from the Lower H(iliSe ; and read a first time. . The Connoil rose at 5.5 p.m.