THE COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 924, 17 September 1910, Page 7

THE COUNCIL.

BY-LAWS BILL. When-the Legislative Council met at 2.30: yesterday afternoon the tliird. reading: of the By-laws Bill was moved by the "Attorney-General. The .object of tho .Bill' is "the protection of .bj-laws" against -...technical or formal' objections, aud to mate, with ■ respect to by-laws . in gen-' eral certain provisions . which •at pre- ; sent: require to be -/repeated in 'every Act which authorises " by-laws; to be made.. Tho third -reading was agreed to, aud the Bill was passed.' ' OATHS BILL. <Tha Oath's Bill was put through its third reading and passed without discussion. ■ :: /' ; ". FOREIGN INSURANCE COMPANIES' , DEPOSITS. The. Foreign , Insuranco Companies' Deposits Amendment Bill, passed its Committee stage/withoutamendment. - i'he Bill was then road 1 a third tiihe and passed. ■■ ■ ■ ■ PUBLIC DEBT EXTINCTION, -; lii / replying; to '. the-; .debate u/i ; tho second of tho Public'Etebt Extinction Bill, " ■■■:'• The AJfORNBY-GENEBAi said he had ''listened ,'carefully to-the .'speeches ■ made on tins measure, aiid lie pro i posed, to collate the criticism ; and sub- ] mit!"' it /'to ~ the;-Minister /'for i finance'. Some /amendhients would ..be .-.necessary . to. complete - the draftsmanship of the Bill, but they were n/jt radical alterations. -Ha woidddratt. a.short >'.of:%e;mtidßm : leTC]ted';Bt:the'-Bill. and,' submit it to the SHiiister for .Finance; so that he might jiave any amendments made,,that he ought think necessary. IXe'; thought this/was the best course •that:':could be '-'.pursued,/and^- /he suggested/that tlae Bill. should be passed through all iVs stages, so that it should . reach/: another place .promptly, v /.-. The secr/nd reading was agreed- to without discussion, and the Bill was ,then put through: its fin alet ages and ■passed. •

LAW PRACTITIONERS AMENDMENT. Speaking on the motion to go into Committea ;on this Law Practitioners .Amendment Bill, : ■' The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said lo'' •.. had . been ' informed that soriio objection was being made" to •the|jieasure; : Distric.tJLaiy this Reasonie;askedthat; the; order., for i committal . of-'Bill'; be; ■ discharged: from tlib: Order Paper -until September 301. This would give time for tho objectors to make : their,views; known; arid, .give him time to go into the objections. . ~ The proposal-of the Attorney-General was agreed to. Tlio Council adjourned until 8 p.m. on Thursday next. .'.