PARLIAMENT.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 991, 5 December 1910, Page 9

PARLIAMENT.

\ — THE COUNCIL. I"■ ■ : ; THE FINAL SCENE. ; •'. ' Tho members of the Legislative . Council .mot off and on all day Satursffc dav„ to receive tlio Appropriation Bill 1 : from tlio House, of Representatives. < .'After numorous adjournments, the Bill Bras' at -length received at 7.30 p.m., .•'. And was put through all stages in •; about eight minutes. J; V . Speaking on tho third'reading of tho 1' . Bill, V ■■: .Tho. Hon. R. A. LOUGHNAN rei, marked on tho fact that 122 Acts had I'. been passed during tho' session. Only 21 of these had . been' put through during tho first two-thirds of tho session, the other 101' having' been put \ through-in tho final third. ' Tho ATTORNEY-GENERAL suggested that as the House of Represenv tatives was waiting. for tho Bill, it would be better to put it through at once. Members would bo able to speak on tho motion to .adjourn. his speech on the motion to adjourn, Mr. Loughnan took upon . himself, to' roview tho . work of the Eession at'considerable length. About twelve measures, including tho Crimes \y 'Amendment Bill and tho'-'.''lndecent Publications Bill, had originated in the .) Council. ' . The Hon. J. E. JENKINSON (Wel- , lington) took the opportunity of ro- . cording his protest acainst meinbers of the Council leaving Wellington so long v before the Council's work was done. Ho. would, he said, take an opportunity .; of going further into the matter on the • . Address-in-Reply. nest session. Tho Hon. AV. C. SMITH congratulated the Speaker. on tho courtesy and , ' nbilfty with which ho had carried out J his duties. ' Tho Attorney-General' also ext; tended his congratulations to Sir Chas. Bo.vren and to tho'officers, of the Council •' and members of the Council.The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in re- * turning thanks, for congratulatoryreferences _of various members, .said tho i .'Council had been subjected to two different kinds of criticism. , One side told.tlicm that there" was too littlo freedom, and tho other side said they had- \ j,- been unduly interfering in legislation . * coming from "another place." Neither of theso criticisms was fair to the Council. He 'thought the Council - ■ could claim not to havo with ' any legislation in a carping or inter- . foring spirit. Some twelve measures : had origins ted -in the. Council, and about 30 Bills had boon amended. In only one case was there a difference with tho managers of the House of : Representatives ,as to ivhat tbo Council ; : had done, and tho Houpo. had seen fit ,- to adopt ev;?ry amendment tho 'Council h-id made. He-thought'that the critics 1 '• would admit that no amendment thev ,-. bad .ma:!'.! had-not improved tho Bill 1 amended. Hiis was no boast—they had onlv doiuv their .duty. : .... Tho Council also Congratulated the > Hon. W.; C. F. . Ciirncross on tho manner in wliich ho had. carried out < his duties as Chairman of; Committees. ' The SPEAKER,.in replying, said it : had been a ' pleasure to preside over -1 a Council wEero every member appeared 1 to be on good terms each : with tho other, .and everyone was striving to ' ao_ iiis best' country and the ' welfare of-the people. . ] - Oiv a division, tho Council decided 1 to anionra. tho voting being 9 to G The Council rose at'9.3o p.m. ;