THE HOUSE.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1916, 26 November 1913, Page 4

THE HOUSE.

. Affcor TnnDominion' wont to press ..'estovday morning, the House oflßfipre--1 iontativca continued its weary way. THE SECOND BALLOT. <A PEACEFUL CLOSING SCENE. - Mr. H. C. Ell .proposed'' an amendment'to doaway with tlio application 1 of tlio. country quota in thickly populated ireai surrounding certain seoondp'r v towns besides tho four big cities 'Tlio amendment was defeated by li ' "Mr 0 :"W Russell moved en bloc a number of ciauscs, virtually a subsidiary Bill," to'.,provido that our voting system should bo, that ot tho single '.transferable ,?otq. . . ~ , r ]'l:o ;iipoii(]mcnt was (lofctucd by ol •"votes to 21.-." - * , Mr. A.-H: Hiridtiiarsh niovea seta of amendms&tar in.

His first proposal was that certain associations likely to. bo interested in the return of particular candidates (should-be required after every election to furnish a return of the amount of money spent on the election by them. The amendmont was defeated bv 35 rotes to 18. -Mr. Hiiiclma,rsh's.second proposal had to do with newspapers, requiring them to furnish returns of the amount of money received by them in connection with elections, and requiring all matter referring to elections appearing one week beforo an election to bo signed by the writer. Mr. Cr. W. Russell, together with several Labour members, supported tho clause, and in particular those sections of it relating to. tho signing of political articles. Tho clause was negatived on a division by 3" votes to 16. , A proposal by Mr. M'Calhim to legalise tho appointment of women to the Upper House was negatived on'a division by 3G v<itcs to 10. At 3 ii.m. progress was reported, ami the Hor.so rose iivo minutes later. ,• The House met yesterday at 2.30 p.m. MOVINC THE ADJOURNMENT. Tho Speaker j:.avo liis delayed decision oil the question of the powers of a private member in moving the adjournment. It was to the effect that, a private member could only move the adjournment on Wednesday, in connection with the .discussion of questions. Sir J, Ward suggested that it might ho advisablo to go amend tho Standing Orders as to enable a privato member to discuss general subjects on tho motion for adjournment on one day of tho week. The Speaker said that a revision of the Standing .Orders might bo advisable, not necessarily for "the purposo of altering them, but in order to make their meaning clear in refcrenco to the motion for adjournment.