PARLIAMENT.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2203, 16 July 1914, Page 4

PARLIAMENT.

— . PRIVATE MEMBERS' BILLS. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT. AMENDMENT SOUGHT. 1 CHARTERED CLUB[EMPLOYEES CONDITIONS.; ' ■ ; :p;:, '■'-"•:thEcouncil ; : ■;. .;; The Legislative Council,met at 2.30 ...•'•p.m. ' ■~ '._■ ■'■ ■ ■ > ;.'"•■ A message was received Ironi His Excellency tho Governor announcing tho appointment of the. following new merh'•':,.'bers to the. Legislative Coiuicil: —The ' 'Hon. John Guthrie WoodlAftken; the ■"'. Hon. Richard Mooro, the: Hon. John jUacGregor; the Hon.-Thos. M'Gibbon, .;'•:-tlio Hon.;.Gilbert,Carsoiij.'the Hon. Ah-, ;.j: : drew Thomas Maghiuityj tlie Hon! Rbbfc. ;,vKirkpatrick Siriipsorij. tlio Hon. John .Fisher, tlie'Hbhl''Wm.:Mo'rgan, the Hon;.' .'. ./Oliver Samuel, the Hon. Dr..AYm; Ed-, •"'•ward Collins. ■•'! :■'•;'''■ . ..; v r r The Hohs./J;'G.'W. Aitken,G. Car-: .-'"■' 50% Dr. C6llihs,;/and A. T. Maginhity •were ■ the'only hew members in attend-'ance,■and-they.;w'ero.,sworn\.in..;r- .-' . ";■:; The : : ; BAILLIE;- as '']:. senior member of 'the Council, congratulated tlio members who': had taken the 7.Oath; that day; .The gehtlemen'whd had; ■-'"'-'beeii specially- appointed, ho said,-,-ivciild , '.Iv'.'tto -doubt;."distinguish/ th'emsclvas, as '■■"■■:'' : they:v)h'ad" : d6he : ''uKtho yafidus,public,: ,'.' positions held - by.-ithcin;; in their own; He .was ,sura.,they would,give •''•'"■ every' support .to tlie Leader :of the (the Hon. :H, D. Bell), and ho ' 'loped they would, live, a long and prps- .-.'. porous 1ife....... .'■•.•'. ■ ' ■ v , :ft,i"The Hon. C. H:;MHiLS jmned;in:the • •■* to thel new members, /'■'•v and said that ho was certain' that the ! deliberations of,' the Council would ■;,■■.benefit by their' appointment.".-. Sf CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES. The-Hon. Wv cl: F.: CARNCROSS : -: was re-elected (unopposed) to the posi-JJ-'tion of.'Chairman"df' Committeea; -&■ Tlie Hon. CAPT. ! BAILLIE congratulated, the. Hon. W.-Carncross. on his un-. ,• opposed .election' to/, siicli.,a;' responsible ./":.■;'!"". ■ ' ■Arj ; .The Hon. H.:D,':BELL and the Hon. 7-ii.C. H. MILLS: also , extended their con.'■•■•'gratuliitibris.''---'.;':;.' 1 .--]'-'.."-:■",-'■' .'?•'".';'; ; v 1.--;:-;';-; ,Tlio'Hpn. W::.CAMCROSS;.said ; that; . ;.',ihe' was gratefiilfor thehonoui' conferred. $*Tipon him;' ".;■'■ ;,;:, ~,.:• .;•.-,;. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BILL. ■jr; Tlie second reading of the Legislative '■"Council Bill was on the Order Paper. • r ' ; The Hon. H: D. BELL moved that "■•-..• the second:reading 1 of the Bill should •,",{,'be discharged. /.iHe', proposed to move ■'.•'•*ithe .seoonf reading; on - Tuesday next, '"Sand would then .'ask the Couucil to pro-. , ceed with the dehate. ~ ; , A: -, The ,Bill .Tvas;'madeVan order df the day. .:';;(fof Tuesday;;.; ;';./;• ; .;; , , , -- MASTER AND APPRENTICE;V •■ . : The Hon. H.'.D: BELL.said that when ■ proposed toVcohtimie 'the'debate.'oh ."ii-Jthe second readirig.of the Master'and>, v"; Apprentice Amendment Bill, he thought ■" . that all'the .new honourable members I •-,-.■; would he present. It was only Tight .';,£.sthat they shquld.have an opportunity . j'Vof: discussing, the Bill, ahd he iaoved '■'that the second ;reading should* bo taken Friday, on ;'whioh. date 'lie imder- ': ?,'in stood all the member s would bepresent:' t:tv The dehate wadlaccordiiigly adjoiirndd/l ,'•/ Tlie Council rose at 2.52 p.m.'till-2.30 p.m. to-morrow..- ' : ; '■' •' '.