END OF 1916 SESSION

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2845, 9 August 1916, Page 6

END OF 1916 SESSION

A PATRIOTIC RESOLUTION ON WITH THE WAR ' THE MISSION TO ENGLAND Tho Legislative Council inct at 10 a.m. .-The Appropriation Bill was passed through all stages. At 11 a.m. the Council met again and received advice of tho Royal Assent to the latest Bills passed. SIR FRANCIS BEtLL, moving the adjournment, expressed his personal indebtedness to the Hons. T. Thompson and 0. Samuel for their assistance in carrying out the duties which liad devolved upon them because of the soriw which had fallen upon their Speaker. He thanked also the gentleman who had acted as Chairman of Committees in the absence of the Hon. W. F. Carncross. For .tho invariable courtesy extended to liim by all members, he tlianked the Council. The Liquor Legislation. The Hon. CAPTAIN BAILLIE, after complimenting the Leader of the Council upon the work of tho session, said the Government should be censured for not taking steps .to regulate the liquor traffic. He had been told by a lady who assisted at the Soldiers' Club that it was painful to seo tho condition in which some of the youn" men arrived. Tho liquor bill of this Dominion was great and increasing, and the Government shoulci have instituted some measure of control. He advocated .the establishment of wet cautcens at the camps, contending that tho dispensing of liquor -under proper control would prevent young men from coming to tho city to act foolishly. Other Speeches. The Hon. W. EARNSHAW, on behalf of tho. Hoii. W. Beehan, placed before the Council some figures in regard to friendly societies, to show that, because funds were not consolidated, a large sum of money was earning no interest. This, ho argued, proved the need for serious consideration by the Government next session of the question of enforced consolidation of friendly societies' funds.

Tho Hon. G. CARSON commended the work of tho National Government in so far as it related to tho prosecution of'tho war. He bitterly regretted that there had been gross and grave failure to introduce licensing legislation. A Tew members of the National Cabinet had ignored ,tho wishes of the people and the desire of Parliament, and the people had had no means of enforcing their will.

The Hon. J. FISHER also alluded to tho failure of the Government to pass licensing legislation.

The ACTING-SPEAKER (Hon. 0. Samuel) paid a tribute to the work of the Chairman of Committees, and thanked members for the assistance and support they had given to him. Tho Council rose at 11.35 a.m.