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A LAW IN A MINUTE. "I hope honourable members will assist m« to put this Bill through before one o'clock," said (he Minister of Justice (Hon. T. M. Wilford) at 12.59 p.m. yesterday. A few feeble protests cnine from the House, and the Minister added: "There is one minute yet." The Bill was the Reformatory Institutions Amendment Bill. "Thorc lsnothing contentions about this Bill, explained the Minister. "It gives mo tno power to establish institutions where girls who liavo none wronij for the first tune mid have noon brought before the courts may bo put—separate from the. old lags and criminals and hay-bass of the town." The second reading of the BUI was completed in a>few seconds. When the Bill wns in Committee, Mr. K. M'Callnm (Wnirau) raised a protest against, this' method of dealing with any kind of legislation. Mr. Wilford: H is the. only chance of cprtinp the Bill through. You can stop if itpnd if you like. Mr M'ffilhi"! murmured another nrotrsl, but the Hill went through its final stages at high speed, and was passed without making members late for lunch.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 59, 4 December 1918, Page 4
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187QUICK WORK Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 59, 4 December 1918, Page 4
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