THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

Evening Star, Issue 3938, 8 October 1875, Page 2

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

[Br Telegraph.) Wklmsgton, Octobei 8. ! he Mousy of Kojiirs met at Mi ■< sterility Mr ..ucaodrew cV;*d r.ttenM.m to the fact iliivt th- sand-glass wm I'd adja-tiueiit it asied »o'u one t • wo mi;. .* .«, ac.;. vdi •••. to winch si ;o wa upp-rams -a ’ il, i.st.* Ik. n 1., ■i. aasut shut tm,; IT a: out from a-,, {moot' ant ivi-d-n. Mr Wood asked for further power to be nv at ■ the Vina' c- mmittee to > n.- cn’->-further inquiries in:ot .c banking arrangements of tin- Government, U: on the i-j . use proceediog to cousi 'er a message from the Legislative •’ omi. il regaubug ~ue violiifieids Act A men.uncut (Is o. 1) Bid, : io Treasu o. rcgrefed they c-nld not agree with th • Hmotuhnents of the Legislative .'unndl. and he proposed the house would not agree vUh the recomnurelation of tho : o mcil. wished that the Bill should be allowed t > diop, an i h- woald then ask the p, rniLsion of the louse to intiodu e a Bis! identical with the •~ue dr-pod, >nd after passing it thr.>ugh all its stages to said it to the other House. The Bill was of great importance to the Colony, and he did not wish to see it shelved.

Upon the motion to go into committee on the Employment of Females Act Amendment bill, Mr Bradshaw pretested against the principle introduced of allowing women and children to ■-ink in factories so early as six in the morning, an Lour at. which very Jew men went, to work. Considering the pressure of the woik and the late period of the s-ssiou lie would ■v.t detain the House, but merely moved that i lie Bill be read that day six months. Mr Held supported the Bdl lie failed to see what injury could icsult from childr-n •■ nd 'emales having to go to work at six in tin aior; iug The great desideratum in woi kshops and faci orie.i was that ample cubic space should be provided, so that the workers might have a ucalihy atmosphere. Tiie him. gentleman read . petision f.om tho operatives at Mosgiel in Mvorof the Bid. Mr Kol eston supp-rted the amendment. Mr Stafford considered an evasion of ihe Uws was found to bo necessary at Home in some cases. It was the duty of the t.overnuieiit to interfere with the liberty ot the nubject, especially in the case of won en and chiliren. He would support the member for 'Vaikaia’s (Mr Bradshaw’s) amendment. Mr Pearce, though be voted against the reading, hoped the Bill would go into Committee. or Bowen opposed'the Bill. Mr Reynolds pointed out that the best anirse for the member for Waikaia to imrsue would be to introduce a Bill to test the question by res.sicting any woman employed from üboruig lonuer than the hours in h.s - -i 1, Mr Carrington call d attention to .he fait that telegrap;.- boys, twelve yeaisol a e. were mployed from eleven in the d iy until eleven .ml twelve at night. A division was t.iken, and the Bill was ordered to be committed by twenty five against twenty-two. In Committee on the sicond clause, Mr Ib id sought to amend the clause so ..s to enable women to woik ten hours a dav. In the , vent of the House refusing, he said that he would sk that the working time should be extended trom six in the evening till nme. The first amendment was put and negatived. Th- words, “not exceeding eight hours on the whole ’’ being retained. Mr Bradshaw then moved that no females he employed be ore eight in the morning, mstt ad ot six, as in the Bib. The amemlm-ut was negative ! by 24 t > 19. and another division took place as to w. men and children should be allowed to work up till six or nine in the even mg. Mr i-ra.>haw being in favor of the former, and Mi Iveid of the latvi. Mr lieui was defeated on the voices, ,vd the wmking Lours arc to be from six ti l six. Sir Cracroit Wilson mov«d tho introduction of a new clause, the tin cl; of which was to be that -o la - i-n-j 'ove i in . ny ip .-’is -h. i.» vr : . nn.i. : Be op-, '-d> a UiC AU *C o ..id- ; mg workwti t

MV Bradshaw and Mr considered tht« would oractioiilv rypeal t 1>" Act, 'lf Pearce said i-. i nst. a I of the wor4 ‘ females,” the won’fis “ vSosw.oneu ami uillllimms” were substitut vL would lUppurt. tho c! mipo. The word “ vdeswonn'u ” was leiained, and the word “ millin' r ” up* tde< 1 on the motion of Mr Bowen. The following r.iU-. were- passed : Dunedin Borrowing Powers Kxlem'l' m and Westland Waste Lands ct Amendra* l t HIL. Tho .ouse ro oa- Ti.dO.