PARLIAMENTARY.

Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 40, 6 September 1883, Page 3

PARLIAMENTARY.

house of Representatives. ■ ■ ■■■;>*?■■ ' — — T-, ' .'■ ■:■■'■:■ .[rER VxiTEJ) PRESS ASSOCIATION"..! • / ■ .'■-, This I)ayThe second reading of the Gore Kelso Railway" Authorisation Bill was moved by Whitaker;, Jt, wa!s opposed by Pollen, ', Biehmond,; Holmes, and Wilson, and supported by Menzies. On a division the Bill was thrown out by Uto 9. The rWatigaoui Bridge Bill was read a third lime and passed. The Council withdrew its amendments on the" Road Board Act K Amendment Bill. The Premier laid on the table a Bill for the reconstruction of the /Legislative Council, and ;at some length detailed the nature of its proposals. .The Council adjourned till Jl to-day.. A long discussion tookjjplace in i the Committee on Public Revenues Bill. Il Proposal were made to limit tli'e amount to' be deposited in any one year to £100,000, to let' "ill 'money by tender amongst the banks, and to strike, out the ' claase extending the power of spending to the 30th June, but all were lost by large majorities, jimd' the Bill was reported without substantial amendment, and atter speeches prOte'sUng against it from Grey, Montgomery./'and J Buchanan, it- was read £ third time" and passed. . 'J he Property Tax Bill, Companies Act Amendment Bill/ Justices of the Peace Act Amendment Bill, and Land Boards Empowering Bill was passed ' through all their stages. The reasons for disagreeing to . tlie amendments by the Council in several Bilis were agreed to. The Legislative Council Reconstruction Bill was laid on the table, and the House rose at 12.30 till 11 to-day.