The Upper House.

Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 41, 8 September 1883, Page 2

The Upper House.

The B'l! to r<.'fi>r:n the Up ;>cr } louse, en- ; tilled " The- Legislative Council Ai:t. I ISS3," w;is laid on the table of the ■ Legislative Council on VWdues.-lay night. ; It ni'^vidi.-s for ih? re-const: uitio:i of the , o>i!H'.'il .if;cr the the l-it J.'unrin', ISSS, j by m.'ilciiig it coum*! of -14 members to ; unpointed as hereinafter provided, and i <>f not more fh:in three Maori members j to be M;>poi. r ih'-.-J by the Governor. Of the j '11 moinbeiv. 22. tire to be appointed from j the existing m.-.'mbers, by the existing : members themselves, no member having i the right to vote for hiunelf. Of the | remaining 32 members, II are to be} e.lr-eted hy the ner.-ons lihving a right to j Vf. f c in th" North .Inland, and 11 by the Siiush Ishmd elf-dors, the qualification of voters being t-lio same as for the Lower House. The mode of election is to be by the system known as Ilake\* system, each I-lm.i forming cm; constituency. The members elected are to sit for ton years, and of the present members onehalf of those other than Maori members are to retire in January, ISSS, and the remainder in January, 1890. The Bill consists of 100 clauses and 14 schedules. It is not proposed to bring it before Parliament for discussion until next session. Si,!J*VlStft«£vl/M£>i(!rSbdL'4.'S&lt7SCi

* Parliament was prorogued at 3 p.m. to-day with the usual formalities. Owing to the lateness of the hour at which the " speech from the Throne " was received we are unable to publish it in to-day's issue. After such a barren and wasteful session as the one just closed, the " speech " will certainly prove " flat, stale, and unprofitable."