HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 6, 25 June 1885, Page 3

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

£*lt* DVtTBO PftßM AWOCIATIOK.J Wellington, June 23. Replying to question* it vw stated that Government did aoc intend to brinu in a Bill to amend the Registration of Electors Act this sestieu. A mn would 1m nut on the estimate* as a subsidy to public librarte*. A mistake had been made in the eonstructiea of the Napier* Wood rille line at ref ardf the pifiengsr aeeonnaodatioa it the Davefirke. railway station, and stops were being Ukcn^? rectify it. It possible a bill would be introduced to reduce dk* number of person* liable to s«»rve oa coroners* juriea, and to provide that person* liable to serve shad ; V# called ta turn. j Tbe following bills were introduced : — | Seamen* Repreieatatives Bili, The j Stamps D«ticK Act Amendment Bill, The Deceased I'enon*' Entate D«»ie« Bill, The Property AtiSe-sment Bill. BUI to i Append the .Gaming and Lotteries Act Sir Julius Voget asked the House to go mto Committfe of Supply to p»«« formal imprest renoUtiom. He then «xpjaio«il llie order in which tUe I'orerntaeht pr<ipoi»ed to take the dUcu'tlm oh their poMcj. bill. In reference 'to the new tariff, he said ;the proposals of the ' {JWerniueht were not cant ir»n. and many objeelions had been received from all 'j^ria of the country. He would brinu down a bill dealing with the. proposed iuriffaad the amendments made on Friday evening. ' . . . . .. T*'' ' •If ajjor Atkinson said th»t the course ihe Opposition proposed to uke wa«, ias soon as the Treasurer had 'explaitifd his p*liey WllW to r Kiijrgest^hat the' debate should be adjourned tiljt i?riday. He MtggesUid that the ,TMa»urefgjs<duld ask th» House to psss the neif ,|j|iiff a» it stood: Ho ivvntuwd to sajrfia-oiore uaaajisfactory itariff had been in force in the colony. „ * . ]■■■.■ '$ > Sir Julius VegeL agreed that the dis? euuion on. the policf bills should be postMosid, ,|iU! Fnilay ;; lie considered the action . expressed with the tariff arose from a misconception of ;it." l ' fh>- ttou«e. then went into Committee tup^fy, and the J»pre«t Supply Bill , was h?ad as«^»*.4inle.V ■ . • . « -1 -■.*..<?•-:;•;■,■- /•- • .'■•:• - ! -l- <: June 84. .• 8W movfd. '^»t\ for the; ' wmaindeftof, the, session this, House shall; .. mtjtfk athalfipast ,10 o'clock; in, the fore.; iwon..4 sPi>e.;jn<»ti»Bi was carried oy 3SE againsMl. ' „ .,..'. '■-. . ....', . ■ "j Sir George Grey moved thp secoad . «adf»g of Tbe Phrnlity Votiag BUI, „ Wl|f'cfl| wa« agreed bjrS? io 25. . ;<) : ; •"Sir "'George Grey • moved:. ih> second , resdinc of The Law PraeUii^ne^' Bill. ' TWbiU was pfiad a seeondi time—Ay**, • ■ v-.ru :.- ■..■.„•■.;.•,.- ■ ■ - ;This:|>aj ?; : After the. supper adjoarnmehlt last ni«U. the PresSiierian Church Prtperty Bill aai tRe Ad^tien of Children « Act ' M £mf*ls»ttt B.U Were raid a second ti me. ■ BMpas^d through pom^tt^ .Bd'i^a. read^tbird U«e. i ; "^TfoHoiwcad^ttraei ai 1125 p as, i