PARLIAMENTARY.

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 15, 17 July 1886, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

(PEE UNITED PEKBS ASSOCIATION.) W'ixLINCJ'TO.V, July 15. THE SPEAKER STOPS A BILL. On the Houseiresumirig, the Speaker informed. Mr Brown that -the New Zealand Note Currency Billintroduced by him could 'not be alibwed to proceed, as it proposed to^dea'l^with the. issue of notes amounting to four millions of money, and the Government had the entire control of such matters. The Salmon and~Trout* Act Amendment Bill was passed., MEMBEBS SmEKTMiG DVTX. Ii J . v

On the Hawkers and Pedlers Bill being "commii^dd^^ttentiofn' was called -'* to the tnin. state! of ff he.'. House, arid . ••".*■ the. bill had to be xuhg twice. to prevent . a count 0ut. ., . The, biM<was passed with the addition of some r ne>y, clauses. On* ' the, motion foi* t%e f thirdreadirig, T&rF Guinness* and, Mr.. .Buckiatid opposed , the measure as oppressive ariel imposing too niany restrictions." The latter' complained that by one , of its provi- ' sions a pedler could riot carry a flask =' of whiskey for bus personal use with- ' ; out runiiing the risk of .a heavy fine-. ' T7-Mr Fulton, said this being the case-, •■ •*'■• I he thought he. should vote for the bill, though; he iiad riot' intended to do so > —^r HurstiiouseoprjosedandMrßeid - supported, the measure.— Sir E. Stout said the bill', effected a jrreat benefit rby fixing* f ees' -and it offered fatalities- .: ' for the disposal of goods. If it would aa help to suppress the; "illicit sale of liquor; so niuch the better; rafter some •_ urther discussion-^the bill wa&d thrown out- by .26 to 21. ' -.! iv: 'Yy: ■■■ - aa.-. y.. July 16, -. The House met at 2.30 iv.ni.. : .; --"* '' \ ' NKW EEPfiESE-yTATIOK BILL.

Sird''Eober.t- 1 Stout* : introduced thW. Representations Billy- .which provides-. ; for a periodical read j ustinent of ""■rep-, resentation by a permanent commission*,, consisting* of the Controller /and/ Auditor -General -> and* ' Suvvej ar r Gen-r v •oral, with three other members. npt.ihd. the Ciyil Service, whom the- House may from time * to- time- nominate, y Within three • months after this ses- y sion, and three- hioiiths after vthe results of each census become known* ,< : tbe commission is .'to divide^ tbe^colony intovelectoral dis_dcts. Those in the*-, four chief towns may be amalgamated. The number of members is left blank in the bill butwhenfixedliheto'^lTWpula- - tion is to be divided by that number: JJiythe quotient' thus obtaiued the districts are to be regulated.' Nothing* in the* * bill is to affect Maori-representation. Other clauses— the total * number 'mi the bill is only twelve-r— provide for the .formation of rolls, &c. '■'-.■'' - '