PARLIAMENTARY.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 5, 5 July 1895, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. ' (Per Press Association.) j Wellington, July 4. i The Council met at 2.30. Hon. Higg's motion on the Currency and State Bank was, after j further debate lost by 17 to 10. I The Animals Protection Act Amend- ; ment Bill, Uniforms Bill, and Dog j Registration Bill passed their final ; stages. j The Adulteration Prevention Act Amendment Bill was read a second timo. The Council rose at 4.15 p.m. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House met at 2 30. The speaker stated ho had received a cablegram from Sir Geo. Grey as follows : — " Letter of resignation posted. Should roach Colony 28th July. Being incapacitated by illness I hereby resign niy seat as one of the representatives for Auckland. Witness, W. B. Perceval." Ron. Beddou said he had received a cablegram from Sir Goo. Grey to a similar effect, and ho should, at the proper tima, move a motion placing on record the Colony's appreciation, of the great services rendered by the Eight Hon. gentleman. He then moved that a new writ be issued for a fresh election. Captain Kussell seconded the motion, which was agreed to. Hon. Seddon said as it would pro bably take a week to prepare the rol's, that period would elapse before tho writ could bo issued. The Patea Foreshore Vesting Bill was read a second time. The Property Law Consolidation Act 18S3 Amendment Bill, a technical measure, was read a second time. Mr Morrison muvod the second reading of the Imprisonment for Debt Abolition Bill. He said it had been urged against the Bill that it would reduce credit and thus injure the poor man, but his contention was that there was far too much credit given in the colony, and t* could woll be curtailed. Mr J. W. Kelly opposed the Bill. He thought the House should not legislate to allow people to evade payment of their debts. Hon. IVr Seddon appealed to the House to pass the Bill. It would be to the interests of small traders and of the workers themselves if imprisonment for debt were a olifhed. Mr Mills moved a hostile amendment that the Hill be read a second time that day six mouths. Mr McKenzie (C:U!ha) seconded the amendment On division the Bill was rejected by 3-1 to 28. Sir Robert Stout moved tho second reading of the New Zealand Institute of Journalists Bill. Tho Minister of Lands strongly opposed the Bill, the object of which hecontended was to make a close corpo ration and to prevent others than as sociates from becoming journalist?. Hon. Major Stewart contended that in holding that the Bill would lead to a close corporation and prevent deserving men from entering into the ranks of journalism, the Minister of Lands had started with a preconceived idea ■which did not exist. He warmly supported the bill. Mr Hogg, speaking as a journalist, regarded the Bill as a clanger and a menace to the freedom of journalism. Mr Tanner moved, as an amendment, that the bill be read a second time that day six months. The Premier objected to the bill on the ground of its retrospective character, and that the tendency of corporate bodies was to become more conservative. Messrs Montgomery, Fraser, W. Hutchison, Bell, Collins, Jfon. Mr Reeves, Pirani, and McLacblan spoke in favour of the bill, and Messrs Millar and Hall against it. Mr Tanner's amendment was defeated by 38 to 22, and the bill was read a second time. In moving the second reading of the Family Homes Amendment Bill, the Hon. J. McKenzie said the Bill was necessary. Frequently they met men homeless who had been in a position to secure the home property to their family if such a law as this had been in existence. Sir R. Stout said the Bill was the same as that introduced by him, and he warmly supported it. A similar law had proved eminently successful in the United States. Its object was th preserve family home life, and to prevent people being driven from the land. After a short debate of a friendly character, in which only committee objections were raised, the second reading was agreed to. The Contagious Ditease Act Repeal Bill (the Premier) passed through Committee without any amendment, and was read a third time. The Industrial Schools Act Amendment Bill was slightly amended in Committee and then put through its final stages, The House rose at midnight.