Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1869. THE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL. Yesterday.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 14, Issue 722, 30 September 1869, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1869. THE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL. Yesterday.

The Council met at the usual hour yesterday. A bill to alter and amend the Slaughter-house Act, brought in by Mr Tanner, passed its first read ing, after great opposition from Messrs. Carl} on and Sutton, the former of whom accused his colleague of being influenced in the matter by self-interest. The second reading will be moved to-day. A resolution by Mr A'Deane, leleasing the late Superintendent from certain pains and penalties to which he is liable on account of unauthorised expenditure, was necessarily postponed. The law provides that such a resolution must be passed by an absolute majority of the members, and when it was brought on Messrs. Ferard and Carlyon left the chamber, leaving an insufficient number. A resolution by Mr Rhodes, that a question between the Government and the leaseholders of rhe Hikutoto Block should be re ferret! to the Supreme Court, was carried. Mr Rhodes' bill to grant a site for a Common School in Napier Was brought in and read a first time The second reading will be debated to-day. A Cattle Trespass Act, introduced by Mr Pai-sons, was read asecond time and passed through committee, during which ordeal it was much modified. The third reading of the Executive Repeal Bill was the next order of the day, but it was much delayed by the action of Mr Carlyon. An unfoi^tunatestanding order, added a session or two ago, provides that before thermal reading of a bill itshall be submitted to the Provincial Solicitor for his opinion. The mention of that officer usually irritates Mr Carlyon, but on this occasion he maintained that there was no such person, Mr J. N. Wilson having resigned the office, and quoted in support of the statement a ruling of the Speaker delivered only the previous day. Mr Rhodes said that that gentleman continued to draw his salary, and was now Acting Provincial Solicitor. Mr Carlyon refused to recognize such an office, and pertinaciously clung to his argument. Finally, after being several, times ruled out of order, he was induced to resume his seat. The bill was then read a third time and passed Proceeding with the orders of the clay, the Council went into committee of supply, and passed the three items on the order paper—£4oo for repairs main south road; £SOO for discovery of a payable gold-field within the Province; and £SOO for opening a road to such gold-field if discovered. The Ratification of Loan Expenditure Act having been read a second time, the Council adjourned at 10.15 p.m. to 11 a.m. this day.