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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 25 July 1891, Page 2

THURSDAY, JULY 23.

2^ i ■•■■ • ■ •- . ± —';iX *'O The Speaker took the \ chair at j 2.80 - • ■- -. w. t \ The Premier gave notice ibet he - would, the next sitting' day,/intro- ) duce the Payment of Members-Bill. > Mr G. Hutchison mqyedtoe/d^nd i reading of the Licensing ment Bill,, jTltie', Bi^j .propgßwl to r amend the law By making the, pour i of closing 11 instead pi 12, and it I' repealed the 6eotiop of tue; Act ol

1882, by which Licensing Committees could raise objections which they themselves had to decide upon. There was also a provision fi-r a Court of Licensing Apppal, with which he must say he was not particularly enamoured, and % would doubtless cause some opposition He would, however, ask that the Bil be read a second time, so that any needful alteijuxions could be made in K Con>n^:o. Mr Bvokland said the Fill would do away altogether with the Licensing Benches, seeing that every de» cisio i thi-y gave could be appealed against to a Court composed of three, Jiuticts." He objected to it alto-. f ge.her. ._, Many other members spoke agHi' st the Bill, and on a division the second rending was negatived by 28 to 21. Mr W. Hutchison moved the second reading of the Municipal Fire Insurance Mil, the object of which is to enable boroughs to insure houses and buildings within their boundaries against fire. It would, lie said, make every man 1:1-* own insurer, and would produce a o« (-operative svstpm of inmranw at once economical, and satisfactory/ The present rates of insurance were very high, but by this measure the cost of insurance ' wouldbe de rayed by a " Fire Insurance Rate." The second reading was negatived on division by 28 to 15. Mr Fisher moved the second reading of the Book Purchasers' Protection Bill. So many people, he said, had - been victimised by book canvassers that some remedy was necessary. The second clause set out that every agreement would be void unless the whole edition was complete, unless an agreement to the contrary was delivered to jthe purchaser, which should be produced in Court if there was any action for the recovery of the value of a book. The second, leading was carried on the voices. .••, ■•".'...' . ;„ . Sir George Grey moved the second reading of the Friendly Societies Acts Amendment Bill, to secure the rights of labouring classes in this Colony by providing that they could not be cpmpelled by employers to enter into Friendly Associations without their own consent, and that they should only enter under such, terms as would ensure them, whilst in that employ, merit of the" power of quitting such employment without forfeiting any rights they: may have obtained by entering 1 into such asssciations as member's. The second reading was carried on. theypipes.v. Mr- J.'ees moved the adjournment which was carried, and ' The House rose at 11.50.