HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Manawatu Herald, 8 July 1893, Page 2

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Wednesday, July 5. In answer to the Hon. Mr Rolleston, the Hon the Premier stated that if the House wished, the Government would be willing to postpone the financial debate until Tuesday.

The following Bills were read a first time : — Fencing Act Amendment, Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act, 1877, Amendment, Nelson Institute Reserves, a Bill to vest Certain Lands in the Sumner Survey District in the Lyttelton Harbour Board, Companies Branch Registers Act Amendment, Wanganui Hospital Empowering, West Coast Settlement Reserves Act Amendment.

Mr W. C. Smith (Waipawa) moved, ' That in the opinion of this House the totalisator should be abolished, and that the Government be requested to bring in a Bill to give effect to this resolution.' 'He said that gambling was increasing year by year in the colony, and that this was undoubtedly due to the existence of the totalisator. The debate was interrupted by the 5.30 p.m. adjournment. When the House resumed at 7.30 p.m., Mr Fisher moved the second reading of the Small Debts Prevent tion Bill, under which it is proposed that no retail tradesmen should recover a*ainst any person any debt not exceeding £10 on account- of goods supplied. * ■ '*•:'■ ~> {*"':*"■[ Messrs W. Hutchison and Buick supported the. Bill, urging, however, • that the limitation of £10 .was probably too small. Mr Fish moved that .the JBilLbe read a second time that 'day h; Bix months , „,,., The Colonial Treasvrer Bais jthe Bill would do serious barm to vthose . whom it was intended to assist.' After some debate^ the am&ndihent proposed by Mr Fish wa,s cariiedVMr Fisher moved the isecond Wading of the. Bill prohibiting the's'npply of intoxicating liquor to children under the age of 13 years. ' ' The motion, after a ; brief debate, was agreed to on the voices:

Mr Scobie Mackenzie proposed the 'second reading i of the Corrupt Practices Prevention o Act Amendment Bill,, whleh f r>h& >said,.^as similar to the , measure introduced by him last year. It was 'a km intended to purify elections , f -All nay ments were to be made through/ the candidate himself, and the expcfnses must not amount to more thafr'jglOO exclusive of advertising expeffse'sV ' The Hon W. P; B.eeves. said, that the Bill could be made a gow'one in committee, but in its presentiqrm it was not an improyementh^ the present Act. :/?^^ : ''-y^iMM The second reading; vw«^ on the voices. - : ■■~?--i --.^^^ The Hon WTJE^ Be^tfe|l^d the second reading of the ,^B.ird (3b>iservation of Rights Bill; He explained that it was^i^^ppjMtl^ihat District Judge 'W^^ilgjjpjii two or three time acted as a^iS^pVeme Court Judge, should i Japt^y^at cir- , eumstance forfeit any. of ifte yights accruing to him in the Giyil Service. The motion was agreei^to. The Otago Harbour Board Empowering Bill was read 'a/ second time. . ' „:..-„.: -';fi The Premier mpyejSL the second reading of the Itepreaenktion.Aets Amendment ; Bill, wiiichy 'i»e explained; gives power forvth^printing of the rolls of the new electorates when the House,, prorogued, p?hig would save a large sun) df i monej}by avoiding the necessity for re-setting the type. : s ;• Sir John Hall suggested that the March or April. He saicf n was constitutionally improper that a Par- - liament should not be called together -♦ immediately it was elected. After some disoussjon, the second reading wa s agreed to on the voices. The House rose at 10.45 p.m. "[,! THURSDAY. ' ' The following Bills wfre read a first time:— The PromWftory Oaths Act Amendment (passe^.py the Legislative Counoil) • Bjarqugh Council Vesting ; Native liana Furchase and Acquisition. The motion for the second reading of the Law Practitioners Bill was lost by 42 votes to 10. Mr Filhof movia !*• iswtitf

reading of the Holding of Public- j houses by Brewers Prohibition Bill, which, he declared, had the support of two-thirds of the brewers of the Colony - those who were not wealthy enough to rank as the monopolists -", of the trade. The Bill was in. the y interest of the respectable publican. The second reading was carried by 28 to 26. The second reading of the Companies Branch Registers Act Amend- : ..jnent Bill was agreed to . 0n... the : vtoices. • The Ofcago Harbour Board Em-. —powering Bill, Representation Act Amendment Bill and Payment" of Members Act Amendment Bill were passed through committee, read a third time and passed. The House adjourned at 11.35 p.m.