PARLIAMENTARY.
-'..' - •' -' 'm " LAST NIGHT'S bITTING. | (SPECIAL telegram to the standard.) (UNITED PRESS .) t Wellington, This Day. Mr Tole moved the second reading ,of:the/Juries; Act Amendment Bill to abolish grand juries and provide better | pay for common jurors m civil cases. Mr Connolly opposed the State pay.r ing common jurors m civil oases, but was doubtful as to the ; expediency of abolishing grand juries. — - Messrs .Fi agerald, Holmes, .Fulton, Trimble, Joyce, and Fish condemned the grand j ury system; >...,; Th 9 jdill was read a second time._ Mr Seddon moved the second reading of the Railway and Other Employes Bill, explaining its provisions at length., , Mr Johnston exposed it saying- -i'tf--' st^ TO 4l^pifiWing.~.pefmanently — for" workmen m railway-shops,, he would like to see the Government work- shops done away with and the work given to private firms. - -• ■-..- / ". ' ./ Messrs Joyce, Bracken, Levestanv White, Grey, Holmes,-; Feldwick, and Harris 'supported "the Bill generally, although several indicated alterations required m committee. On a division the stcond reading was carried by 22 to 14. Ihe House rose at 1. 10.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 202, 2 August 1883, Page 2
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