PARLIAMENTARY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 195, 6 August 1875, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

Wellington, Thursday. Ten days' leave o, abDei.ce has betn gra ited to IVlr jßridfihiv*-. The Bccond re ding of the Abolition Bill will be t_ktn 10-raor;ow, at h_T p isi seven o'clock. 'lb*, reports of the R3_jstrar of Friendly Societies are in c .ur-it* of preparation. Mr Bowen, in nply to Sir George Grey, Baid th. tiov.rnmisut nevtr Bubiuiit.d (?) the. oiiini<*i of the Attorne*.- -eneral a. to th*. .owe** ol tbe Geueni As.emb.y to ah dish provinces. un oir Gorge Grey's motioa it was reaoived to rcque-^ the Governor to cm .e 1 1 oe submitted t«i tha Ui_us_ a copy of nny despatch sent to thu Secretary of State, iu reerence to the At'.orne. -General's opinion as to the power of _boli_hing the provinces. Air S'.cwird moved th*? second reading of Deceased Wile's Sister Marriage Bil',and qaoted Itrgdy from high authorities, amongst them highest divides, legal ofHeera, and statesmen, to show thit mar*iage with a decei.eJ wife's si-ter ought to be legalL 1, Mr Pyke made a fierce onslaught upon the Bill, s_ying it ou^ht io be entiil-.,. a i.ill to legalise inceit in the tecond degree; a Bill to enable one libidinous man to marry a lib.diaous woman, and was in every way cat.oul .ted to prove disastrous to the social relations ot the people. Tbeae statements were receired wilh cries of Oh, Oh I Mr M'Gillivray moved that the Bill be read that day sis months A div Mon was taken, anl tiie second reading of the BUI wait carried by 29 to 25.

The schedule of Stamp Duties Act was introduced by Mr Bowen. The House adjournei at 5.20 p.m. until to morrow.