PARLIAMENT.

Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1051, 25 June 1883, Page 2

PARLIAMENT.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. . f Thursday, .June. 21. In the Council to-day, Mr Holmes resumed the debate on the Address in Reply.. He believed that the leasing system .of land would supersede all;systems erelong. He approved of an elective Council with large electorates or on Hate’s system. Colonel Brett wo.uld oppose any change in the constitution of the Council whlie he had breath in his body. , ; ; Mr Hart considered that any change would be for the worse. M The Address was agreed to.J , Friday, June 22, In the Council to-day the Married Women’s Property Bill and the Bills of Exchange Bill were read a second time without debate. - ■ ■ HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. , Thursday, June 21. In the House to-day, in reply to questions, Ministers stated that Government intended to take steps to secure to boroughs and town districts endowments of lands within their boundaries where there were any belonging to Government; Blank forms of petitions to Parliament, with printed instructions, would be furnished for sale at all Post Offices. The following Bills were introduced and read 'a first time :—Contempt of Court (Mr Tole), Election Petitions Amendment- (Mr Tvess), Charitable Bequests Legacy Duty (Sir G. Grey.—ln moving for leave to introduce the Sale of Goods Bill, Mr Bathgate stated that its object was to check the system of indiscriminate credit, which caused so much pauperism. , The Bill was read a first time. The Eight Hours Bill was read a second time on the motion of Mr W. Green, Mr Feldwick’s Workman’s Lien Bill was read a second time after a long debate. Sir George Grey moved the second reading of the Law Practitioners Bill, and it was read after some discussion. .