PARLIAMENTARY.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1108, 28 July 1882, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

[per united press association.] Legislative Council. WELLINGTON. This Day. Ij Council the Imprest Supply Bill No. 3 was passed through all stages, Other business unimportant. House of Representatives. In the House Major Atkinson gave notice of Roads and Bridges Construction Bill and Cpuntips Apt Amendment Bill. Sir George Grey gave notice of a Bill to reduce the burthens imposed on the people by the proposed reduction of thp property tax and Customs duties by imposing a tax upon land exclusive of improvement. Mr George drew attention to the serious extent of illness amongst members and reporters and urged the the appointment of a Commission to consider the ventilation of the House, also that the green hangings wore believed to be impregnated with arsenic. Major Atkinson promised immediate attonHoth

Several unimportant questions were replied to, and some unopposed motions for returns agreed to. The Dunedin Harbor Board Empowering Bill got through Committee with amendments, and a number of other local Bills were advanced a stage. The Employment of Females Act Amendment Bill (M. W. Green) was read a third time and passed in Committee.

In the Election of School Committees Bill several amendments were moved, including a new clause to define the word householder. A proposal by Mr Sutton to make it mean any male adult who had resided three months in the school district was negatived by 55 to 11, and the Bill reported as amended. The Public Offenders Disqualification Act Amendment Bill (Levestam) was reported with amendments After considerable discussion in Committee, Sir George Grey moved the second reading of the Land Boards Bill to make such Boards elective.

Mr Rolleston did not oppose the Bill but defended the present system of nominated boards as having worked satisfactorily. Bathgate, J. McKenzie, DeLautour, Moss, Joyce, Stevens, Seddon, and Cadman supported the Bill, which was read a second time by 6to 4. Feldwick and DeLautour who called for a division, stating afterwards they did so simply to show how emphatically the majority of the House approved of the Bill, The Bill was referred to the Waste Land Committee. House rose at 1.20.