PARLIAMENTARY.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1115, 5 August 1882, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

[FEB UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION.] House of Representatives. WELLINGTON, /'

August 3. At the evening sitting the Law Practitioners’ Bill was reconsidered, and-a -new clause added to provide for admission of persons who had already passed examination in law, The Mines Act Amendment Bill, Protection of Telegrams Bill, School Committees Election Bill, and Public Offences Disqua,liiieation Act Amendment Bill were read 3 third time and passed. Mr Seddon moved the second reading of the Importation, Adulteration, and Examination of Tea Bills, > Major Atkinson said the Govern* tnent highly approved of. the bill, and would be willing to take it up as a Government measure.; Tbp bill was read a second time

Mr; Steward moved the.second read* ipg of the Gaming and Lotteries Act Amendment Bill, which provided for allowing sweeps on the course for sums hot exceeding £5. Messrs. Connolly, Bryqe, M. W. Green, Dick, and Hobbs opposed the bill i and Messrs. Dodson, Pyke, Fish, Leveslam, Bracken and Shritnski supported the second reading, which was carried by 43 to 17, -/ii; . Thel Mortgagees Release Bill (Feldwiek) .was, after some diasuMion, read a seccind time. 1 ~; ' Tomoana moved the cbhiiriitthl of the Native Committees Empowering Bin. i Bryce strongly opposed the Bill a* being directly opposed to the policy he had'throughout bepn endeavoring to establish in Nafive affairs. Tawhab Daniels. and Sheehan supported the Bill, and after considerable dissuasion, the motion for going Into Committee was lost by 30 IMM.

Bryce then moved it be oommitte ihftt'day six months, and on divtsio,

29. voted on' each side, the Speaker gave hiS votqiagainst Bryce’s psppdsal so as fo* leavb the question of Jntute committal an open one. rose at ,1.85. ’ (' ’ ; ) A ugust L In the Hoilfe Chairman of the Waste Lamla-dioards Committee brought up and read the following report, on. the Lands Boards Bill. The Committee are of opinion that the proposed change by which the Waste Lands Boards would become elective, bodies would in several cases involve the reconstruction of districts and other changes in the existing land law which couldi not be effected hastily' without creating confusion and causing I considerable extra expens.e. They are bf .opinion the questipp,.shouldfurther I Considered by thp Government diunng this recess ’ with the view of ascertaining whether any plan can be devised by which ’: a reftiftsentaiiye ] character should be secured to these Boards without diminishing theresponsibility to Parliament of the Ministerial head! of the Department? The House met at 2.80. ;i ’ • ' i The Chairman of the Waste Land Committee brought up the following report on the disposal of ’Pastoral Lands Bill; —Having taken evidence uponi the subject, an d duly considered the Bill, the Committee report its follows.: (1). From evidence before the Committee it appears that with the exception of pastoral leases in Otago which fall in in February, 1883, the provisions of the Bill would be .practically inoperative. (2.)_ That with, the exception of the provisions which limit the tenure of pastoral lands to 10 years, it can be advantageously dealt with under the law at present in force.. (3.) That the Committee will recommend an amendment in the Government Bill, having for its object an extension of - tenure in respect of purely pastoral land. 1 I Sir George Grey objected to the Tbp'ort, alleging that it was founded -upon an error. Mr Fyke also objected, and movbd as Sin; amendment that the report be referred back to the Committee.

The House divided on the quastjon, that the report be laid on the table i Ayes 43, Noes 85. Replying to a question put, it was stated a salary of £3B Gs 8d per month had been paid to Mr Seymour, the late Chairman, of -Committees, up, to the, 17th iMdy hat,; or for w period ; of nearly six,months after he had ceasedto be.a member of the House.' ‘ The payment had been so made in accordance with an Act which provided that between the date of dissolution and appointment of a Speaker and Chairman of Committees of the last Parliament, those officers were deemed to hold office.

It was also stated that the debate on Nominated Immigration would be resumed, and proposals on the subject would be submitted for consideration of the Parliament. ■> f Also thet Staff Surveyors,<bmag la the pay of Government, it was requisite to keep them fully employed. Surplus work was given to authorised surveyor? residing in such districts at Schedule prices. 7 • ■ - Also if the printers of the labels, in-Idle case of Wilkins and others convicted at the Supreme Court oould be detected, they would be punished. The Special Powers and Contracts Bill was introduced, and read the first time (Rolleston) ; Prisons and Justice of the Peace Bills werp jead tiie. second ■time; the was read a third time, and passed ; the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal Bills were considered in com- ; mjtflee, and reported with amendments, ’The Hpusp adjourned at-5;8d.;.i , The House sat till 3.30 in Committee On various Consolidation Bill*, and,the,Anokland, University College Bill. Ultimately progress was reported on the latter, and on the Lunatic* 8i11.,, Th* other* were/ reported with amendment*.