RESTRICTIVE BILL ADOPTED LAST NIGHT. VESSELS ONLY TO CARRY ONE CHINAMAN PER HUNDRED TONS.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 266, 23 May 1888, Page 4

RESTRICTIVE BILL ADOPTED LAST NIGHT. VESSELS ONLY TO CARRY ONE CHINAMAN PER HUNDRED TONS.

W'lu.\ >c.r<>\. May 19. iJi^i'TTL the fact that a co-'fuemc on the Chine-e quo-lion ha- beui dit'i mined on, •Sir Harry AJcm»on thinks that the New Zealand Potluimcnb should pa-- U- Chinoe Imini^iani-. Act Amendment IJill, w "uicii j \\ ( nlil mateii'ill\ a-^i-l in the meantime to j waid r pic\cntin^ an i<>flu vof ( lnn»'-c». The committal of I lie IJillaUc-teida.y ■-'lUm^n,,'* < oppn-ed My Mr »S<_ddon, v.ho no\ed thai ] n <n--idf ration oi~ ihcliiil he po-i poned till ! Tr.fxhiy to j-ecire the a! U nuance of Sii ( < !coi^o < Jic\. Tho-c u'lio ii]j|>o) ltd an ad ' ]o\ii!imrnt ai^ued thai Iheio^a^ no need j iui o Areine vu^i^nc} in lrjjj-l.it m;^ on thi j rjuc c tion. a 1 - the fjiucu"- «i->-ont/ l<»| the Bill could not ho obtained foi some time, and that fuithei infui 'nation of the intentions of the Au^tialian '-o\ei n- j menbs v.us requi^iti . ! The motion for adjournment wai negatived by 42 to 27. In Committee, Mr Scddon nKned, " That the carrying tonnage of \e.-^els be incva^ed j from one Chinese to e\eiy J OO ton*, to one j Chinese to evci}' -)0D ton- ;' ! but it was pointed onfc that the efiect of such lestiictive lcjji°latiou would be that the Queen's absent to the Bill would be lefuMid, and 200 tons was then piopo-ed by the momber for Kumara. On diviMon, the amendment, wa^ negati\ ed by 45 to 31-.3 1 -'. Mr Seddon next pioposed to have the poll tax mci eased fiom CIO to 130. The Premier ajrain warned the House thai the efiect of carrying thi.^ amendment would be to endanger the whole lncasine. After di.sciu-siou the amendment was, lo^t on the voices. The Premier lming j^iven in assurance that befoie the eonfeienee was held an opportunity would be afforded the Jlotipe of carrying a beries of ) (-solution;- to place iDcfoic the confeieneo, embodying the \iew.s ; of members, the lenvuniny clause- avcio ! parsed as piintcd, and the Bill «:ii leported I wilh &li^kfc amendments). The standing | orders were .sufepended in order to allow

the amendments to be agreed to, and the Bill passed tluough its final stages, dospite i iho opposition oi Mr iScddon, who asserted that the oulov3 wore boing inlatod.