PARLIAMENT.
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,
Wednesday, July 22. Tbe Council met at 2.30. 'J ha Rotekaro Domain Act Rfpeal Bill passed all s'agei as a matter of urgency. Xhe Liw Atnsndment Bill (Bolt) was read a sacocd time and lefened to I the Statute Revision Committee.
Hon. J, R : gg moved the seated
I'sadirg of the Tiad House* Bill, whicli ; a practically the same es last year's Hill, preveuting brewers and others frcm owning licensed houses or lending con- y to lieens-d persons, b it is ex landed so as to invlude cordial manu
f .cturers and spirit inerchantp, thei- ! families and employees in the same category as btewers. The time had oesn extended in connection with the 'ermination of loans to 1906. He conrended that las'; yeir'a discuss'on of the Bill had a material effect in increisiog he no-license vote at t|be hst election,
ind unless reform was enforced the whole tiaffic w:uld be wiped out shortly. Hon, O. Louisson condemned the Bill as u teily u .workable, and that it amounted to confiscation. He queried that such a measure should be proposed in that Council, and contended there was no necessity for such a Bill. Hon. H. Feldwick also condemned the Bill in to'o, and moved it be read that day six months. After further discussion the adjournmenl of the debate till to-morrow was cirried.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WednesdaYi July 22. The House met at 2.30 p.m. Mr Seddon gave notice to introduce rhe Patiiotic Fund 3 Bill. The Public Potiliona Committee recommencied tbat Captain Leach, late harbourmaster at Westport, be paid a retiring allowance of .£l9O. Oa the motion that the report be re-
ferred to the Government for favorable consideration, Mr Colvin moved to add the words "Tbat the Government be req itsted to give effect to the recommendation of the committee." Mr Seddon s=u'd if the principle wa» admitted that the provino : al government officers, who came into the service of the csntrsl government, were entitled to compensation or pension, it would involve the G lvernment in an expenditure of £30,000 or £40,000. After con ilerable discussion M> Colvin's motion was negatived by 38 to 30. The Publis Petitions O mmUtee recommended the Government to place <% sum on the Es' imatcs to defray the duty on electrical machinery and appliances imported by Ohristoburch, Dunedin, and Wellington City OouncUs for electrical tramway systems, on the around that such machinery cannot be nude in the colony.
Mr S.-ddon s-.id he could not adopt the re coram ! ndation of the committe, is similar renvssiors wcu'd ba claimed by local bodies on all sorts of impottationc The discussion had not concluded when tho House took the dinner adj.urnment.
EvFjsrct Sitting. The House resumed at 7.30. CO OPSSEATIVE FIHE INSURANCE. Mr Kirk bride moved the second readicg of the Mutual Fire Insurance Bi'l. He said that duting the last six [years the Fire Insurance Companies bad formed one of the strongest com|bines in the colony, and country setIfilars wera now charged 16s to 18i 6 I per cent for in- uranca of is jlated farm honseif, the result being that not half of them had cover agaics l ; loss by fire, The farmers simply wanted to be allowed to do their own fire insurance business in their own way. The Bill simply proposed to allow people living in country districts to form co oparatixe Fire Insurance Associations to provide fire o'jver for the members be longing to them. He alluded to the success of the system in Canada and America, and bi it fly explained the provisions of the Bill. Sir Joseph Ward expressed Lis sympithy with the objects of tbe Bill, but considered some of its provisions would have to be revised in Oommi te'. There was no doubt tho system had b>eo a success in Canada and the United Sta'es, but it was diffi'ultto see how re insurances couU be effected in New Zealand. He considered tha' a number of associations should be form d, and tbat the area of the various districts should be limited. These Associations would not militate against the large Insurance Oompinies, and there was room for both systems. Mr Millar regarded tho Bill as dangerous in its present form, Rnd hopad it wouU bi closely scrutinised.
Mr Buddo spoke. Messrs M?ssey, Hogg, Jennings, and a large cumber of membars supported the Bill, and after Mr K'ikbride had repliod thi second reading was agreed to by 62 to 2.
ABOLITION OF TOTALISATOR. Mr EU moved the sreond reading of the Tutalisator Abolition Bill to abolish the use t f the totidisator, He contended the totolisstor had not decreased gsimMing, but had rather-given rise to further gambling. Mr Rutherford siid bettiog permeated other branchrs of fp rfcs for whL'h there was ni totdisator. Mr Laurenson supp->r'ed the Bi'l. Without fur'her debate the secend reading was npgafciv.d by 34 to 14, and the Bill was thus killed.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 171, 23 July 1903, Page 2
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