THE ELECTIVE COUNCIL.
POOR PROSPECTS FOR THE MEASURE. By Telegraph—Own Correspondent. WeHngton, Last Night. Apart from the reply of the Minister of Internal Affairs (the Hon. H. D. Bell) there is now only one further speech to be delivered in the Upper House on the Legislative Council Elective Bill, by the Hon. G. J. Smith. The debate will, therefore, conclude to-morrow, and the second reading will, it is confidently anticipated be carried by a majority o'f two to one. Mr. Rig'gs' .amendment, "that the Bill be read this day six months," will not be taken seriously. In view of the speech of the Hon. J. D. Ormond to-day, however, and other suggestions that the Government should go slow, as well as the repeated statements that several members will strenuously oppose many clauses of the measure in committee, k is clear that if the Bill is passed at all this session—a very unlikely contingency—it will do so in a form very different to that in which it was introduced. The general opinion of many members of the Council is that after a certain time has been spent on the measure in committee it will be, held over for further consideration for at least three months. ,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 87, 29 August 1912, Page 5
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204THE ELECTIVE COUNCIL. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 87, 29 August 1912, Page 5
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