GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1136, 18 August 1883, Page 2

GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

Iu the House on Wednesday, The llo'iue went into Committee to con*i ler an address to the G >vernr>r reci 1111:11 ndimj 11 appropriation of £6OOO, for public libraries. In moving this, Mr Smith sai 1 that unless a provision of this kind were made, it would be quite impossible for many of these institutions to carry on.

Atter a lung discu-sion, in which spiral amen hnents w. re proposed, the rote pa «ed, no library to receive more flail £st>. In the TjeirisUtive Coaiici' on Thnr«« •lav last, the Bankrupt:? Bill was discnnsed in (Joni'iiittee, and am ivas made by .Mr WiU-m, providing that *liere a bankrupt before adjudication «nid a sum to a lawjer to put him through the Court the money should 0* r-uovend in a summary way from 'he 1 i*yer.

In tb« House of Representatives on Thursday,

The report of the J>int Committee •n the Direct Steam Servica wat brought up an 1 read. . It stated thai ih«y had al.ipt"d the following resolutions;—(l) That, no cn'ract for a ■ hrect Pterin service shoull bn entered into b-fore the next session of the It. neral Assembly. (2) That in the Meantime the Government t-hou'd mak« •*ii"h arrangement*, consistent with efficiency, a-* will be least burdensome »n the public revenu-. (3) That in v making on-h arrangements, dii' r-gird nhon'd be paid to th • claim the New Zealind Shipping Companr, by its entei prise, has upon the colony. (4) That having regard to the pafetv and comfort of passengers, the Government sli.uld give th- pr f-Tence to unsiukahle <Mi»*. : (5) That the B off should be inclu led >n the port* of arrival and departure which sh>ill be optional for ateamers under agreem 'tit with the Govi'rnminf.

After some •?i-sou«fsion the report an! pvidenoe were ordered to be printed, and to lay on the table for tin* c msideration of G'>v«rnrnen\

Relying to .Mr Fish, the Hon Mxjor Atkinson B.iid th" Government <Hd not intend giving facilities f->r establishing distilleries in the colony by ranking reductions in 'lie duty on colonial made spirits a* aguintt the imported article. O » the motion for going into Committee, of S.ipplv. Mr >-m ; tb moved, with the { prmiswion of Sir O. Grey, who had given ii'ifc'CH of a simi ar mot'on : ' That in the opinion of this H. »me it is necessary to impose a tax on all lands in thec'donv.'

Altera long debate, the Rnuae divided on the of going into Supply—• Ays 42, N »-s 28. Ayes, 42 AUwright, Atkinson, B/yee. Bncl»»nnn, J Buchanan VV C, Cono'lv, Dick, D"d«oi), Driv-r, Fitzgerald, Fu'ton, Green M W, fjobbs, HtiiNt, HuMhonse, Johnston C J, Johnston W W, Kelly, Mackenzie F W, Mason. MeD«nald, Mcllraith, MitcheNnn, Morrin, Peacock, Pcnraor, Post'ethwniV, Roileston, Shephard, St<*v»n, Snttor, Sutton, twan<nn f Tawhai, riimn«on H, Tomoana, Trimble, Watt, Whitak-r, Wliyte J B, Wright, Wvnn-Williams.

Noes, 26—li «rron, Bathgate, Brown J C, Broekeii, Daniel. Uargaville, DcLautour, Duncan. Fish, George, Grer, Harris, Hutchison, Tvepg, Joyce, Macftnrlrew, McKenzie J, M<>nt£Mnery, Moos, Seddon, Sbeehan, Smith, Shrimski. Te Wheoro, lliomxon J W, Tole, Turnbull, White W. The House then went into Committee of Supply.