GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1754, 23 June 1888, Page 4

GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

On Wednesduj’, ■ fi On the;mQtiori of the Attorney-Gene ral, it w >s agreed (liatari address be presented to His Excellency requesting . him ,to forward to the Secretary of Slate for Tire Jolonies, for transmission to the Dowager Empress, ’ Victoria ' and to the Prime Minister' 1 6f Germany, the’ sorrowful regret Hie Council felt at the death of the late Emperor, and expressing sympathy with the Dowager’. Empress.. , The Land Transfer Act was. fur her considered in Committee, and reported with amendments.

• On Thursday The LiveStbck Committee'brought up their report,' which recommended tint all stock arriving io 'the colony from Australia be subjected lo the same regulations as' stock” imported from the United Kingdom, and also agreed to the rules of tlje Live Stock Conference held in Sydney io 1886.

On the motion of the Attorney-General the amendments to the Chinese Bill by tho Council and not agreed to by the Hou-e of Representatives were ordered to be printed and discussed on Friday. The Land Transfer Act Amendment Bill was read a third time and pasted. Tho Criminal Code Bill was further considered ;in Committee and reported with amendments. THOUSE T)F REPRESENTATIVES, 'On Wednesday, Mr Seddoo complained that alt the papere-connected wi h the removal of the members of the Westport and Qreymouth Harbor B mrds had'not been laid on the table, as ordered by the House. .. Mr Fisher said that all papers referring to this.matter had been laid on the tab’e, with the exception' of some confidential coirespondence between the Engineer-in* Chief, and the Government.

"Mr Reeves (Inangahua) moved the adjournmentqf the House, and in doing so censiired The Government for their action. After some discussion, the motion for adjournment was lost.

Leave of absence for two weeks was granted to Mr Pearson on account of illness; to Sir Julius Vogel for one month, and to Mr Allan for one we k on ' urgent private business. Replying to quesions, it was stated .that the.Qnlyinformation in possession of. to the loan was that it’TiViHbeeh floated the usual charge for floating it whs per cent,, but full information would not be' avad utile, for spine time to come; -that Neva" alkaline, d ndles were considered the bes by th- manager of the Kuniara sludge channel for the works over which; he had,supervision ; that, Mr McCaJlutir had .been temporarily,appointed to travel: and lecture on- butter-making and other dairy ipierest gt £6 'per .week, exclusive oTfravdlling expenses j that Government bad endeavored to get, the Chinese Conference postponed till Mr Olivet’s arr.val in Sydney, but that the request who refused*; that if was not intended to complete theManawatu Gorge line for summer traffic this year; that the line was hung Up,Tike others, till it was decided what amount of money should be spent this year, and that it was intended tbit expenditure on the lines shoull last over three years, till 1891; that it was not intended to extend-tbe small gazing syatem of land settlement \ that steps would b6l I trajfeaiito carry: -info , General ScuaW’s 'reebmmendatioD atftoMß’fla Clubs, and that the/e were now twenty-four .Rif1.,3.: ; c.l.utfs -,m the colony ; that steps would be taken to prevent sJy grog-sel|ing ~as mqch as possible j diaTt Government had ho immediate interi ion of stopping iheoimportation of stoats and weasels; fhat.the question of limiting d(stricts ; from ' which jurors cte*be summoned would be cohsidbied during the recess ; that Justices who let their properties for immoral purposes would be struck: out of the Commission bMhe'Peace; ' , ■ .

-‘ The Mibing'Companies Act Amendment Bill was read a second time, with little discussion/ ./;] •; Mr Hislop, in the absence of the Premier, movedy l without iUotiee, •''.resolution eixpryssive of regret at the de dh of the Emperor of German j/-and 'iff condolence with the Dowager Empress Victoria, oue( copy tube sent to tho latter and one lo the Prime Minister,of Germany. , ,Mr,Lance,seconded then-solution, which WVs'barrted'. ;:! ; ’

” 'Hbuse“went' into'Committee on the Land for Settlement Bill.. . Ni;

Clauseßi-The.Governor may pureh ise or take temhfor settlement., r

:?!’.s& said hei wascpposed o tlfe : B Iliaftdg'ethe''. and tb yi test the feeling of ibe House Should MnD.veffcli'ai the eub-srmtipp,slipping private land, to,.he. resumefl by, the,.Gnvernor be struck out. After a debate, Sir George Grey in'imaled hie ,»illirigueaV;to ’ aiioTr valuator, io be. appointed previous to resuming land, and also, to.gi.ve up aub*BPction 2. ; s Sub-section 2 was struck out on the vo ; ceß. _ , , ; . . . ! oA proviso was agreed to that. Parliament must first appiovo df/.-jhe. purchase of any .land. Y',\, ‘ ; Clause 4—Local aathbril le^niayapp.y for land to be acquired, under the Ad, w,t)s struck out by J 8 to 16. Clause 5 was amende^, in accordance with a rao'ion - by Mr Aqder.soD.i Progress was then /reported, .and.the House,adjourned at ( 12.45. ( .• , . ' On-Thursday . . , . * . ; ' Tlie JSpeaker.read a letter which he l ad received from.the German Consul in lington, asking.,him to. bring .under tinnotice of;; the House of lives the fact that a memorial service in df the, late Eraporor Frederick would held on Sunday,next,jand thatflie Ge'man residents would, consider : it an honor I if members of the. House would, attend the service,. The. Speaker remarked that he inlende I being present ,at.the. service himse f, au i no doubt- other',honorable members would do SO.i ; ...

Replying to questions, it -was stat d that.il was not proposed To; introduciIdgisJation for .levying a. f r om owners thio session, (but; tjjtit ithe,.mait r Would.be considered during the Recess ; that The date of the delivety, of the, Public Works (Statement - would depend, on whether or not the financial, proposals of Government werej/ccepted by the ijopse ; that Government could not grant' the request to put, on workmen’s trains at reduced rales on Government linos. ”

i 'i’ho House wont into Committee on the Invercargill Corporation Empowering'Bib. —Chiuse 7 was : amended, the words

j“ without talcing a poll of the ratepayers ” ■being struck out.—The remaining clauses ■passed without amendment, i The Waimea River Works Bill and the SOpawa Edujation Reserves Bill weie (Committed and passed without amendIment, and the three Bit's were then read Ja third time and passed. 1

j Tim debate on the second reading of sthe New Plymouth Hospital Bill was iadjnurned for a month on Mr Rhodes’s jmotion.

| The Nelson Foreshore and, Reserve |Bill, and the Aiukland Harbor Iraproveirnent Bill were rear! a second'lime.

j Mr ISmith moved the second' rending of the Count! a Act Amendment Bill (No. 2). |The object of tho ! Bdl was to constitute | Pdhiatua County. —Agreed to. ' ' ; Mr Goldie moved—“ That in the opinion J of th's House it is undesirable that licenses | should ho granted to dubs which boll i their meetings in hotels,, and should any ‘ such exist that , steps be taken at the ■ earliest possible moment to cancel them.” —Mr Smith moved that “ charter ”, be substituted for “ license. amendment was iigieed to, and The rerolution was carried as amended.

Mr Macarlhur moved the second reading of the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act Aiiißndment Bi ll , The objectiof, the measpre was to co stitute separate, districts for Manqw.ata, Waimate, aiid Ashburton.’

Mr Rhodes hoped the Bill would not pass.'t The Act should not I be meddled with'except by Government’ and ; tlieii a good ; cnse Tulist bo 1 made- ij nt■'before a county should he all.nved ; to split off’and’ set up as a district by Reel*. , Vi ,: Mr Steward, speaking, for Wainule, said that it whs a crying] ’lnjustice they should bo obliged,To find funds for Tiirmru as was now the case. They had been most U'justly treated in the past, and had every claim for relief. Mr Turnbull defended the action of the Tirnani Board,

f jthe : Bill be read that 9%*si^mohthef

After some discussion tho House divided on Mr Taylor’s amendment, which was lost by 83 io 23, and the Bill was read a sec mdTime.

Mr Samuel moved that t the House go into committ-e on the DivoVco Extension and .Amendment Bill.. . I ,Mr |’ish|riqvtd; fpßefpr it to that day three 'months, on The ’ground that no private memb-r Might to be allowed to dabble with such important''measures. The amendment was rejected by 27 toll, in committee. Clause 2, suh-secuon 1,

Mr Samuel moved lo add afer the word “ respondent ’’ the words “being the husband,” and lo substitute. R after coming into operation, of, ibis. Act land within three nviiths of presenting of the petit ion’’.for since ’’be ce ebrutio.o of ihemarriaga.” . r : :; ; Cons'di r.ilde discussion took place as to tho ptrind sought to be substituted. .Mr Fish opposed the sub-section at every stage, but eventually. Mr .Samuel’s amendment, with the substitution of six months for three, was carried. Dr FtVcheit i proposed , to . add words requiring the adultfery to be ef a flagrant character.—This was lost by 16 to 6. Mr Samuel said that, in face of the opposition, it was no use proceeding further that night, and moved to report progress.

The motion was agreed to, and the House rose at 1.5 a.m.