GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2248, 1 September 1891, Page 4

GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

Welungton, August 30. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

The Council met at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday. THE BOOK PURCHASERS PROTECTION BILL. The Book Purchasers’ Protection Bill was committed and reported with verbal amendments. THE FACTORIES BILL. The Factories Bill was considered in Committee. Clause 3 was amended so as to fix the minimum age at which a child may be employed in workshops at 14 years instead of 13. , In the same clause an amendment was carried providing that factory shall mean where “ six ” persons are employed instead of “ three ” as printed. At 5 p.m. the Council adjourned till 7.30 p.m. The Council resumed at 7.30, In Com mittee on the Factories Bill, Clause 33 empowering inspectors to take extracts from factory books was struck out. In clause 35, exemptions from limewashing, breweries, malt houses,, seed cleaning, flour mills, and sugar refineries were included in the exemptions. A new clause was inserted forbidding factory employes to work females for more than 48 hours per week and between 6 at night and 7 in the morning. Clause 52 ‘‘ No child to be employed under 15 years unless he has passed the fourth standard,” was struck out. The female typesetters’ clause was altered to make the minimum age 14 inspectors from communicating ■ claims; for exemptions under the ; Act to local trades and labour councils. A new clause was inserted enabling newspaper runners to sell and deliver papers after 1 o’clock on Saturdays. * Progress was reported and leave given to sit again on Tuesday., The Council rose at 10 p.m. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House met at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday. THE LATE HON. R. CAMPBELL. At the request of Mr Bryce, who was absent, Mr Rollestpn read the following message he (Mr Bryce) had received from E W. Humphreys, late member for Christchurch North“ I ask you to read from y6ur place in the House, if you will, the following telegram. It is due alike to the living and the dead that the present House should be told that my fate brother-in-law, the Hon. Robert Campbell, repeatedly and indignantly repelled in the lobbies of the House, the allegation that there was anything corrupt in the leasing of the Otekakiki runs. He also frequently to his own family hrmly repudiated the idea that there was any collusion between him and the Minister for Lands.” the female franchise bill Replying to Sir John Hall, the Premier said that he proposed to afford an opportunity for the consideration of the Female Franchise Bill as soon as possible after the. Land BUI was disposed of. THE LAND BILL, The Land BUI was further considered in Committee. , A long discussion took place on clause 82 which disqualifies married women from selecting land, but no amendment was made, the clause being added to the Bill by 34 to 12. , - qa n m The House adjourned at 5. 3U pm. The House resumed at 7.30. In Committee on the Land BiU. Clause 188, one third of price or rent on land to be paid to the local authority for roa(J making, provoked a long discussion. Mr Macarthur moved that the third should be devoted to the maintenance of roads, but he was defeated by 27 to 22. In clause 143, as to terms of a lease, Mr Thomson (Bruce) moved an amendment providing that a selector may have the right to purchase. ■ Mr McKenzie said that the amendment would sanction what the Bill was intended to prevent, and he could not accept St. The Amendment was lost by 27 to 24, When Clause 162 of the Land BUI was reached, the' Minister agreed to report progress, and the House rose at 2.15,