PARLIAMENTARY.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4526, 7 July 1883, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

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LEGISLATIVE - OCTNCIL.

Wellington, Yesterday

The New Zealand University Bill was read a second time, and the Prisons Bill and Tenants Fixture Bill a first time.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wellington, Yesterday.

The House met at 2.30.

The Taiaroa Land Bill was read a second time.—Mr S. George read an extract from the Dunedin Temperance Herald, reflecting on members for not paying their accounts at Bellamy's. The House Committee hnd requested ■! him to gire this an absolute official coo tradiction. Since Bellamy's had been in existence only one account, which was for £6, due by a member who had died during a recess, had been unpaid.—Mr Fyke spoke strongly about such false and injurious reports being circulated. — Mr Macandrew said he wished to correct another popular misconception about Bellamy's, to the effect that no duly was paid on the liquors; this was entirely wrong. Further leave of absence for a week was granted to Mr Dodson. Eeplying to questions, Ministers said they considered the detective service useful in the detection of crime.—Government did not see their way to the adoption of the American check system of forwarding luggage, as it would cost £4000 or £5000.—Plantations of wattle and other valuable trees had been made on railway reserves.—Government intended to compel the Borough Council of Napier to vacate the premises they now occupied, and which were urgently wanted fcr the Department of the Kegistrar of Deeds.—lf Mr Macdonald, of South Canterbury, was retained as Chief Inspector another person would have to do the work under the Rabbit Act.—Nothing had been done to carry out the recommendation of the Naval Trainiog«vessel I Committee last session..

The following new bills were read a first time:—Licensing Act Amendment Bill (Fish), Elective and Licensing CornBill (Steward).—-The House went into committee on tho Bankruptcy Bill. Subsection 2, clause 61, was struck out on a division of 24 to 22 Some further slight amendments were made in the clause, and in sub-section 4, clause 63. -Iterations were also made in sub-section 5 as to the form of proxies. Clauses up to 67 were passed. The clauses to 95 were passed without substantial alterations, except that an amendment was made regarding bills of sale to be executed and registered six months before a bankruptcy, to be of effect. LjlTßß.—This day.

The whole of the night's sitting was occupied in Committee on the Bankruptcy Bill; 172 clauses bad been passed without any substantial alteration, when progress was reported and the House rose at 12 o'clock.