PARLIAMENT.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8252, 5 October 1906, Page 5

PARLIAMENT.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. By Telegraph—Press Association. , Ootober 4. The Legislative Council met at 2.30 o'clock. The Testators I'amily Maintenance Act, 1906, and the Parliamentary Privileges Act were read a first time. The South Island Laudless Natives Bill was road n second time pro forma, and referred to the Native Affairs Tho Vincent and Maniototo Hospital Districts Bill, Greymouth Harbour Board Loan Bill, Otago Boys and Girls High School Board Empowering Bill were read a second timo. The Waimumu (Stream Drainage Bill, Walmakarirl Harbour Board Loan Bill, and the Otago Dock Validation Bill passed tho final stages. The Council rose at 3.5 o'clook. HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES. The House met at 2.30 o'clock. LAND* BILL. The Chairman of the Lands Committee (Hon. T. Duncan) brought up the report of the Committee on tho Land Bill. .He said the Committee had considered the Bill and taken evidence and had come to the conclusion that it should be. allowed to proceed with tho amend-'' I meats mado by them. He moved that the report lie on tlie tatlo and be printed. Mr Massey would, in view of! the importance of the measure, and tho general interest taken in its provisions, like to seo an early date fixed for the second reading. He urged that the usual half-hour limit would be found cfuite inadequate for the proper discussion of the measure ingthe second reading debate. The Premier, with regard to the first point, fixed 7.30 o'clock on. Tuesday evening for the second reading. With regard to the suggestiongto have the time-limit Standing Order suspended for the donate, he thought it would be neoessary tohave some assurance from the boo. gentleman that the concession would not be used by any of his party for the purpose of obstruction. Mr Massey intimated that to bo impossible as well as unlikely. The Premier said there wore a great many rumours of intentions to stonewall and preparations all for the purpose of destroying tho Bill. Mr Massey said he had no knowledge whatever of any preparations for obstruction. He ccGld asy there would not be anything but fair discussion from his sido of tho House. He repeated that the half-hour would be quite insufficient. How aoald he reply to the Minister of Lands, who would have an hour? It would bo unfair to confine him to the lesser limit> Tho Premier poiated out that the extension of the speaking time. for the seooud reading debate would proportionally delay tho Committee work, and so take too much of tho time at their disposal, which was none too long as it was for the work. Ho would,/however, he glad to help to suspend the Standing Order so as to give the Leader of the Opposition an hour for his speech. (Applause).. Tho motion was agieed to. Two local Bills (Duoedlu District Drainage and Sewerage Act, 1900,. Amendment Bill, and the Kensington Park Extension Bill) were passed through Committee and reported with amendments. Four Bills (Wellington City lie--olamation, Wellington Harbour Hoard Reclamation, Mastertou Trust Lauds Empowering and Ekotabuna BorDugh) were report-d unamended from the Committee, and passed their final stages. J The Ooromandel nun Thames Counties Boundaries Alteration Bill wgs opposed by lojal interest, and the second reading lost on the voices. The Tourist and Health Resorts Control Bill was read a third time. The Training Suipa Bill .passed through Coninufct«e,wii;h slight alterations. The House rose at 5.30 o'clock. EVENING HITTING. The House resumed at 7.30 o'clook. A'discussion aroso as to the f-pro-vision for permitting hospitals outsido the four centres to be .licensed for both medical andJyiuß-in cases. The Hon. Mr Fowlds moved a proviso which ran thus—"provided tha*; where the Minister is satisfiei that the aocommodatiou is suitable, he may specially licpuso for both pur- , poses a private hospital situated outside a radius of six miles from tha orinoipnl post office at aoy of the four centres." Mr Gray moved to strike out tho woida relating to the four centres. All ihe words after "purposes" to the end of tho proviso were struck out. Clauses 5 and 6 passed unaltered. \n clause 7 a provision was made for a resident manager, aud the {.<resGUoo of legally qualified men and registered . nurses and midwives in private hospitals with certificates approved by tho Minister. A slight amendment was made iu clau e 14. The rest of the clauses passed unamended. r lho Savings Banks Profits Bill was read a second time on the mo'cion of the Premier, The Sale of Explosives Bill, wuioh was introduced in the Upper Xlouse, was read a second timo. I _——