PARLIAMENT.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8270, 25 October 1906, Page 7

PARLIAMENT.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. By Telegraph—Preßs^Aasooiatiou. WELLINGTON, October 24. The Legislative Council met at 2.30 p.m. Xho Municipal Corporations Aot Amendment Bill and Immigration Restriction Aot Amendment Bill were read a third time and passed. The following Inoal Bills were pat through their tinai stagesAuofeland Grammar School Bill, Wellington City Reclamation Bill, Timaru Publio Library Bill, and Gladstone Streets Vesting and Empowering Bill, Sandy Point anrt Grasamere Domains Vesting Bill, Oity of Ghristaburoh Municipal Offices Bill, Hobidika Harbour Aot Amendment Bill, i'imaru Harbour Diutrict Bill. The Council adjourned until 7.30 p.m. EVENING SITTING. The Legislative Oounoil resumed at 7.30 p.m. The adjourned debate on the Parliamentary Privileges Bill was resumed. The Attorney-General opposed the Bill. The object of the Bill, he said, was to allow Bellamy's to be opened after 10 o'clock at night, and the method adopted was not a very happy one. He was unaware that any inoonvenience ha 3 arißen from the operation of the law relating to the closing of Bellamy's at the hour clnbs were closed. Hon. K. H. J. Beeves said that after the remarks of tte AttorneyGeneral he was willing to withdraw the Bill. Objection was raised to this oourse. - The seoond reading was lost on division by the casting vote of the Speaker. The Advances to fciettlers'[Bili was read a third time and passed. Tne Local Bodies Loans Act Amendment Bill passed through all stages with'out amendment. The Council rose at 9.30 p.m. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House met at 2.30 p.m. la answer to questions, it was stated that there is no intention to cut off telephone sub3cribers during the currency period, but some subeciibers have been informed that their connections would be cancelled on the ground thut their telephones were being u.ed for gaming or betting purposes, though as yet no disconnections have been made; that the Government is not prepared to offer a bonus for the cultivation of 1 New Zealand flax, but experiments are being conducted at the Government experimental farms, the results of whion will eoon be very useful. The Gaming and Lotteries Billfor the regulation of gaming, betting, and wagering, restricting the namber of race meetings and licensing racecourses—was read a firßt time. The Premier hoped that when 1 fie Bill is circulated the country will recognise it as a sensible effort to control a difficult subject. The Police Offences Amendment Bill and Offensive Publications Bill were passed through committee. EVENING SITTING. The House resumed at 7.30 o'olock. 1 The Mining Act Amendment Bill passed through Committee. The Adoption of Children Bill passed through Cummittee. Clause 6 of the Motor Car Regulation Bill was amended so as to pro- * vide for the notification' of new bylaws of local bodies three times in newspapers circulating within their districts. This was adopted instead of the obligation to notify in dangerous places, bridges, etc., which obligation the House thought would involve too much expense. An amendment was made in sub-clause (2), clause 6, confining the pre scribed use of finger posts to notifying limits of speed "over bridges and dangerous places. The Bill was further amended by abolishing the distinction between motors and motor carß. At. midnight all the other clauses had passed without substantial amendment.