PARLIAMENTARY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1106, 22 June 1882, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

UNITED MESS/ASSOCIATION. •'' • ■ ;>'- '-■■■■'-*■.-.. : : ; ., LEGISLATIVE-COUNCIL;. > ■ WEDNESDAY. '' In thVCouucirthe Friendly Societies Bill was passed, and the Peace Presers tion Bill read a second time on a division of 26 to 3.; The Indemnity Bill was read'a second time.

HOUSE OF REPREIENTATIVES.

In reply to questions, the Government said they had no intention to increase the wharf • accommodation; at Haveloclc. They intended to give Forsyth's invention for killing: rabbits a thorough test under, his own supervision. . Two new Bills were introduced, and a number of returns, ordered to belaid on ; the .table. ' •'••

After some discussion it was agreed that' the: House, should 'adjourn from Friday, td instead of from Thursday to Tuesday, tovisit the Christchurch Exhibition, and should sit on the following Monday for private members' business. ■• Mr Barron moved that no further borrowing'should J.akCplace without the question''being• referred to a plebiscite, and; approved! iof. by; three-fifths of the qt ; the'colony,' i . '; Mr HrjßSTHOrjw seconded and/supported'the; motion. '; / • ... Mr' Fergus strongly opposed .it, and insisted upon the necessity of completing trunk,lines of railway, so as to render them reilly profitable. '■■ 'Mr Moss, Sir George Grey, and Mr Smith.spok'eiiv-support.of the motion. "Mr Stjuon'*opposed itj- saying it Would be quite impossible" to get ,three-iifth ; s of the electors oven to vote. \

;,'• Mr Hobb's"opposed the motion, as also .Major Atkinson, who said such a proposal struckat the foundation of representative government, '.lf this question should be referred to the electors direct why not'allow other questions also to go to'them 1 ?': ■'•'"•'•■liVr .;•

'The "motion''was rejected on division by; 44 to 25,,. M ;" ,\ ]On the'motion 1 of Mr,' Hdtohinson, it resolved to go into Committee next day to ask for a vote of £IOOO to allow Education Boards 1 ' to promote technical education tiy night sohopls or otherwise and to encourage female' classes in sewing and cooking. , < J.Mer some discuiision in which several raptieri expressed 5 the opinion that the 'sumi asked 5 for was. inadequate, Mr 'Dioktapreased his approval of the principle and was in favor of hying the experi,ment. .j ■ The mntinn-was agreed: to.

! • The motion hy MrSEDDos to have' j Hansard and Parh'am;ntarypapers Jent free to lopal bodies was, after discussion, negatived on! the voices, . |, . At the evening sitting"Mr Seddon movedjthe second reading.ofjthe Gold ' Duties Abbh'ti6n;Bill. ,) 'lt was-supported hy Messrs Mnnro, Fergus, Captain MoKenzie, Petrie, Fitzgerald, and Pyke, andWosed by the ; Hons,'' Rolleston. an,d, Bryce,. .but, was jead a second time on the voices, OnMr M. W.Oreen'smotlon the. employment of iPemales' Act, Amendment Bill was s aeeorid.time.' ' Mr Stewart moved the second -readlug of the election of School Committees Bfl|,- *- lJ ■'-.:'?* . Messrs Peacdck'. Shepherd,-Hutchinson, 'Watt,'Diok,''-fiutherfo'rd'/ Connollys Fultoni Smith,. Podson, Green, apd Petrie spoke iii support of-iiy but' several intimat«d,their;intentipp i to propose..amendr trients jn/^qtij«n^t£(e) , I>-;',^ 1 >-;',^^'; \. of i eumulafiue The Bill was read a'Becdnd'Jme| and: the House adjourned at 12,50,