PARLIAMENT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3840, 24 June 1891, Page 2

PARLIAMENT.

LEGISLATIVE UUUJNUIL.' ' TUESDAY, JUNE2B/. ivU^: "s| The Becond reading of theLegis* lative Council Bill was moved Jut the v Attorney General andseoondetfiartho'i ■ Hon Mr Barnicoat. • t, A lengthy debate took place on the subject, but was adjourned at 4.30, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TUESDAY,' 23. The New Zealand Bank Bill was . ■*: read a second time. The Oolonial Treasurer promised to' - see that the Stamp Aob was' not evaded in the matter of issuing passenger tiokets. The Minister of Lands said he would make inquiries into (be matter of the heavy charges now made for .the inspection of machinery, j < Replying to Mr Macdonald, the Minister for Public - the land available for the Te Are Railway was limited, and both goods and passengers would have to be carried on it. The amount of capital avail* * ; : able was limited, owing to tho deter- • minalion of the Government to reduce liabilities. At tiie~saS® —tithe"" thft ""***! matter would receive their considers" > tionjand he might say that the sooner it waßdono the less they would ° : have to pay in the way of compensa* tion.-A further reply would be given when the Public Wotks Statement was hid on the table. 1 ' ' The Minister ■ of Agricuhpte, in V reply to Mr Wilson, said nC would consider the advisableness of oifering a reward for the discovery of a bed of mineral phosphates. 4 The Postmaster-General informed ■ Mr Houston that an increase in the, ' number of words in delayed telegrams'' would result in a considerable loss of reveuue, and the suggestion oould not therefore be A number of new Bills were 'intro* V: duced and road a firsttiiner' 11

„"-"' The Premier moved that Mr Per- .\ "ceval be Chairman of Committees of the House. In doing so, he said Mr ". "Perceval was well known to every -.member of the House, and well . qualified to fill that post. - f\t W. C. Smith said Mr Perceval not desire the post, and it was - only npon threat persuasion that he - consented to come forward. He was ' quite certain that gentleman would. "give -'universal satisfaction, and he had much pjeasore in seconding the " . Domination. (Applauß6.) _ % The motion was carried on the voices. The Alliance ilct Amendment Bill - was read a second time, a3 "was also i the Official and Colonial Defences Secrets Bill and the Imbecile Passengers Act Amendment Bill. , The Promoters and Directors! Liability Bill was committed with slight amendments. "tjSPklengthy debate took place on -the Financial Statement, and the - "House adjourned at 1.45 a.m.