PARLIAMENT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3901, 1 September 1891, Page 2

PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES. MONDAY, AUGUST 81. The Hod. the Speaker took the chair at 2.30 pm. THE AOOTIONEESS BILL. The Minister of Publio Works, Mr Kennedy Macdonald, and Mr Fergus were appointed of a conference with the Legislative Jfl Council on the amendments made the Auctioneers Bill." ' A long discussion on incident took place at this stage. The House then went intoGom* mittee on tb3 r H: ' " LAND BILL. Oi) the British of 'Mr Valentin#, clause IGB,' f* bacli 'ruft to* be sab* mitted to auction," was amended "by substiuting the word " ballot" for '! auction." Clause 171, " after conditions of residence and improvement! fulfilled t'ie lessee may subdivide pip qmongat ■ members of the family,"-3; ' 4mende4 by addition of M not being undet If years of age.''—ll'f Valentine iqoved that plause 181$, " one man one ran," bp struck out, —After p lengthy discussion the amendment was rejected by 86 to 18. —The new and postponed olauses were then takes.—Dr Newmvi moved, aB a new clause, "That* block of five thousand acres be set apart to be owned and worked on cooperative principles."—The clause k was aocepted by the Minister for Lands, and became a part of the Bill.

The Bill was then reported with amendments, which will be cousjderod j to-day. ' ; The House rose at 1.20 a.m t