PARLIAMENTARY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3913, 15 September 1891, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

HOUSE or p PRESENT ATIVES.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10,

The Speaker took the ohairal 2.80. FAOIOIUXS B|lili. The House decided to still jjuye with the amendments Bill by the Legislative Council and - Messrs Pinkerton, Tanner, and Beep ' > were appointed managers of a con* ference with the Upper House, LEQISLATIVB OOyNCUi BILL, Tho report of the Conference on this Bill was to the effeot that the Legislative Counoil agree to the limit of age being 21 instead of 85, term of 7 instead of 10 years, the Upper House may elect its own Speaker, and the House of Representatives agreed to striking out the amendment making the Act operative from tho Ist of January last, it being decided that it come into force when it received iue GCT"™!'? ™ til* Government receiving a positive assurance that no promises had been made'that' those appointed in January last should come under tan yews' tenure. The Premier said it waainat tfie intention of the GovernmenTto ~" make any appointments to the Legislative Council priyioqs to tlie/act coming into force.—After some discussion the report was adqpted by 48 to 12. LBAVK OF ABSENCE. [ Leave of absence for one neet, ojj

account of argent family business' was granted to Mr T. McKenaie. ALLEGED INCORRECT RETURNS. S*r Fisher moved the adjournment of the House in order to discuss a return laid on the table of the House relating to the expenses, &c, of the Edwards euquiry, which he averred gas not in the state ordered by the HPbuse. If he could not get information as to the cost from the Government he should get it in Bome other way. He should, however, be quite satisfied if the return were brought down in a complete form whenever the information was obtainable. - The Minister of Justice said the return embodied all the information at the command of the Department, but he would again bring it up when further information was available.— The Hon. Mr Richardson also com plained of the incorrectness of the return laid on the table showing the amount expended in the Stock Department without ministerial control. —?Phe Minister of Lands said the return was correct, and had not been interfered with by Ministers. It was simply a question of what was ministerial control and what was not. The motion for the adjournment was lost, and the House proceeded with the business of the day. new bill. The Educational Endowments and Reserves Management and Exchanga Bill was introduced by the Minister for Lands and read the first time. GOVERNMENT LITE INSURANCE ACTS AMENDMENT BILL. This Bill, designed to enable bonuses to be distributed when the report as to the quinquennial investigation, cannot be presented to Parliament. On the motion of the Premier the Bill was read a second time, and subsequently passed through Committee without amendment. BOROUGH RESERVES VESTING AND SALE BILL. On the motion of the Minister for Lands this Bill was read the second time and referred to the Waste Lands Committee. OLD 80LDIKRS' CLAIMS. .-, The Naval and Military Settlers *jflßfi Volunteers Land Act Amendment Bill was then committed. LYTTELTON HARBOUR BNARD LAND BILL. This Bill went through committ without amendment, and passed final stages. The Bills committed during the afternoon were read the third time, and passed. FACTORIES BILL. The Legislative Council notified that they still disagreed with amendments made in this Bill, and a conference was ordered to be held. SCHOOL COMMITTEES ELECTION BILL.

In Committee on this Bill, clause 2 was amended as to define a householder as any .adult male or female person who has resided for three months in the district before the day of election, as owner or tenant of his or her dwellinghouse, or as a holder of miner's rights, who has had such right for the same period, or any person (resident or non-resident) who has the actual custody of a child attending a State school in the district.—On the motion of Mr Palmer a proviso was inserted in clause 8 enabling a candidate to withdraw from the contest, either verbally or in writing, previous to the ballot being taken.— An amendment was inserted in clause 9, making the provision of a ballotbox unnecessary where less than One hundred children attend the Bchool.—On the motion of Mr Saunders a provision was added to clause 13 enabling the District Board nofcJocaH for another election in case , 3S j)£ i JfcrmaUty, if they are convniced Buch informality was not wilful.—A new clause was inserted in place of clause 9, fixing the number of committeemen at a minimum of five, and a maximum of nine, who may be nominated at the meeting of householders, and there and then elected, providing the number is not in excess of tke vacancies, when a ballot will be taken, and, up to the number fixed by resolution, those candidates will be declared elected who have received a majority of votes.—Other amendments of an unimportant character were made in the Bill,