PARLIMENTARY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4196, 19 August 1892, Page 3

PARLIMENTARY.

House of Representatives, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18. PW' BILLS. The following bills were introduced ind/read tfip rjrsji'tjme ;—Hon Mr J. IcKenziß, the Wellington Fruitgrowing ABSbtiatiop Leasing Bill; Won. M> Seddon, the Westlimd ""Churph, Hospital and School yesting Bill; |lon Mt'Bcddoii, tho Westland; Pre/, |napg9|ii"'a , iind"Bi!l|or Cpqntips Vehicle Licensing Apt; Mr U, J, 8, Mackenzie, a Bill to amend tbe Corrupt Practices Prevention Act, 1881, and limit tbo Cost of Parliamentary Elections; Mr Fisber," tbe Law Practitioners Act, 1882, Amendment Bill, (No 2). EIGHT HOUKS BILL, , Tbis measure was put through its 'final stages. ILEOlivi GOVERNORS BILL, Sir Geo, Gbey moved tbe second reading of this • Bill, which', as its name ■ implies, provides 1 for the election of Governors in Now Zealand,

He said it had been urged against a colony appointing its own Governor, that it would sever the last ties that existed between New Zealand and tho Old Country, but ho submittfd that tbab was not the correct state of the caso. Tho great tie that existed between the colonies and the Mother Oountry was the Parliament of each colony and the Queen of England, and ho pointed out that no law of a permanent character could bo made unless the Queen assented to it. He strongly supported the oleotion by a colony of its own Governor, and romarked that tho large salary at present paid to the Governor wag having a bad oxinniilo on the colony, as people who could not afford it tried to live beyond their ninans.

The second reading was lost on a division by 28 to 27.

inebriates' noiiE bill, The House then went into committee on this Bill. Numerous amendments were proposed, but none wer« agreed to. At 12.20 Mr McLean mov«d that progress be reported, which was lost by 23 to 21, Ultimately progress was reported, and the House rose at 1,30 a.m.