PARLIAMENTARY NOTES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4764, 4 July 1894, Page 3

PARLIAMENTARY NOTES.

UNREQUITED SERVICES. lho veteran Captain; Jackson Bany has presented a petition to too House sotting forth that ho is J»w jfSycarsof ago,, has ten a colomst for 64 years, and in qnenco of tho infinities of ago is no ongor able to earn a living. Ho i tneroforo asks tliat provision may be madotosccuvohimfroni want and j'nvation for the short ronmiuder of >«ho. The grounds on which. h D asks tins are that h, compliance with a memorial signed by many representative men in Otago, ho had »s passago paid to England ;„ 1877 to act as an immigration agent, tho question of being loft 0 S.r Julius Vogol, then Agont-General. Captain Barry sates that owing to the necessity for strict economy having boon i m . prosscdbycableouSirJnliusVoKel no arrangement as to remuneration wasm n d obu tl lotle , iveml )TOds «taii« l „E 1 , g la, 1 d, S ctti„ g 01 th the advantages of JTew Zealand as a field for capital and labour, ina loctuvcs creating wide interostm the colony, and that all the oxponsos Of these lectures were paic out of his own pocket. Asafurfcl.oi gronnd Captain Barry asserts tlm, w 18911 m prospected alargecxtonl lot tho King Country, and discovered sweral valuable mineral deposit,* which will ultimately, when deve. oped, lead to tho employment oi large numbers of men, and provo oi great bonofit to the colony.-Poji

In the House of JRopresentafcives \ ( rl'fe, f Accounts Auditßill, Auctioneers ActAmcnd■nen Bill, and Hawkers and Pcd. ansJilhverc read a second time. Alio Jll abolishing imprisonment ordebtwas further discussed, but !!° ™ ™ "gain adjourned. Alio Hill was opposed by several Government supporters. A Bill dosing theabandonedTaoniubranch railway line near I'almerston North was also read a second time. The Gam ;"S;'™J Lotteries Act Amend, ment Bill, the Criminal Code Act Amendment Bill, and the Printers' "'id Newspapers' Registration Act Amcndmcntßillworcreadasccoud time m tho Legislative Council.

. , lh ? Pi'omiei- has given notice to introduce the Municipal Corporations Act Amendment Bill, One important fcaturo of this measure will ailed the tendering system. It will give local bodies powor to exercise greater discretion in choosing tenders lis lo accepting the lowest, The l fremier says the system of choosimthe lowest tender has proved a mis° taken one, and has not always led to work being properly done. He thinks the hues recently laid down by -tlio London County Council might be ollowcd generally. Mr Ilall.membcr tor Waipawa, urges that local bodies i should be allowed to fix a fair price for their works, so that fho hardships frequently ocenring to both contractors and their workmen may be abolished. ;

Ml'Hogg asked yesterday if an nmeiidmg Land Act would be intraduced to remove doubts as to the right of village settlers to exchange their present leases for leases in perpetuity. Tho Minister of Lands repied that the Government had been advised on tho best authority that thero was no power under the present law to make this change. The loases of village settlors were taken 1 up under special regulations! but he hoped before tho session was over to [give the House an opportunity of .voting as to whether or not those regulations would be amended in the direction suggested by Mr Hogg,

111 the Legislative Council yester(lay, the Hon Mr Montgomery moved he second reading of the Criminal Oode Act Amendment Bill, by which it was proposed to raise the age of consent from 14 to 16 years, and to increase the period in which proceedings in such cases could betaken ■rrWbTNijo two months. The Hon Mr Scotlanil™Bti44j£Jvould like to see the age raised tooTycai'S-it necessary, The second reading was agreed to, and the measure referred to the Statutes Hovision Committee

Speaking yesterday with regard 1 to the employment of Captain Hannah as firo expert, the Premier'said was no other man who had been in tho House continuously for eighteen sessions, as lie had been, and yet he could say that ho had not a single relative iu the Civil Service in the Colony. It was not everyone in the Houso that could say that, !Hc would ask the moinbor for Wellington Suburbs, Dr Newman, whether ho could say that ? (Laughter). Dr Newman scrambled hastily to his feet, and declared that ho hadn't a single blood relation in the. Civil Service. This caused renewed laughter, accentuated when the Premior nskod' tho House to notice the distinction "blood relation." He could say himself that ho had not a single blood relation in the Service. " They're only beginning," Mr Bell retorted, "1 do not think myself the name of Bell is unknown to the Civil Service of New Zealand," was tho reply of the Premier. (Hear, hear, from Mr Ecll). "Ido not say that is to their discredit, but if an attempt such as this is to bo made, and is to succeed, I will ask the Houso to allow a return to bo placed on the table showing the appointments to the Service during a number of years, and the Ministers who madetlionppointments. (Hear, hear) That return will tell the tale," If the opponents of the Liberal Party could find nothing worse than this against them, continued the Premier, theirs was a very bad case.

The Abattoii-s and Slaughterhouses Bill, under the charge of the Hon, J. 6. Ward, consolidates existing legislation on the subject. No | slaughtering shall be allowed within [onemiloof any borough, and no abattoirs shall be licensed or erected \ without the consont of tho controlling body, the local authority. AJ county or borough council may erect abattoirs within the limits of a .borough or county, and the expenses may be defrayed out of the district' funds, Thero shall bo aponnlty for slaughtering elsewhere than in an authorised abattoir or without a license, Only the local authority shall havo power to issue licenses, the fee being twenty shillings, Inspectors skill be appointed to inspect abattoirs and slaughterhouses, and to examine animals intended to bo_ slaughtered, Brands upon any skins must not be destroyed, and no tanner shall pnrchaso hides from which brands' have been removed, Imprisonment with, hard labour (shall bo flie penalty foi' having in one's possession a carcase not accounted far. The feo for inspection shall bo: Large cattle, comprising a bull, ox, steer, cow, heifer, or calf, 3d por head; tor- small cattle, comprising, sheep, goats, or swine, |d por head, These fees shall be paid by keepers

of abattoirs and ski'lorlifißosH Tho Bill shall not I fly to thjl slaughtering of cattle \\ IV iuttlndccH, n iovßuh.-N.Z. Times.)y\ J I