YESTERDAY'S SITTING. Wellington, Yesterday.

Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1266, 10 August 1880, Page 2

YESTERDAY'S SITTING. Wellington, Yesterday.

The House met at 2.30. Mr Hall announced that the Governor had intimated to him his acceptance of the Governorship of Cape Colony, and that lie would leave New Zealand at the end of this month or the beginning of next. His successor would be Sir Arthur Gordon, at present Governor of Fiji. Mr Hall in moving that the House sit on Fridays and Mondays at 11 a.m. during the remainder of the session, stated that Gopernment had determined upon dropping certain measures of leaser importance, so as to enable others to be gone on with. The ones they proposed dropping were Town Districts Bill, Fisher's Bill, Education Reserve Amendment Bill, Public Entertainments Prohibiting Bill, Cemeteries Bill, New Zealand University Reserves Bill, Canterbury Rivers Act Amendment Bill, Auctioneers Bill, Fire and Marine Insurance Companys Bill, Gaming and Lotteries Bill, Hawkers and Peddlers Bill,Peacepreserving Bill, and these in due course he would ask to be discharged from the order paper. It was proposed to deal with the following at morning sittings : — Counties Act Amendment Bill, High School Reserves Bill, Joint-Stock Companies Act, 1860, Amendment Bill, Dogs Registration Bill, Brands and Branding Bill, Fencing Bill, Impounding Bill, Thames Water Supply Traffic Bill, and Rabbit Nuisance Bill. The next class Government called desirable Bills, including some of the Native Bill, the Licensing Bill, Representation Bill, Regulation of Local Elections Bill, and Corrupt Practices Prevention Bill. The course taken with these would depend upon what was done with the next class. The Licensing Bill he looked upon as a very useful measure, but he could makenopromiseregardingit. With regard to the Presentation Bill, he had heard many members express an opinion that it was undesirable to proceed with it this session. That, however, was not his opinion, for very many reasons he thought it desirable that that Bill should be pushed' on this session. The Governmeat were anxious tbat this should be done, but it would depend entirely on the House whather it was passed or not. He would take the earliest ppportunity for moving the second reading, and then it would be seen whether it would be necessary to drop it. Upon thi would depend the passing of the Representation and Elections and Corrupt Practises Bills, as, if the Representation Bill was not passed this session, the other two would have to be postponed until next session. With regard to the Native Bills — which included Native Land Courts Bill, Native Land Fraud's Prevention Bill, Native Succession Bill, a ative Land Sales Bill, Native Lands Contracts Act Validation, Native Landj* Stamp Duties Bill, Wailcato Confiscated Native Lands BUs, nineteen miscellaneous native claims bills, and twenty natives reserves bills, — the Government scarcely hoped they would all become law this session. Tne Native Land Courts Bill had met with favor, and would doubtless pass, and the Government hoped the Native Land Frauds Prevention, the Native Succession, and Confiscated Linds Sales Bills would paj-s also. The next class comprehended bills which were absolutely essentially finance measures for placing the finances of the colony on a sound footing. These must be dealt with this session. They were Property Assessment Amendment Bill, Beer Dut*- Bill, Deceased Persons Estate Duties Bill. Local Public Works Bill. The motion was then put and earned. On the motion for going into Committee of Supply, Messrs Shrimski, Jones, Pyke, and Hamlin spoke of the great injustice proposed to be done to the several districts in the matter of public works, and urged upon the Government to make more liberal provision for such. The debate was interrupted by the 5.30 p.m. adjournment.