LAST NIGHT'S SITTING. The House resumed at 7.30. East Coast Land Bill.

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1435, 13 September 1881, Page 2

LAST NIGHT'S SITTING. The House resumed at 7.30. East Coast Land Bill.

Mr Rolleston moved the re-committal of the East Coast Land Districts Bill for the purpose of re-instatiug clau&e 2, which had been struck out in Committee. Without it the bill would be usaless. If it was re-instated, he would take care that the East Coast District was fairly represented oil the Napier Board. Mr Moss strongly objected to the attempt to reverbo the deliberate decision of the Committee and take the East Coast District out of the operation of the liberal Auckland land laws, to put it under the illiberal Hawlte's Bay Regulations. He moved that progress be reported. Mr McDonald objected to the district being allocated to Hawke's Bay. Mr Rolleston said 'he • was willing to report progress in order to enable Mr McDonald to become better acquainted with the wish or his constituents. Progress ■ waß reported. ■ , The Pensions Bill. ' A message was received from the Council insisting on its' amendment in the Pensions Bill. The Housp resolved to insist on its disagreement' thereto,' and appointed Messrs Shrimski, Stewart, Pitt, Saamle'rs,' sLnQ. McLean' ■' a f utfriimittee to draw up reasons. ' . ' Dogs Registration Bill. > On Mr, Hall's motion, it was also re-j solved 1 to disagree to 1 the Council's amendments in the Dogp Registration Bill, and Messrs Dick, Seymour, and Ballance were appointed a Cpmmittee,,to draw up reasons. . Leaseholders Qualification. Ou the-mo'tjdnl second reading of the Leaseholders Qualifications Bill, Mr Gisborne rose to a point of order I .' (The, jbill was^sjnaply a»J;ranspriptv of a clause of a'bill which had been already*' negatived, and it could not, he" urged, again be, brought up that session. !v The Spea^r ruled 1 that 'the 11 clause in the Representation Bill referred to was negatived on the, distinct understanding, that it should be Embodied in a separate' biU. Mr Hall briefly moved the second reading, which was strongly supported by, Dr Wa11i5. ,,., , „ „, , , Sir George Grey said lie would move an amendment in Committee to prevent any men exercising'? more) than one vote on any qualification. f l ' ! Ml" Seddon pointed out that thft cduld ■ not be done, as the question of reawiciaon ltd aisittglelvJbfenhadiialri&dy, f bsjn settled I this session. r , JEJ^moved "That the bill be read that day six months." ' . w )3MjfiAndEewpBuggejsted; tha^ s t^e Jease,hold q^ljficati9ji^houl<i''b'e rs^ripted. to 1 ' reg|s^rod,4ej>3es^ so, as, to , prey^qt;,, qu^lifipations,,.u- n .?, .*»*,«, ,*„,.,,,. , j • ,-B&,§tewartvsnpported tl?e,bjli. „ •[ , „ t sir,G, objected tPithe,' r bili^pS the" (jgrwifld^^thatit vyoul^d ( giye medftij&fo,' tional power, a power it ' ought; .not 4p, (p^esfi,i/^jPommittee, if hispronosal' restricting persons to one vote was oat of-

restricted tc/two, aud if tnat was\lost then to three, and so on until the voting power of wealth had some limit placed on it. woftiaTiKl^Wtßffre^lfol'd , vo^/ abolished^^tj $wjmj|jbhi|3^sl re ;, tamed and plural volrng allowed, tfie leaseholders-should be allowed to vote. — j I Mr Keid opposed the bill. /Ir Saijndefe! <wqu!"d support * $v; -Gf 1'» ' ' ' ■- ' ' ! , Ou-a- division— the .second reading. was i carried by 45 to 16. ?I(I 3 Iheft Bitting.] < •j i'