PARLIAMENTARY NOTES. [BY TELEGRAPH.—SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.]

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1740, 30 August 1883, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY NOTES. [BY TELEGRAPH.—SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.]

Sir Geo. Grey's Restrictions Extinguishment Bill. Wklm\(;to\, Last Night. Sir G. frßi:v\ Restiictiotid Kvtinguishment Invalidation Dill pioceeds on the preamble that Crown grants have, from time to time, been issued to natives containing lestiictions against alienation otherwise than by le.ise, and ifc provides th.it c\eiy endorsement or meinotandnm, wliethei upon any giant 01 otheiwise, and every consent 01 appioval liv whomsoc\cr given, wheicby the scvoial blocks of paieels ot i.mrl ha\ c been or pui ported to be alienated or enabled so to be, or whereby any restrictions, conditions or litigation agiiust the alienation whereof is or pmpoits to be or to have been removed or extinguished, is not and shall not be deemed ever to have been of any torce or elFeet, and every sale or other alienation which lias taken place, consequent upon the removal of lestrictions, is hereby declaied null aiiol void. It is provided that the act shall not be deemed to preclude or piohibit the ordinary light of any person or pei sons prejudiced by the operation hcieof from seeking compensation thereof by petition to the House of Pepicsentat'ives. No such endorsement, memoiandum, consent 01 appeal, a& in the last preceding section mentioned, in icLition to the said blocks 01 paiccls of lands, 01 any ot them, or any part theieof, respectively, shall be made or »ivcn until after resolution to that effect by the House of Representatives.

Purging the Order Paper. Yestculny afternoon the Order Paper vas thinned of ten measures, and a fmthcr .announcement was made that Govern meat would to-day indicate a still further i eduction, so that the exact mi'iibi'i pioposcd to be put tlnough this session will be made known shortly. As a bet off ag.iin&t this, lea^e was granted yesterday to iutioduce the following bills :— The Inspection of Machinery Extension ; the Public Works Act, ISS2, amendment ; the District Railways Act, IS7S, amendment ; the Railway Improved Lands ; the Crown and Native Lands Rating Act, 1882, amendment; to amend the Property Assessment, 1879 ; and the Industrial Society's Bill. Of course, it is not intended that these should go through this session, but simply that they should be laid before Parliament. Tliu first stop towards cleansing the Older Paper took place to-day. Eleven injured innocents weic consigned to the waste basket, and another clean sweep is promised to-morrow or next day. That will put the Order Paper within compass of a few days final despatch, so that all that will lemain in suspense will be the balance of the Estimates. There i& no word yet of the Supplementary Estimates, although they aie hourly looked for.

Capital Punishment. The following motion has been tabled for discussion : — "That the punishment of crime by death is not in unison with the spirit of our laws, noi 1 in keeping with moi.il precept ; that capital punishment has altogether failed to act as any deterrent to cinne, and that it is beyond the pierogative, and contrary to the dignity of the State to resort to such punishment from feelings of retribution or revenge, and that the Government be requested to prepare during the recess a bill, embodying the above opinion, and providing for the abolition of the death penalty."

Licensing Act Amendment Act. The Licensing Amendment Act, reported from the Legislative Council, provklea foi' members of licensing committees retaining office for a term of thiee years, auctioneers are deemed not incapable of holding wholesale licenses. Persons against whom prohibition orders have been issued found intoxicated are liable to one months' imprisonment, and for a subsequent offence three months.

Industrial Societies Bill. The Industrial Societies Bill enacts that not less than fifty persons may be incorporated for the purpose of collecting information relative to manufacture, mining, and other local industries, may correspond with kindred societies in other places, pay private individuals for experimenting how far such information may lead to practical results, and otherwise promote and foster local industry.

Mr Bryce and the Native Land Laws Amendment BUI. It is well understood that the Legislative Council will throw out Mr Bryce's Native Land Laws Amendmentßill bodily, and that material alterations will be made in the Land Act Amendment Bill. Curiosity is excited as to how the defeat of his bill will be taken by Mr Bryce. It is a well-known fact that during its passage through the Lower House his tone was that if it did not pass lie would take some very decisive step, presumably that of resigning ; whether or not he will carry that threat as against the action of the Legislative Council remains to be seen.

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