HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. TUESDAY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1904, 18 September 1884, Page 2

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. TUESDAY.

The House me 1 ; at 2.30. Sir George Grey gave notice of a bill to amend the Law Practitioners Act 1882 and Mr Hursthouse of a bill to extend the franchise to women. A number of bills, including a bill to amend the Tow n Districts Act, 1881 (Mr J. B. Whyte), were introduced and read a first time. The Local Comts Bill was read a second time. The House then went into Committee of Supply, and the Treasurer read the Financial Statement. [The statement will be found elsewhere in this issue.] After the Financial Statement had been delivered, Major Atkinson moved to report progress, with the view of adjourning. The motion for reporting progress was carried, and the House resumed. ARR.Y>'GKMENT OF BUSINESS. lii leply to Mr Hobbs, Mr Richardson said that it would very much depend on the nature of the debate on the Financial Statement as to when the Public Works Statement was brought down. Major Atkinson said that they could not possibly decide as to the projected loan until they heard how it was to be spent. He therefore argued that it was imperative the Public Works Statement should be brought down at an early date. Mr I)arga\il'o and Mr Fergus also argued in support of the Public Works Stiti'iruMit being brought down early. Mr Stout argued that it was then* duty to discuss the piinciple of the statement Hist. When the Financial Statement was discussed, they would bring the Public Woiks .Statement down, and be prop ired, as they were on the Financial Statement, to stand or fall by it. In ordinal y ciscumstances, they would finish the debate in a week, \\ hen they would bring down the other statement. It would have to be discussed on its own merits. Mr Holmes contended that the Atkinson Government had followed exactly the same course now proposed to be followed by the Government After it had been arranged that the debate should be taken upon Friday evening, so as not to intetfere with private mcmbeis' busuicss, the House adjourned at five minutes past nine.

WEDNESDAY. The House met at 2.30. Mr Hursthouse gave notice affirming the desn ability of none but New Zealand coal being consume"! in institutions under the control of the Government. Mr G. S. Richardson gave notice that he would ask if Government was prepared to take steps for preventing native lands in the \icinity of the projected Main North Line being alienated. Replying to questions put, it was stateil that the cablegrams sent by the late Premier to office had been charged to public service, as it was quite customary for announcements of this kind to be made. In the absence of the Agent-General's accounts, Government could not state whether the cablegram congratulating Major Atkinson on his return to office fioin the Agent-General h.vl been similarly charged. The office of A«ent General was a non-political one ; a bill to giant the franchise to women would not be introduced this session ; Keoghan's, ten a cotta and other native paints were exclusively used for painting rolling stock ou the colonial railway lines. The following bills were introduced and read a first time:—Lawe :— Law Practioners Act, 1752, Amendment (Sir G. Grey), Tauranga school sites, ( p apt. Morris), Gaming and Lotteries Act, Amendment (Mr liobbs). On the motion of Mr O'Callaghan seconded by Mr Garrick, it was agreed the lilting Act, 18S2, he amended in the direction of relieving tenants who have no beneficial inteiest in the capital value of property rented by them for agricultural and pastoial purposes, and that they should ha\e the same light as the on ncr of the soil to appeal against the wiluv tioi.