HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. THURSDAY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2030, 11 July 1885, Page 2

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. THURSDAY.

The lloiw 1 met .it half past two p m. Mi Stout said th it m consequence of the. niuini'i in which tlit* Committee of Way.s .incl Mo ins h,id (k-alt with the t n iff resolutions last niijht, he should ask the House to <i<li<>uin till h ilf-pi->t sewn p.m., in order to enable the Uoveinmnt to considei wh.it steps should be taken on that subject. The House then adjourned. The House lesmned at h.ilf-prist se\on. Mi Stout s,ud tint sine- the House rose tint afternoon, the <!o\ eminent had C'inxideied the position into winch they weie put by the Committee of Ways and Means. They hid consulted w ith their siippoitei*, and hid come tu the c inclusion not to ask the House to g>> again into committee on the tariff i evolutions. They would ask the House to \ahdite the lesolutioiis .iheady pissed by the committee, and by leave of the House he would nune a resolution to that etiect. They need h.udly stite tint the loss to tin* leu'tiup by the action of the committee would be 4.70,000. The (Jovoinment pioposed to m<»et the loss by lenew ing foi two yens the fiO.OOO Deficiency Rills of ISM, SJ, and as to the othei t'_»0,000 it was pinposeii that the expenses of the constabulaiy engiged in the defence woiks should be chained on loin. This would lecoup the los, of £70,000 fiom the duties, As to the nuM-itu es the ( in vei nuient intended to ]>roceLd w ith, he said thatit was pmposed to go on w ith the L ic.il Finance and l'owvis Bill, which they consideied a Ministeiial Bill in the stuetest sense of the tenn. They jnoposed to withdi.iw fioni the Bill the pioposil foi bmiowing on subsidies, and they would not ask the House to h\ any tune foi giving subsidies to local bodies. He said he legietted tint the House had not gi inted the addition il supplies asked foi undpi tiiuft, as the duties would ptess fuily on all classes and pioude at the same tune that local industnes weie not inteifeied with. In older that no nijuiy should be done to the meicantilc com uiunity, he asked leave to ino\e the resolution winch iescind"d the Customs duties — th" 1 evolution of the 11th of June— except so fara* it lelated to spuits, bitteit-, wine, spjikhng wnu, and Aiistrali m wine. The lesolntion was put and earned on the \oices In n ply to M ijor Vtkiuson, the Pieuuer slid they weie not m a position to bung dow.i tho Cii-tonis Duties Bill, but it would be icady by Tuesday ne\t. The following Bilk weie intioduced :—: — Bill to amend the Pharmacy Act, LSSO (Mr Hatdi); Pedlai-,' and Hawkeis' Bill (Mr Seddon). Mi Hobbs mo\ed the second leading of the (Janiing and Lottenes Act, ISSI, Vmeiidiuent (Xo. 1) Bill. It was sinipjy intended to piohibit lacing consultation*. Mi Fit/heibeit opposed the Bill, alleging th.it if it passed a Luge amount of money would be druvn out of the e >l<my and taken to Avisttalii. He mo\ed that the Bill be read a sec »nd time tint day bi\ month''. Mr Stout h.ud that List yrai he siippoited the bill, and he intended to suppmt it again. Mi Joyce thought that so long as newspapers f Kim Austiali.i weie cucul.itcd in this colony it would be impossible to stop these consultation^. Mi Lesestam suppoited the amendment. Mr Keir protested against the bill as m\ inteifeience with the hbeity of the subject. Mi Peacock thought Mr Keir misuudeistood the object of the bill. He believed these consultations had a \eiy lnjmious effect on young men in leading to so much unceitaintx. m di.iwing piizes. Mi O'Connoi opposed the bill on the giound that it was the wiong w.iy to stop the gambling complained of. The motion foi the second leading was earned on the voices. The House went into committee on t Ceinetenes Act, ISS2, Amendment Bill, which was passed thiough committee without amendments, repotted, lead a third time, and passsd. The House went into committee on the Postal Notes Bill, which was lepoited, n*ad a thud tune, and pissed. Mr Tole moved the second leading of the Di\oice and Mitiimonial Causes Act, 1X77, Vmeudmeiit Bill. He s.ud his le.wm foi bunging in the bill was a case bi ought befoie Jndife Richmond, in Wellington, in which he said he legietted he could not give the "young giil petitioning aiele.ne fioin hei husband. Mi Stew aid supported the second reading of the bill. Fie intended to introduce an amendment i\hen the bill got into committee. Mi Samuel hoped the bill would be lemodellid, so as to effect a leal social lefoim in the lelations of husband or wife petitioning foi adnoice. lh Newman said tiiat in all countiics theie weie cases wheie a man or woman was confined for life, eithei as lunatics or foi cume. It seemed a gieat hardship that a man and wife in this condition should be unable to obtain <i di\oice. He thought .some pi i >Msion should be made foi cases of this n ituie. Mi Stout agieed that it was desiiable to altei the law in some lespeets. He did not go so fai as to say that deseition should foi in .i giound foi a dnoice, but he thought that cases of lunatics and peisons impiisoned foi life might well form an action foi dnoice. Mi Dow me Stcwait suggested th it if a mamed ciKiplc without any elnldien peti turned for sepaiation, and made a second application befoie a • l udge of the Supieme Couitsiv months aftenvaids, that a divoiej might be gi. in ted in that c ise. The motion foi the second leading was agieed to. Mi Stout moved the second leading of the 1 ndii4tii.il Schools Act Amendment Bill. He explained that the bill piouded that men who weie peifectly competent to pumdo for the maintenance of theii elnldien in the Industrial School should be compelled to do so. Mi Holmes said if that power were given to magistrates they would ceitainly enfoice it, piobably in cases were the father was unable to paj foi maintenance. The motion w as agreed to. Mi Stout mo\ed the second reading of the Municipal Corpoiations Bill, explanning that it was meiely a Consolidation Bill which had aheady paused the other Chambei. Sn <J (iie\ asked that the bill should be delayed foi <i little tune before it committed. Mi Stout said he would not ask foi the committal of the bill foi a week, The motion was agreed to. Mi Larnach moved the second reading of the Mines Act, 1577, Amendment Bill. He said the object of the bill was to amend the Mines Act of 1K77 m several particulars. Mr U umues-, uuppoitud Uio bill, but

objected to lea\ ing power in tho hands of the (Tovoiiim ill-Council, _ for fixing the fue-- foi le.isf". or miner-,' right-,. Agi.-od to. Mr Bill.ince moved tho second reading of the We-,t Coa^t Si'ttlcment Reserves Act, ISSI, Amendment Bill. He said the pi»ingof the bill would gieaUy facilitate tli" M-ttleniPiit of tho lands in the West (Jo i^-t. Agieod to. Tin' Hou-eioseat twenty minutes past nine ]>.m.

! 'How is it, Fogg, that you arc always adviMiig cveiybody to many, and yot you bhow no hurry about taking a wife yourself?' Fogs*— Because, my boy, I am too much of a gentlemen to help myself until everybody else is supplied. Some fiist-el.iss fmnitme is to be di->i>o-cd of pnvately at Ciunbudge. The Novelty Conip.iny lias opened in Duke-street, Cambridge, for ses en days. Mr James Hally, Cambiidge, unites tendeis foi addition to a cottage. Koad closing notices atiecting Huntly ap|je.ir in anotliei p.nt of this, issue. Mr J. S Buckl.vnd w ill sell .it Cambiidge on Thundav next, heifeis, dairy cows, stoie cattle, fat and stoie bbeep, cwei .it lambing, <&c. On Satuiday next he will hell .it C.unbiidge, horses, harness, saddlery, oat-., spiing cait, waggon and sundries, &c. On the -"itn he will sell at Te Awainutu, a laige assoitment of fnut and ornamental tiees, fiom Mr Shnip's nuisery. He roquues "iOO ewes in lamb. '\ 01 Dns'i Know liimr Vmuf." — "They cured me of bilhou>ncss and kidney comphint, as rcLommcndcd. I hid a h.ill bottle left, which I used f.ir ni) two little Kirk, who the doctors aid neighbours slid could not be cured. I am cot fi lent I should ha\c lost both of them one night if I had not had the American Co\ Hop H tU"s in my housp to use. That is why I -say }<u do not know hall tho value ot American Hop 1i ti •-.. nil do not recommend them highly ci.eugh," bee,