PARLIAMENT. [BY TELEGRAPH.- PRESS ASSOCIATION.] LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2050, 27 August 1885, Page 2

PARLIAMENT. [BY TELEGRAPH. - PRESS ASSOCIATION.] LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

wi:dxksd\y. Thk Lcßi-liti\o Council iui?t at half-past two. Mr Bathgate nio\(*d fur a letuin of commission, etc , charged \>y tli-j Bank of New Z- -land Airiocd to. The euduicc taken befme the Government Ft inting Committee was oidoicd to bo printed. The Justices of the Peace Bill, the B mkrnptcy Dill, and the Umeinnicnt Orhcoib (iu.uantec Bill were lead a fii-,t time. The liun. Y. Whitikei moved the second reading of tlvj Lsjritlativc Council^ Bill. He leuewod the u\uL*ucu taken by a ■-elect committee* of the Council on thu biibjcct of thciffuim of tho council. He explained the scope of this bill at some length. He thought Ins proposals wcie \eiy modeiate and reasonable, Mr Bathgate spoke warmly against the inesiiiue as un impioptii- niteifeioncc wit 1 ) tho pnvogatiNO of th". Council. Ho would p<m-o hefote hi* --uneiidi'rccl any ousting safeguards a,gain->t hasty legislation. Dr. (Jiace suppnted the hoound reading. Mr Shiiuiski mo\od t!vs "idjuninniPnt of the deb ite, which was caiiied. The Kmploj meat ot l'Vin dcs Bill was passed. On the question that the I'losbytcnau Chin rh Piopeitv Bill be read, Mr Hhnmski niou'd that it bj read that day thiee in mths. A division t iok ]>!aco on the question that the bill l>» now ieul a Hind tune. The \oting was eip v, and the Speaker gue his cisLin,' \ote wit!) the nii-1 The question that tin 1 bill b> oideied to Iv load in tin oi* mouths was adjourned till novt week. Tip C niiicil :idjuuiipd .it t .50 till Fnday next at 2 .JO.