HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

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

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Tlio House lnt't .it 2 :W )> in. It -ptv 111/ to Mi Hilli'-ton whether the (Joum'i in i.t his obt une'l .1 lepottas to the vvoikmg (if tlio Contagious Diseases Act in the colony dm ing the just ye.v, whether the stitiMiieut by tlic Resident Migistnte in C'liiisttlimch un to the evils which have I'UMieil nptni tlio ce— >itu)u of the operation of the* .ict in Ohiiit'jJiuieh a-, to tlio ipruad of the cl.isi of diseivM devlt with under the act, the Go\ eminent will t.ike step-, to bung the act into op;i,uion thmu^lioiit the C'll-inv by the intiodMction of clauses into the Uo»pitaK and Chai tiblo Aid Bill or othervv ise. Mr Toll* said he had recived a repoit cm the subject, winch lit* would lay on the table. As to the second pait of the question, tlio local bodies weie fully empivveied to cat ty oattln provisions of the act, iind it was not .i question fm l'ailia 111011 1. Mr Stout mule a stitement as to measures proposed to b> doilt with this session. He said that at tlii» Lite stige of tho session (JouMiiuient did not propose to proceed with the Munuipil t'mpoiMtion Bill, the Fiiendly HocieWs IMI, oi th» Kt'j>ie-,entation BUI. Tho Resident M i;,'istr.ito Omits Bill, and tho Oiinnnal Code Hill ho considered were sirnplv consolidation moiisure.-), and lie did not a-lc the House to deal with them. The Govern ment considered they would be able to pioc'">d with the other bills on the older paper this sossi >n. >[.ijoi Atkinson said he defied t<» infoitn the (<ov eminent that ho inteiuled piopo-,-in<j a skill's ot leiolutioiH traveisin^ the hn.uici.il pioi>os,ils of the fiovciniiK-iit m the diinction of limiting tho exponditiue on the Public Wnii.s Kiiikl, jiNo tia\ersmor tho subject of the Ivist and West Coast Hulwav, the new loan, and otliei niatteis. He would ask that the (!o\ ei nm.'nt should set aside the following evening fm dealing with the resolutions. If not he should h.i\c to content himsolf with moving them. On the motion to go into Committee of Supply, Mr Stout said he should like to spi> tho t ("solutions b"foie c,'i\ ing a definite leply. If the lesolutions ueie in the dnection stated by the lion, ineinbei he should ask the House to adjourn till they were bi ought down. Ma ioi Atkinson wiid he should put tho i ("solutions on tho papei that afternoon. He had hoped that the Government would be piepaiod to accept the resolutions he intended pioposing, which weie veiy leasonable ones. Mi Stout then mo-.pd the adjoin nnient of the House. Sevei.'l members objected to the adjourn me lit on tho ground of the lateness of the session. Mr Macandiew said that after the intimation of the lesolutions about to be pioposed by the memoer for Egmont no other course was open to Government but to adjoin n the House. Mr Stout congiatulnled the Opposition on having at length found a leader. He thought it was only icasonable to a^k foi an adjoin nmenfc tdl to-moiiow night. No doubt the leader of the Opposition leqiured time to consult Ins siippoitei.s and to get sufficiont votes foi his motion. He would theiefore .isk that the, House should adjoin n till to-moiiovv evening at half past 7. The motion was agieed to, and the House lose at .'!.30 p m.

Tin: Lowell Citizen remarks that the " w 01 Id now makes Übo of GS.OOO miles of submaiine cables, mostly for the pin pose of jithcttisitig tiavplling actros-ses and announcing the deaths of people noboJy e\et licaul of." I he Waip.i County Council invites tenders for Kradinjrroad .it Ohiupo Jtih/^s Kajnhen, Pukete, notifies that he will not bo responsible far ckbts contracted in h s lump after tlu> 2ftth mst The attention of settlers is directed to the new advertisement of Mr S J. lhorop-ion, lam.ihere store. He notifies the arrival of his new season's teas. A meeting of tlir general public and volunteer-; will bf held in the Public Hall, le Auarautu on S.iturdav n.'\t, .it 8 p m , for the purpose ot electin).' trustees and .inj other business in connection with the Inll. TI Mr J Huckhnd will sell at the Cambridge Horse H.i/.i.ir o n S.iturd.i\, 40 horses ol all climes harness and s.id.llen, tip dr.i), horse intl harness, produce, poultry, pi S s, g« On luesdaj ne\t, the Ist .September, he will sell at Ohaupo, 300 head mixed cattle, 300 lat 2nd store sheep and the Clydesdale stallion Duke of Buccleugh. I'oviriy \m, n iris,,-'- I nas draped doun with debt, po\ert^ ) and Miffcrmi; for \.'.; r -, caused b) a sick t.inu!> anill u K c billsfor dortcinp, which did them no Rood I was completely discouraged, until one \ ear ago, b> the uhico of mj p.istor, I procured Hop Hitters and commenced their use, aqd in one month «i were ill well and none of us h-ueseena su k da\ since, •md Iw mt to sa) to all poor men. M»u ian keep jour funilies ullLimmi with American Co's Hop Hitters for less than one doctor's tisit will cost. I know it."— A Working M\n. Read.