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

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2184, 8 July 1886, Page 2

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

[s the Council Sn F. WhiUker moved th« second nudmjr of the Friendly Societies Amendment hill. Aericod t i. Tl)ti :idj'iiirnpr] deb.ite on Sir F. Wlii</rik'*r'n rt^olu'i'in M'pirii"^ the Now Hrbndes qiiH^hon w.i^ K'-nuii'd by Mr Mi'ii/.ic-, wlik iii>i\td,tii (in* ndnu'ut to th« cfFt'L't tli.it tl'i' (iicat Powlms should an m^'i; tli.it Kmnp'Mii ci>n\ict« should not he M'lit to the \\ r t"-ti'i ii P.tcitic Inlands. A louk deb'itu cmmiuJ until the .idjournniiMit. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

WEDNESDAY.

TlepHuig to questions it wui stated th.it sti p> would be taken duiing the. tlcohs to obtain a suitable book foi pumaiy schools on agncultuie and alioiiculture ; that the reports in the newspaper* as- to the urnathfacto, y nature of tho New Zealand e\hibiU .it tin- Indian and Coioma! Exhibition were umtt.uiieted by pnv.ite letters received by tne (Joy eminent, but enquiry liiid been made by the Cabinet, and a leply was expected in h few day? ; th.tt Tawhiao had beun offered a, so.it in toe Conned, which was refused, but tin; offer was not still open. The Native Land Court Bill was reported fioui couumttee, read a third time and passed. MrTole moved tho second reading of the Destitute Pci-mhis Act Amendment Bill, tho object of which uas to enable a wife to pive evidence against her husbaud, and a husband against his wife. Agreed to. Mr Tole moved tho second reading of th« Animals Protection Act, 1880, Amendment Bill, the object of which was to get over the difficulty m connection with the word " j?:iiiib" in tho original Act. Agreed to. Mr fole moved the second reading of the Codlin Afoth Act Amendment Bill, and explained that the Hill had already passed the Legislative Council. Its object wsn th.it the (Jmeinor may declare any part of the colony to be infected with the moth. After some discu-hinn, in which Messrs Peacock, Hobbs, and Oini'md took part. the. aecond reading was cm led by 33 to If). Mi 13all.un.e imned tho second reading of the Uefenci Bill. A^'ieed to. Mr Balla*'co mo< ed the second reading of the Police i'oice P>ill, topnnble policemen to be put on the. electoi.xl roll. Atfieed to. Tiio CtiMntioh Bill \va-> icported fiom the committee, read a third tune, and pa^ed. Sir It. Stout iiidud th- --eo.ind leading of the Hospital- and Cli intable Aid Institutions Act Amendment Bill. Hi- .-aid it was birught in to pi ovule for iiieie.i->ing the su'osidy for voluntary c mtiibutions. Mr Seddon snppoi ted tliu bill. Tne df bate was interrupts ♦ I>3' the 5.30 adioumm"nt. Tne <leb.ite on tliß ITo-[)it,ils and Ch.uitab!' 1 Aid Bill was continued m the ever in;,' by M"s^rs Ij.iUo, Walkei, Wh\ie, Newman, (I'CiiniKH, Buclian in, .St wait. Ken. <!. F. Kicliaidson, W. Y. Buckland, Sutte». Hwr^thouse, Recce, L"\ i^t.iin, un Mill in, \v,].»uiti i-td both 1..-t u'u^ Act and tl.e pie-.'iit Bill fioui vauous stand point". In ioplv, Sir R. Stout s.iid he crmld not d"al with all the points raised. He hoped districts wt.uld not be m ide smaller,as some speakers urged, nor could ho see how the biirdtn was to be thnwn on properly. There was nothing to pievent loc il bodies ta'ving charge of industrial schools if they were prepired to do s>. Several practical sn^i e-tions had been mai c which he would be glad to c mter with hon members upon before the bill was committed. The second reading vv is agreed to on the voices. (Left Sitting).