LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
Per Press. Association. WELLINGTON, December 13. In the Council thi3 afternoon Messrs Reeves, W. O. Smith, arid Jones Vere sworn in for another ternrlttf Councillors. Leave 1 of absence was'gra'ili^d'to Sir Maurice O'Rorke for the ■remainder of the session on account 6f rltie illhealth of his wife.
The Attorney-General gave notice to move that the Standing Orders be suspended for.the remainderldf.the session m order to enable all Bills to be put through all their stages,at one sitting. The third reading of the Land Settlement Finance Bill was agreed to on the voices after a long debate. The Shipping and Seamen Amendment Bill passed its final stag«.
DEATH DUTIES BILE. The adjourned debate on the Death Duties Bill was resumed : by Mr. Anstey, who thought the succession duty might have been higher, and estate duty somewhat lower. He criticised the principle of grading* in the Bill. Mr Wigram, having criticised certain passages of the Bill, the debate was adjourned till 7.45 p.m.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXI, Issue 7932, 14 December 1909, Page 1
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