HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. June 23.

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HOUSE OF REPRESENT ATIVES. June 23.

The Prenrer staged that the Government had offered Judge Ward the vacant vjurtgship, and he declined it. The Hon. T. Thompson had taken the Defence Department, HallJones the Marine, McKenzie the Advances to Settlers, : The Address-in-Heply was agreed to. An Imprest Supply' Bill for £341,000, was pas e ed through all its stages. The Asiatics Restriction and Contagious Diseases Act Repeal Bill we*e read a third time and rased. The second reidingq of the Second Hand Dea'era and Ngatitou Trust Bills were carried. ■■' « ' Jnne'2'4. The Hnn.'J.McKenzia regretted thaft he dmild not comply with <\ request to errant i> a corporation a perpetml lease of Quail Island for a naval one! mercuntilo marine nchool. Mr J. W.K«Hy moved "the second ; r*Rd- " g Dompßtio Servntitß Hi'f-Holi-H- : y Bi!! U> set'tiro S WPfik'.y i ): if-!:o ; .id»y

fdotneetic Bervonta were compelled to work ■twelve to fourteen end sixteen bears per day. and lie thoußbt thst should be altired, and tftereociediecuesfcrn the iiwUon -was •figTaed to. 4 v. c Mr Mills moved the second reedtngot the-Criminal Code Act Amendment Bill. and said be bad'once more r to appeal to the generoeily of members to vf>U for St •Rβ 'Bill gave Power to allow any persons convicted of a crime to Bppeal for a new trial. <& epeuially upplledto thexaee of Louis'Cbemie. who was coDfined in paol fer ibe laatjufyefirs, for the murder of Hawkine," of Ka.warrA, bnkvwho. be'(Mr MiU«) believed, hed_ no •tnora right to be in gaol lhan be hrm- - self had, - (Curied by -40 t-> } i: ) \ The second fading of tbe Native ißtgbts-Bill wae lofefc by 'S8 to 7.