PARLIAMENTARY.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume LII, Issue 2601, 27 August 1901, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL August 22.

The Hod. H. Feldwick moved that the Public Health Committee be appointed with a view to preventing the introduction of infectious diseases through the medium of ieturned troopers. Afiar diacassion, however, the mover withdrew it.

The Shops and Offices Bill was considered iv Committee. The Hon. J. M. Twomey moved to strike out Olsuso 14, which exempted persoua of N>w Zealand and European extraction hiving frui% confectioners or fitiimongers shop?, or railway bookbtctUa fram the statutory half holiday, whilst not exempting shopkeepers of other uatiocalitiep. lhe motion was lost on the oaating vote o! the Chairman.

A motion was brought forward to exempt hotels from Bill, but was lost by 15 to 4. Progress on the Bill was then reported.

August 23.

Tne Shops and Offices Bill was co-sidered iv Council. Subsection 2, which fixes the rate of overtime for office aesiataota and ledger keepers and the day for its payment, was struck out. The whole clauses relating to warehoa'ea w>>B struck out of the Bill. A proviso to exempt couatry storekeepers fiom clo>ing at .6 pin. duriog week and Ipm. on Saturdays was earned. Two new clauses were addei to the Bill, one providing for payment of chop assistants' wages weekly or at intervals cot exceeding a fortnight, and the other providing that barmaids ehou'd not be employed in a bar between 9 p.m. and 9 ».m Tr.e Bill was reported as b i>e.vied.