HOUSE OF REPESENTATIVES

Bush Advocate, Volume XIV, Issue 155, 27 September 1902, Page 3

HOUSE OF REPESENTATIVES

; was read from a pamper !• of nati»« land owners iv the Wairarapa, praying that the Land for Settlem°idt» ;> Amendment Act, under which native owned lands may be compulsorily -~ ' acquired* be not passed into law, on the ~lt ground that it would be a violation of - :tho Treaty of Waitangi. Mr T^aurenson ntoved the second heading of the Medical Practitioners' Bill.— Carried. The Factories Act Amendment Bill wms considered in Committee. Per Press Association. "WsxiiirGToN, This day. After the telegtaph office closed a two-hours discussion took place on Mr Hall- Jones' notion to report pr«gf*sa on the Factdries Act Amendment " Bill, which was carried by 35 to 21. i Mr Lturensou's Medical Practitioners was committed and a motion to ■"T Mport progress was carried by 24 to 23/ .""V."'^sn committee on the Licensing Com i: "S nrittees Quorum Bill a new clause was ■ added providing for a recount of rotes r in the licensing poll. -7; V ---The Solicitors' Bill of Costs Bill; its final stages. *"v *; Mr Lawry's Legitimitation Act 1894 ■ Amendment Bill was read a second V; time. %\ .A number of amendments in the ./~~ Electoral Bill wore brought down by message and agreed to. 'Sir Joseph Ward read a cable, from Capetown stating that a demand exists there for skilled artisans in, several 'trades, but the present high wages would decline as the supply increased. At 3.40 the House rose till 2.30 on Monday. " v The Legislative Council . last night * . put the Government Bailways Superannuation Fund, Bill through Committee. Tho West Coast Settlement Reserves ? Bill was read a second time. , ; r The Cooncil met at 11.30 p.irf. The Government Bailways Superannuation Fund Bill passed its final stages. An amendment t«y • the Hon. J. E. Jenldnson to recommit the Bill for the purpose of increasing the representation of ike second division on the Board was lost by 24 to 7. The Nelson Harbour Board Bill and Victoria College Site Bill passed their final stages. The following Bills were read a second time :— Savings Banks Profits, Law Societies, Post and Telegraph Department, Land and Income Tax, and Kauri Gum Industry. -