PARLIAMENTARY NOTES.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 2197, 2 September 1890, Page 3

PARLIAMENTARY NOTES.

« Thursday. la the Council, the Kaitaagata and Tuakitoto Lakes Bill, which proposes to vest the lakes in the Bruce County Council, was committed, and reported with amendments. The Electoral Bill was read a second time. In the House the Post and Telegraph Classification Bill occupied nearly the whole of the sitting. Ultimately the motion for the aeoorid reading was passed. In Committee on the Factories and Shops Bill an amendment, proposed by Mr Downie Stewart, to strike out of clause 3 the provision that any local authority may make regulations under the Aot, was agreed to. Mr Monk (Waiteineta) rather amueed the House by calling attention to the inaoaaiatency of the Minister for Education, Who was in charge of the Bill, keeping the House up to so unreasonable an hour of the night (it WAS then about midnight) considering a

question about shortening the hours of labor. Progress was reported, and the House rose at 1.10 a.m. Fkiday. In the Council the second reading of the Census Bill was moved by the Hon. Sir F. Whitaker, The Hon, W. Reeves objected to the agricultural returns being done away with, as they had proved in the past a great benefit to the colony. He knew that it would be a gr6at advantage to certain dealers to suppress statistics. The bill was read a second time. In the House Mr Seddon asked whether the Government would appoint a Royal Commission to enquire into the working of the Public Trustees' department. This was followed by a debate which was interrupted by the dinner adjournment. The evoning sitting was devoid of public interest.

question about shortening the hours of labor. Progress was reported, and the House rose at 1.10 a.m.