LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13233, 29 September 1908, Page 9

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

MOXDAT, SZTTEJIBZK 28. 'afternoon" sitting. The Council mot at 2.30 p.m. POLICE OFFENCIiS JiILL. The Poilce Oilenccs Act Amendment Bill was iurther considered in comniittee. rc-iwrttd, and put. through iv, final stages. ■ AiIEITRATIOX BILL. The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act AuMUiciJuuit liill v,as. received from, tho Hou&c uud read a first time. HEAVY TRAFFIC. In moviiig the nucitg ci the Heavy Traffic Biii tfa« AlTtfil.SJii'-Gi.S.fc.nAii s-iid i<K-al authorltita lramtd uy-ja-..ts i'iom timo to timo to jirotvet their roads, but thwx; had been ultra vires end had boanfrtqiiLndy ui,tiet by L.he Supreme Co.irt. iAjcal bottles aad ai>I>fu]ed to the Government to protect them in tiiis respect, and ior this 3K:ason the present liiil had been" drallrt<l. Anotiujr r«ii»n for tho Bill was that drivvrs of vehicles throughout tho Dominion had petitioned the Government to give them relief in regard to license fc-ce. It was tho practice for each local body to claim ie-es for woggouft and other vehicles passiiig tiieir districts, and in some cast's £3 per vehicle had boon charged by the local authority through whose boundaries tho vehicle passed. The result was ■tiiat many men were being driven out ct tho carrying bueiiK«3. - Provisiou Y.ns made in this Bill whereby a Magistrate sluill apportion among the various local authorities coiKerned tin? amount of license fee for vehicles in Biich proportion as ho thinks just, ami hie decision oLall bo final and conclusive. Mr JEXKINSON expressed surprise at the introduction of 6u:.-!i a lengthy Eifosuro so late in tho session. Mr ANSTEY thought the regulations under the Bill, though permissive, might be ?nad© very harsh mdwd. He Euycjestcd that tho Aitorney-Gcn'cral should not proceed with the Bill at this stage if tho session. After further discussion tho second reading of the Bill was agreed to and it was referred to the Agricultural, Pastoral and Stock Committee. HARBOURS BILL. Tho Harbours Act Amer,dnient Bill wes read a second timo. At 5 p.m. the Council adjourned until 8 p.m.