LegisLative COuncil.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 3, 28 September 1907, Page 8

LegisLative COuncil.

NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST - ; -V'A. /,;.■■: /;' coVERMori. / -;// ;/ : ;-V / .A; STATUE "WANTED.';/ ■' / ; '•■';.''Oi'-'.tijb'.liegislatiyo-.Council ass'emb-.y-./lih'g'yesterday a'fterribpn,-tho'Hon'.''W. • /Beebari asked whether tho '-Governf ' : /merit -would .take into consideration ,: : -the 'desirability, of, erecting a....statue ~ill'Aucldaiid of:Cap'tain,William Hob-' '.'/ son, first' Governor -of/ New ; Zealand. ■' •':'. -.-■Tho': Attorney-General ; (Hon.-. Dr. -.;. Firidlay) said' this matter, was .brought '■.'. •■ before 'the 'late Mr." Seddon', : who said : -that if tho. people of Auckland ■ lri■'augurated ;a. movement, to placo'-, a ■ ' statue of" Captain! Hobson in Albert ';"' Park,' the \ Government,would be ;pre- '? .Spared.'.to; ; cbiisider ; the' questiori-of / : , grantirig-'a subsidy... This was r also\the /'-.answer of'tlib: Government: to the-pre-•/,-■;sent" question;;;:.,. -.- - ;;, ; > ;,','-,;: ? ' : //':;v:Z^URE':.F^^ '.' The.Pure Food Bill,was further:con- 1 ; : .' Bidered in Committee.',. "•'. On ,tho motion;ooff f the Hon. Dr. / ' Findlay,..the.following now sub-clause / was added'tb'scctiori;26a :-'•'.' r ' - persbri cbmniits!'■': ari .'offence, arid is ■) liable to-a - line 'riot; exceeding five ' ;.:• pburids'/'.who; vafter -.hayingi delivered.' . -. any. bread, to a retail purchaser,; and :'{"after''the,same-has'.been in the'.p.psses- ",'/.■ sibn •of (the/purchaser ;for more; than ■':■■ brio..hour; ;(a');takes back,;such-.,bread >.-■' fromV the 'purchaser, unless, the pur- . : chaser has. a right to reject, ; the same, 1 . as not/being\in-conformity/with -r . contract,of sale;/0.-; (b) Vtakes ■ back such bread frohv the purchaser and '■' .sells it to .any; other'.person." : , r ." Clauso 25a was also arriended"at tho / ' instan'co of the Hon.' Dr. Eindlay, so '.as to make-it .deaf that' the Bill ap* ■■- alipd to.tobacco,'. cigars, and r cigarettes -~»; in the same way as'.to'drugs..': :'/;•-/.- :• '•' ',:.-;■, The.BillLw'as then'reported-';;.;; .:; ,;:'-:;THIRp;:READINC/;;/-:;;/'--;; ,V,Tho'lndictabio.'.bffen'ces : Summary .. Jurisdiction Amendment. Bill (Hon.* Dr. Findlay).was committed, slightly ; amended, and read a third timb;■'>;-. x ; : ANiMALS,CPROT.ECflON BILLi•■-■■; ■•' -The Attornoy-Gcricral .'■ moved.', the : Bccond reading of the- Animals; Pro--,V. .Section Bill. Hc( : asked the Council ' ■-, ib assist ,to- ; placo:.it r on tho Statutes Book": as soon' as .possible,,-, it being '■■"'/desirablo as a console dtirig .'.mea-: : sure.-; '-.■"'''. '■/ ; : ''■': '.■''-:-.,■ .The Hon. S. T. George said that ■'■' tho-introduction and protection' of '.': 'the/ferret,/ stoat '.and weasel /had './■-,'greatly;reduced th'e"fabbit;pest,;:,but '.':,.'.■ thero -was. now a danger of all ground; '.game being exterminated„:. by .these, rapidly-iricreasirig ■ vermin. He'..', ad-, vocated that the protection of ferrets,' ■- 1 ' weasels and ': stoats should bo ab- •■'■'■■■ olish'ed. Under the Bill it .would:be '■'. impossible for an individual to obtain - game: withoxit .shooting'. it, : ~and -an. •'" '. alteration' in the provisions relating to licenses to sell game was needed. Tho, use •of live / decoys should be definitely prohibited'in the Bill,' 1 on ao->. , 'count of : tho cruelty of. such 'practises. Coursing was. a. most cruel sport' arid "blight to bo put,d6wn,.and '-• 'the same was tfuo of live pigeon -shooting matches;. He also advo- .",. cated the of tho-protec-■tion accorded to .wallabies... :' r Tho Hori.J. Jenkiris'on.pbjectedxo ; section '3,' , .-sub-se'etion" 3, which' forbids tho taking and killing of game ue- •••" tweeri 7 p.m; arid 6 a.m. Itwasimpossiblo for fnany peoplo to go out shooting at. any other hours., . ■ •■"■'.' The Attorriey-Gerieral,-, m', 1 reply, .'"'/• said he would give consideration to the valuablo suggestions made:by,the. Hon. S. Thorno George. The pro- - ':' hibition, of killing game .between .'- seven in tho evening and six in.the ; . morning should- probably apply only .to'tub'first" two', or. three days'of-the ; season. ■■■'"■' The, Bill was read a second- time, / and referred to. the Joint Statutes - ' Revision. Committee. ■„ , _ ;,:,.',/ / ,-•-. SECOND-READINGS; : -/'-'■ On tho motion of tho Hon. Dr: : ' Findlay,-the Marine Insurance Bill (which is largely a codification -off common- law);- and tbo Methylated; Spirits Bill passed their second reading without debate. ■ Thb Council adjourned at 4.10 p.m.