THE MEIKLE CASE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 24, 23 October 1907, Page 8

THE MEIKLE CASE.

. -. - (■■ ' ■ ■■■- ■•'■■ ■ ■ .Y- ■ ■ ' ■'"' ■■' . * . ■ '■■ '"',.'''"■ ' '"•'• ,-■'■''■,. =-.- : ■'..■;, !,.'' ■-.. • ... ■ : ;;■:{ JflE ; ■ , SECOND READING DEBATE. ; i'- .Owing to a wedding l in "tho family pi-one •tof. its members, , tho Council did not assemble .until four o'clock yesterday afternoon. - The abbreviated sitting was, : spent in..further 'nonsidering tho-Animals, Protection Bilh in Committee; Proceedings began and ended at Clause 3, which was not adopted when; the Council rose. Shooting at night- was the subject of discussion, but there was a digression in tho form .of an attack on tho ■ '•'Acclimatisa.tion Socioties by tho Hon. J. . [iiAnstey.'.. TheV Land .Bill,: fresh ,from the i House, w-as reaa a first timoj 'and the second ! reading was set down for Tuesday next. ■ \ The.Meiklo Acquittal Bill; which had been (second on tho Order Paper of the House of [ for weeks, came to the top • i yesterday with the, completion of tho Com[jnitteo stages.of the Land BilL Sir Joseph jtWardjiin moving its second reading, briefly ■' i stated ■ that, the ' -'reporj .'.of 'the, .Royal Com-■ ! J mission i contained: a' recommendation that -j Ueikle's" name* should bo expunged irom ; the. Records,, apd this the Bill proposed.to do. Tho-matter , of, compensation, said the Premier,- would-be left to a Committee of the House, .which he. nominated.' : Ono or two Speakers;followed, and then Mr; Fisher.rose ■ to say. that, as somo members of the House l'eld ; strong views regarding Meiklc, he did not think it wise to fixing of compensation to a Committee drawn therefrom. I It would be impossible to-obtain an unprc- '. judieejl Committee,in the House. These and j further remarks,'; by Mr; Fisher ! resented by some members, and tho subse- ' quent debate .largely partook of speeches '•based thereon. Mr! Hogg:and Mr. Hornsby, ■in. levelling, their... laiices \ at- Mr/ Fisher,': be- ' came targets,for.criticism themselves. . Mr.- : -IA-.'lii D.'Fraser and Mr.'Remington spoko' j against;, .the Bill, and. the latter moved an' ; eenendiDciit to "sis.months." ■ This,1 however,; was lost, and at .5.30 p.m. .the.Bill rj-,passed its-second reading by 42 to 12 votes. \j&si. Meildo'was.among itho spectators in the jiVisitoTS , .Gallery;during.the' procoedi7igs.., ..;, The. evening was devoted, to the Rational • ; Endowment' Bill. The second reading was ! moved'by Sir Joseph Ward; ,who, as .Colonial jfTreasurer, has ;charge of the,measure,, al-. j.thoughl.it forms part of: flie , .Government's j land policy. The Premier began by annouhc- ; ing the..Government's reply.te the action .of jth'o Lands'..Committee-in;,,Btrikiiig out-the, '.Bchedulo of the-Bill.- i The schedule was, a ehort table, 1 showing the total "areas of land ! proposed to bo set aside as ' i the several land districts. ~'The Government J .will not try tq restore tho'schedule, .but! they ./■nill .substitute for it a parifamentary paper, /: .which comprises all that was rejected "schedule, and much besides. It gives a de- , tailed list of the •actual'.parcels'.of. land to .bo aUocdiftd Jorr.endcwmentiipuir.poses. , ;.Tliisiiwas. ■.tW.^fcdWiel«o.t%.epeecb.;i; : | *S was a'plea^f :aitd c!*ih)hopis6-:tho. ■ :.' i tKnfr'faiva&sk efeiy aiDsilosiaiffiiliSri; by.■'. ;-sp'e)ikersfo'n3t;heSil^steiu!it>sWo/'V'' ; ';,:';,' ■■' ' '* '^'Irs^assey^lldw'ed#itk!isJ^i%s«sn«ec r :. 33MrStinsnr«- • i ' k quoted' Ej^Cßtestati3tres--t^she ,^thei snns"as- : :'factory-ilßtOre»of.ruraMntidiMis a«ronrc6f. . !.• ,': revenue, s andrfpthewsp?i(ri!ers*kiSpt'fcheHlolJ»t /Xcttaftitil aSfew min>Ttes*Af»cMTrttdiußht7iiwitc " •'it'was a'a«Houniß*i^t!feHi^^e^'*^gsfe!4' ..; rose,;- ' '■:;.■ ,':•'■ '■-.•■' .-" : .' ■•-. :. : - \'.:u ;.',:■ , ■