KEEPING OUT THE CHINESE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 43, 14 November 1907, Page 9

KEEPING OUT THE CHINESE.

• DIVORCE LAW AMENDMENT. PUBLIC HEALTH AND MILITARY I TRAINING. THE STATE AS OYSTER DEALER. Tho Legislative Council yesterday afternoon,, at the instance' of the Hon. Captain Baillie, resolved in favour of sanitary inspection of all schools, public and private, and medical inspection of tho scholars. The adjourned discussion on compulsory military training was then resumed, and tho Hon. Dr. Collins outlined an interesting scheme of, military drill, health inspection, and registration of physical development in schools, ■ coupled with encouragement of volunteoring. Finally, the Hon. R. A. Loughnan's motion, affirming tho necessity of the training of all adults in the use of arms, was carried. The ■ Hoii. J.M'Gowan's Coal Mines Act Amendment Bill and tho Sea Fisheries Bill reached their final stages without any important amendments being made. . The number of questions which Ministers wore called upon to answer in the House was greater than usual, but the debate upon the ■replies, thoughprotracted, elicited little of j'importance. The two most interesting subjects, both drawing further Ministerial BtatbmEntsj were tho cutting of the bush at Day's Baj/, and the selling of newspapers on tho AVellingtbii streets iby young girls. In . . the: evorilng members .got: .seriously to work on r the, second reading of a number of Bills. Some time'-;yas'spent, over the Chinese Immigrants Amendment "Bill, tho opportunity being .a handy one for eloquent outpourings on''that popular subject, the.desirability of a white New Zealand and the evils of Asiatic intermihglings. Tho Bill, proposes sevcro educational tests that will exclude all but learned Chinamen. The Bill was read a second time. ■ The Divorce and Matrimonial "■ Causes' Act Amendment Bill (a measure of . some importance, rendering it' more difficult than at-present to obtain a. divorce), the Co-operative Dairy Companies Bill, tho Beer Duty/Act; Amendment Bi]l, Post Offico Act Amendment Bill;the Statutes Repeal Bjll; arid the, -'Parliamentary and Executive Titles Bill,.were all discussed and read a second i time.i' The House then went into Committee on these, several Bills. ■■ Somodoiay took 'place v-over the Chinese Immigration Bill, end' the- Premier 'declared it was a hostile attempt on'the Bill that followed (tho Di- / vqree'Act' Amendment Bill)i and ho said thereind.then that he was determined that meisufe should go through.that night. . A few : minute's' after the Chinese Immigration; Bill passed its Committee stages.