THE ANTI-GAMBLING BILL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 50, 22 November 1907, Page 9

THE ANTI-GAMBLING BILL.

TEPItiUS; PASSAGE TBRODGD COMMITTEE. ?•£?■■•■' " : '~ — : —♦——', ' ■' native land bill passed by the ; . ;• council. The Legislative Council spent yesterday afternoon and evening in putting the Native LaiidJ Settlement Bill through all its stages. The';-most, notable l features of the second reading debato wero' Mr. Ormond's hostilo crjticism of the Bill, Mr. Wi. Pore's hearty praise of it, and tho Attorney-General's reply to. 'Mr. Ormond. In committee the provisions of th'o Land Laws Amendment Bill in regard■; to. limitation of area were made to apply):" toj Maori Lands alienated under this Bill'in the same manner as the Crown lands alienated under the former measure. Tho Hon. Mr.'Mahuta unsuccessfully championed the'movement for,tho postponement of the Bill-- ■-% '■.."■.' In the . House of representatives tho wholo of; ;the fitting from 11 a.m. was occupied Kith'; the Gaming and Lotteries Act Amendment;'. Bill. It was late in ■ the afternoon when.'tho committee ' stages wero reached, andji.progress continued very slow during tho, -evening, determined opposition being shojvn.by a section of tho House to certain clauses,- notably those that disallow a trial by.-':i ur y;.to persons convicted under that porithe Bill relating to gaming houses. Subsequent clauses mot -with tho same persistent opposition, the Bill practically being, fought section by section..