GAMING AND LOTTERIES BILL PASSED.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 51, 23 November 1907, Page 7

GAMING AND LOTTERIES BILL PASSED.

'NUMBER OF RACE MEETINGS NOT TO . REDUCED. NEW CLASSIFICATION FOR RAILWAY .' 'SERVANTS. lq completing the passage of the Public Service Superannuation Bill through corn's mittee'; yesterday morning, the Legislative '" f/ounoil,' at...the of the Attorney:struck out' the clauso providing for' amalgamation of tho Teachers' Supcr'.tibn Fund' with the Public Service \muation The Hon. Dr. Findlained that there .were several techacuities in tho ■ proposal, , but the t hoped to.bring it in again next i more workable form: Tho Bill rough its final stages, and the were subsequently- agreed .to by : The/ Gaming and Lotteries Bill ed its eventful'-, passage through . -The Legislative Council, with reventing evasion,, amended tho h prohibits the • publication of ;hd , starting prices. The new fling .tho. number of racing days 'nion was struck out. by theGoune Houso acquiesced in both the '&i- : ''.; : : In y. , >use an hour.or so of the earlier ' portion;of the afternoon was taken up with a discussion ,on Legislative Council amendments; to Bills, and the receiving of, petitions and papers, a considerable number of which'-were laid on the table. The first order, of tho day was the consideration of , lhe ;i Railway, Classification Bill in committee.' The,;.vital, portion of tho measure was the classification' schedule, a new one, having been substituted by Governor's message for the,' one originally introduced. Messrs. Eogan, |Boss arid Poland showed ■ a disposition the proposals : fully explained, and evinced, decided, dissatisfaction,' and the debate/..was somewhat protracted, but, shortly'after resuming in the evening, the Bill,?was reported., The: third reading debate,"occupied until 9.15 p.m. The •Legislative rCouncil:,amendments' to tho-Gaming and .-Lotteries Billy wore then taken, and after-.half an hour's discussion were-agreed to. bills were next dealt with, but' meiabers "showed' a' disposition to, withstand wy,undue last-night haste.