THE COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 911, 2 September 1910, Page 7

THE COUNCIL.

'■:■;. INDECENT PUBLICATIONS BILL..', v ';.--'•. W.Hjjai'' the /Legislative' Council met yes- ;..■ ■•terdaf; L theiStatutes' : Revisiori-Committee : . its report;on the Indecent 'P,ub- : f Uioations;Bill, and. recommended that the (Bill'-' be -allowed to ■ proceed.-.wrtb.::amend- ; ;.■ 'ments.v'The Committee stage of tho.Bill ■.' -. : was/set'down tor 'to-day. ;■'•.!■>•'. :.■ , : <•■:. ;RANGi;rAIKr'LAND i;The Rangitaiki h .tand Drainage Bill Vas ■■■, received;.from' the.-House of;Represeii.ta- ,; . tives, ; and was read' a &mt . : time.'; '.■;■■ -'.'•. ~-.'.. ■; :' ;: i' embanking: v.vV:^/.,' Leive was granted- to tho Committee, oil. .': iStateißauking.to hayaits evidence "priulr. ■ ; : - ■ed'from-time N to7time:,as ;' >y ; : \- 4' CRIMES. AMENttMENT'■ BILII-'' ; :.■ .'',• ■•..':■ /Speaking on. the -.third: readiug,;of the -; '■;. Crimes 'Biil, , '- - ' . . i-: .. ,■ ■■:- r -■ [ ,1.; EIGG ;(Wellington). ;con- ■ ' Afctoriiey-Geueral oil, harr i;"•;; . |ing.'got .the measure through the. ; Co.uncil. , r -■'■.' [The -'Act jwould/ hey was .sure, be. a nlonu- ■'•; '•'■;'• inehti-to'Dr.' Findlay'as a'politician and a, '~. |Btatesma"n.. -He ;irould.i:h'ay© liked toysee: ... ■ ■ ,a.. measure .more complete than: it■■_was,. ; ;but.'he"recognised.-that- expediency should. I :'■'■■, pot ':be-lost sight di.X He thought/the -Bill '. - should , :);apply .to' 1 those-prisoners: already

sentences. ,-iii -igaol. -. E6:.-:hoped ■ '.that -3 the-result would-be that, members. .'■■ 'of.TthV;pther.:-Hoiise .•'would'; see .their^w^y :''to,fabcept<the-Bill ia'the form :\rr which.it had>:passed the Council:-; (Hear; : : hear.) ■■ . .; The. Hon. .0." SAMUEL (Taranaki)-also. . congratulated the •' ■'A.ttorney-Generaio on. ,' ■'■ the, mefisure! : which .he cdnsidered ; . one "of, the .most ■importa,nt:ever:.pa£sed7by; the- :.: pjegislature -/of,-' New .Zealand.; ■ i'-He ■: hoped •.'■.-• thatV.tlie.'great, and .noble objects-of. the : Billv wouldrbecome lawVthis session-i'^ip- '.' plause.)>«7. :-.';'7 -v'7'7 i'.v? 7 '-.:■)'~ ! \: - "■•; {. ... • ■.The-tnird readins.,was'carried Vithout 7.. furtheVidebate.. •'■'.;'■■ ;7,:- : i7.., :-;;,•; :: k:+:,;,'^ ■;: -^ : ;;;i^I.K{SUPPIIYnN.;CIj)ES.^ 7:■ ' The' debate" .on'the Hoi; Dr.' Colii'ns'a motioa in .regai<l. .toiffiev'neoessitjrS.foi a . pureryimilk supply in'the chief cities.was continued'by., the 7;: ::7 7 ,; ,7'.;;,*- --7.7: ".\ Hon; : J.";a'7"PAUL i(Otago),. who "quoted ■ from';the7Wellingtoa;City. Council's-, Milk" "■'-'■ Supply.:; Bill,; which ..Bill,. he- . thought, .■■',.- couldlbe .taken .as a f ;full and" 'sufficient ■•'•-. answiy;; : t6'the' viow. that the,present-law.' 7 .wias(iimiile to7meet;the-'situa:i^n.V;H'e;Ti:as; . in-faypiir of (»rpbratique.'taking\pver ; tie' 7 inilki;snpply- of '.the <jitiesi'= .7Tliis; some 7; posttl) but it'.would 1 ' bverobnio ttie-'rnulti- .: plicity ;bf'milk ;carts,:.and''while.:giving. a. betto.. servico, \\oaUl also, ensure a, - purer ': ar.ticle:!beiag supplied; ~' : ■'.- ; 7 i ..'( the 'present • legislation' , was' sufficient if it 7 J ;yae:effioiently'carried: out; "After.irem'ark-' ling .onl-tho statement of the.mover.'.as to .-the condition of the greater.parf'pf the .; milk; supplied '.in..Wellington," Tie 'proceed-' 7 •■ edj to ideal -with , ' the of 'inspection/ ~ InVUs'iopihionVf the:-.inspection;,- should ■'<!ominenceratthe time the milk-was taken 7 from, the'cow" and traced down'to'the time : '" [itvreached the.consumer. -We would even ■■'. ; then ■ etill not have pure miU:, ■ because,•' in . '.his '■'. opinion,; the 'milk.' was. so-frequently; ; contaminated'. after it '.reached .the :con;;7eumer.'vSomething',more than legislation (was required,: and he thought it-;would be' -.'• ifoiind ia the. municipalisation of the milk 6upply.;-7i!rhi6: ..would ensure that. the •■■.■■ people, employed in 'handling.;tho inilk ■'~-■ 'wouldvbe , clean, , and would also,-.;'he h&- . lievedyresnlt. in the milk being sold in •bottles.j- The risk.of contamination would , be; Teduced in, this w,ay... "'The question rwps.ii most important one, ;and he thought: ~b epieciar committee' might 'have, been set 7 up td'discuss it and take: expert evidence. . ■ ...The:Hon. .W. C..F. ;CAI{NCI{Oi?S (Tara; '.". naki) remarked "on the improvem«if which : iiad.-'taken' place on many of.the dairy (farms,' which fact, he considered, was due ;to the" efforts of ..the Agricultural, DepaTt- : /inent.''-'''--"':-'''."-''-. ■ :: ''-'"--..,■■<. - : -;'.'.'.',■.; :: ■'■■'■ 7-:: ,: 7;At .'this stage the debate was , adjourned, , . ..on 'the motion' of: tlie.Attoriiey-Generai i and the Council rose at 4.30 p.m.; ■-.'