ADDRESS-IN-REPLY.

Evening Star, Issue 14637, 5 August 1911, Page 8

ADDRESS-IN-REPLY.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. The. debate- in the Council promise to extend tlvrougl-out the whole of next w<vk, two speeches being the daily faro. Tho liifci contributor yesterday was the Hon. J. Barr. who refeired to the necessity of odu«i'iiicr our girls in tho mattpr of domontic duties, oik] complained that of the girls assisted, io come to the Dominion tun ay tvoro. not qualified for the work ar.d srme were undesirable. A-s a prominent Labor man ho defended Judge Sim from ( tho wholesale- criticism to which he had been subjected, and said Ihnt tho action of hw critics was not in tho best interests of lahor. Tho Hon J. E. Jenkineon \va.\ twice, called to order in the course, of his remarks for reflection on brother Councillors. Referring to the resignation of Mr Kennedy M.acdo:iald, he expressed rvcrrpt that, his example hud not been fo'Wed by another nuvmber (alluding ta the Hon. G I J. Smith and the Bowron BrfK.' income case), and he took exception to the title recently conferred on" x,ho AttonicyGeneral. When brought to book by the Act Speaker in respect to this matter, Mr Jenkinsou said he would .state lus disapproval when Sir J. G. Findlay jet rued to th» Dominion. As for the Imperial Conference, the speaker claimed (hat the only tangible result wag tho salting tip of a commission U> inquire into tho mmmcrcial relations between the- Overset Dominions and the Motherland. 1 DEBATE CLOSES IN THE HOUSE. j Resuming the debate. Mr Hogg i-aid he preferred to reserve judgment on ihu acceptance of a baronetcy by .Sir J. (1. Ward, feeling sure that the people, would \ tmiuirtakah'.y at the polls exp»-e*s iheir ! opinion in respect thereto. He pleaded on j behalf of the eel tiers of the I'ahiahia ;..nd ! MastP.rUm districts f<)T consideration of a deviation of the Rimuiaka lino. Mr Scddon spoke in regard to tho Vest CoiiiK'i. grievances. This concluded the debate, which unexpectedly collapsed before the c inner adjournment.