THE GAMING BILL

Grey River Argus, 24 November 1910, Page 3

THE GAMING BILL

COUNCIL'S AMENDMENTS

DISAGREED WITH,

The Premier moved that -the whole of the amendments of the Legislative Council in the Gamine' Amendment Bill be disagreed with. This was the most expeditious, method of .meeting: the difficult es thafi had arisen. - He moved- thait , Messrs Herries, Laurenson and .himself be appointed a conference to draw up reasons for disagreeing with the amendments. . The -motion- wa 5 'agreed to. , , NATIVE RESERVES BILL, The Westland.a : nd Nelson NatVe Reserves Amendment Bill was read a second Aime pro forma. ; ■, : .'• The House rose at 5.30. EVENING SITTING.,The House resumed <this evening:. " The Legislative Amendment Bill was taken tm Committee. . Mr Fisher moved an amendiueni: to [ clause .2, wb ; 'ch makes: consequental ameridmem^s in the principal Aotj by. providing- for 'the 'repeal of the Second . Baillot/Aot. . ■. ;•■',■•...■ . On division the amendment .a\.is lost by 38 votes to 27. . "' : ' ' Mr Malcolmh objected to - ; clause 5 providing:, that, an electoral census may be taken of persons qualnfied to be enrolled, who are not on rthe roll.

He moved that the clause be struck

Sir Joseph Ward said that the system proposed in the clause had resulted in larger polls, as shown by the heavy poll in 1905, when 83.25 per cem of electors recorded their vote.

Inf 1908 when the census - wa s not taken the per centage fell to 79 per cent. ' •