PARLIAMENT

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LVII, 18 August 1910, Page 5

PARLIAMENT

tpUE!9B ASSOCIATION.! WELLINGTON, August 17. The Council met at 2.30 p.m. MOKAU CASE AGAIN. The Attorney-General made a specific denia^ of tlio imputations contained in a petition presented to the House by Joshua Jones, in relation to the Mokau estate, in which, amongst other things, the Attorney-General was stated to have acted- professionally for Lewis, the purchase from the mortgagor of Jones' Motet-tt 1 leases, and that he (Dr Findlas) had improperly influenced the SemovaL of a caveat lodged by Jones to s+of> the registration of a title to Lewis, INEBRIATES' HOMES. T-W adjourned debate on the second reading; of the Crimes Act Amendment Biff wa& resumed by Hon. J. Rigg, who disagreed- with the details of the Bill. Referring, to inebriates' homes, he took exception- to such institutions being in the hands of any sectarian body, lie though tfafe' Government should control the whole of the reformatory institutions, and' objected to the proposal that the reformatory method should come after the espfry of .sentence, as still retaining the element of revenge. The question of Vkd employment of pnson-oi'-fr was one winch worald- have ta be considered, for if prisoners were Brought into competition" with outswle firfW it might endanger tW successful carrying out of the Act. The Hon. Mr Sinclair supported the Ball- Speaking of the superiority of the 1 indeterminate sentence over the fixed' sentence, he said there shotrld be no question about the 1 wisdom of leaving in thY hands of the prisoner his own reformation! and release. He fielt confident tine application 1 of the Bill in proper cases would mean th» final release of a prisoner at an early period of an indeterminate sentence. The success of the measure would, depend' entirely upon; the manner in which it was administeraE. The debate was adjourned, and the Council rose: