LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 17, Issue 17, 12 October 1894, Page 3

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Monday, October 8; The Hons. E. Oliver and G. McLean , made personal explanations concerning their votes on somo of the Government ■_, policy measures, protesting against insinuations mado by the Wellington press. It was decided to insist oa tho amendments in the Land for Settlements and * Consols Bills. The Foreign Insurance' Companies' D«posits Bill and Harbars Bill were reported from Committee. In the Advances to Settlers Bill the proviso for the issue of laud bonds was ■truck out. Tuesday, Octobbb 9. • The Foreign Insurance Companies' Deposit Bill was passed, and as the ' amendments made were subsequently agreed to by the otber Chamber the ; '" measure nbw only awaits the Governor's , assent. , , The JPahlic Works Bill passed the second .reading. '*"' A Cptfiideration of the Advances to ' ! Settlers Bill was then Resumed in Com*u mittee. The Council rejected, both . L6OQQ and L4OOO as tho limit, and L3OOO *"." was rioted by 18 to 14, and L2OOQ by ' 16 to l£, while LIOOO was carried on the ;/ Sir Patrick Buckley informed ' ' the House that the Colonial Treasurer might accept L3COO, but would not ' answer for any lower sum. One half was fixed as the value to which advances oould be made, and in the same clause, <m the motion of the Hon. Mr Oliver, it A wai agreed that advanoes should be con- ' fined tp agricultural land. A conference was Sgreed to on the Factories Bill. ' Wednesday, Octobbb 10. A-e The loports of the conference ou the • 'Shops and Shop Assistants Bill and Factories Bill were agreed to. ThePublio Works Bill passed through committee with unimportant amend- • tnents. •■ . The Government Advanoes to Settlers ' Bill was farther considered in Committee. A It was agreed by 18 to 10 that money > -should not be advanced on urban ' land, and by 15 to 14 that suburban land • tJhould also be excluded. These amendments confine the loan of money to rural - lands. The bill was then reported, but itiß'ta oe recommitted for the purpose df reconsidering the exclusion of sub- ;'•■ urban land.