LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

Marlborough Express, Volume XLI, Issue 227, 25 September 1907, Page 7

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

The Council met at *•»£»•„ A MISLEADING AOTEETISEThe Hon. Mr RIGG «M « £6 to Western Australia, £10 to JNew Zealand! Free land grants. Apply at once for applications, forms and full particulars to the nearest Cook s office Thos. Cook and Son Chief Office, }j Ludgate Circus, London, E The "ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the advertisement must have been inserted by private persons 3 the Government knew nothing about the matter. FIRE BRIGADES AMENDMENT BILL. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL gave notice to introduce the Fire Brigades Amendment Bill to-morrow. STATUTES REPEAL BILL. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the second reading of the Statutes Repeal Bill, to remove from the statutebook a number of enactments that from their nature would find no place in the consolidated statutes. ~_,_,. The Hon. WI PERE appealed to the Attorney-General not further to complicate the laws of the Colony, but so to arrange that those referring to particular matters should be kept togfThe Bill was read a second time, and referred to the Statutes Revision Committee.

POLICE OFFENCES BILL

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the second reading of the Police Offences Bill, No. 2, to protect business houses and traders from certain devices adopted by less scrupulous individuals, who set up in their shop windows that they supplied the Governor with food. The Bill also made it unlawful to use other people s names in connection with the naming of animals, objects, etc., or to send out bogus summonses or legal notices. The Bill was read a second time, and referred to the Statutes Revision CommittC6' PURE FOOD BILL. In the Pure Food Bill, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved a proviso' to the clause compelling breads to be the weight specified. The proviso left it to the Governor to regulate what bread should be exempt from the provisions. The clause was adopted. Progress was reported, and the „,Council rose at 5 p.m.