Parliamentary Notes.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 233, 4 September 1883, Page 2

Parliamentary Notes.

I Land Transfer Amendment* -7-. The '.second reading of the 1 tiand' Transfer Act: 1870 Amendment Bill waa agreed to, the object ubeino* to remove the dif- ' ficultius m. cases of deeds being lost. The; Bil l; wanb through. Committee and was 'finally passedi • ■ •- Bankruptcy Amendments.—Respecting amendments made m the Bankruptcy JBiU by the*Xegislativei Conicil, tbe House agreed, on the motion of; the Minister ot Justice, to assent to clause 231 as amended, but "disagreed to the stiikiDpf, out .of clause 232. Three managers were appointed to" conduct &

qmmefcp with repres ntatives of the other ¥ Rou3e. Sunday ttlornin?.— The House cat lnCb'tmnday miming, there being a wrangling debate on the Otago Harbor Bojari Bill, which finally passed. ' ___.. ;.4 "New Licensing Act.— The Licensing Act Amendment BUI introduced bj the Hon. Mr Reynolds this session will, if earned, be a thorn m the publicans' side. It consists of two clauses only, the first the short title, and the other providing for the suspension of a publican s license for. ,§£Lmo S Jthß,<UUhe first, ! and a forfeiture of his license on a second ; offence^ />£sup.plyi ng intoxicating liquor fc P an 7. Berson ag parently pa j ?r of 16 years, of either sex, '*""- S * l ™ t "**»»«ds«f Dunedin Gaol had been dismissed without cause a f(sr 22 / years'nfaithful service;. i. ? *-\ f*7 Mr Postlethwaite to ask that £100 be put on the Estimates and cheese at various annuarexbibitions or local prodtjpjß.^ Local Gorernment Motion,— Mr V. next sitting day, "'ThaTpfovSi-oa shoo Id be made for one or mgre local gover nmeata m each island, with n ower to-.legislate fpr sn| contr^the mi^emen> of local *w* :*J^irffie»-<wcpenditnre J '-of' -local revenue." f^-o^