LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
YESTERDAY'S SITTING.
(By Telegraph-Press Assn.-Copyright) WELLINGTON, Oct. 2. Ttte Legislative Council met at 2.30 p.m. The Hon. R. A. Loughnan moved that the Department of Industries and Commerce be instructed to make inquiries into the changes now toeing made in the United States Tariff and inform the public from time to time. The motion was agreed to. The Council went into Committee on the Christchurch Electric Supply Empowering Bill. An amendment moved by the Hon. J. E. Jenkinson compelling the City Council to take a poll on the question of raising £30,000 was lost by 21 to 2. • An amendment moved by the Hon. W. Earnshaw to prevent the City Council from entering into the business of light installations was also lost, arid the Bill was reported with immaterial amendments, read a third time and passed. The New Zealand Institute of Architects Bill and Local Elections and Polls Bill were read a second time. The Council rose till Wednesday.
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Northern Advocate, 3 October 1913, Page 3
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