COUNCIL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXX, Issue 138, 12 June 1896, Page 4

COUNCIL.

" At the Legie'ative Council, the Speaker took the chair at 3-10 p.m (after the deiiveiy ot the Goternor'g sp?eoh).< Ho-.s. Arkwrigbt, Beeves, and loses, the new Councillors took the oath," *nd then their seats.- Iwa.ve of absence for the session was gianteS to. the Hon Oliver. The Council adjourned until Taeßday n?xt as a xnnk cf respao f , to the late fair Patrick Buokley and' Dc Pollen. - . The House met at 3 p.m. HOUSE. After the deliveiy'of the Governor's speech on the motion cf the Premier it «aa dtoided that the House, at rionp, Bhould adjourn til 2.30 p.m on Tuesday, us a msrk of reepict to th<> memory of tbe late Sir P Buokley aoo Dr Pollen. Theintrodaotion ot jibe fg)!owingJ3il's wut gWm notipe of :— Eleotive Exeoutive (M»jo: Btenard), 'Payment ol Jnries (Mr OuIHlb), Aboliioo 'of Xoialiaator (Hon C»rrol), Domsitio Servants' Ha f Holiday (Mr J W Kelly) Criminal Code Aot amendment (Mr MMs), Dtfamstion (Ut 3 S Smith), Slander of Women, (Pt Newman), Kefe/endnm (Mr O'Begsn), Bible in Sohoo 6 (Mr W Hutohibod), IntbtiuteßHom.B (Mr Joyce), bivoroe Aot Amendment (Mr Collins), Juries Amendment (Hod Thomson), Secondhand Dsalera Lioenßing (Mr Xhompßoc), Alooho.'ij Liquors bale Control Act Amendment (Hon beuuon), Pablio Tedders »nd Contracts (Hon HallJOD68 1 , Truck Aot Amendment (Mr Pirani), Referendum (Hon Hail-Jobee). Mr Hall-Jones gave notice to move to sot np a Seleot Committee to consider the question ot Old Age tensions, '" lieave of abaenos nn>il the. 2Ut itißt wa gianted to Messrs George Hutobiaon and Bell, and lor one month to Mr E M rmith., Mr Charles Lewis, recently elected a mem- " ber for Oiif ißtohuroh oitj took the oath and . bis Beat. . - The Speaker announced that, tbe Customb Duties ttusip'iboity Bill which had been passed last >eeßion, but reserved for royal asßent, bad been tssenied to by tbe Queen. Aletter..Haß read from Sir GiOige (ire; aokoowledgiog the re^oitttion passed by the Houte on the occasion of his losignation last year, anU espre.-eing pain and i egret tbat : old age and infirmity rendered necessary hit ' severance from the ColoDy and itß peopb. 1 In reply to Mr Guionetß, Mr O^dman said he expected to receive the report of theBrunner Commission at the end of the week. ;:.•-' ' Mr Beddon moved » resolution eif ies«iDg, on behalf of the Hooeb, tbe high sense of tbu. ■ faithful and dMitgaiebed service rendered to the Oolonv by B r P. Buckley, and the . serious locb the Colony had tustained by hideath aad tendering to Lady Buokley aa ftßßOranoe of the sinoere Bympatby of the Hoosein her sjd Bffliotion. Mr BedJoL . spoke feelingly of Ibe go.d qualities cf his late oolleague. and' expressed regret thai . .lime had not-permitted him to prova hie fit- .- neBB on ih*e Supreme Court benob, shortly .. btfore his deavb. .. • Captain Kußselliin seaohdtog tbe motion . spoke pi Sir P Baokleja uavaryiDg kindness, eqattesy, ini pleisahiness of manner anj - said he believed poliiioal auimoßity had very little weight with him; ' . The motion was agreed to en the voices, A similar resolution. was catried in regard . to the death of the Hon JDr Pollen, shor. enlogiitio ' speeohes being ' made by the ' Premier and the Leader of the Opposition. - A» 4 p.m the Honee adjourned till 2-30 p.m onTueßday.