PARLIAMENT OF NEW

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue XXXVI, 30 September 1902, Page 2

PARLIAMENT OF NEW

[UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

vSUMMAKY UF HUSINESS.

WELLINGTON, Yesterday. Jn the Legislative Council t -day iho following Bills pas.-cd tbeir final stagts :— [.(.'ci&lalive Council Act ment, West Coa t y ttlemgnt Reserves Auienloiont, a;d Accid-<nt lasurjn e Companies Tn the Lnwer rlouso The Acting-Pre-mier introduced fche Methodi?t Church of Australia an'j New Zealand Bill, giving statutory power to change the name of the "Wesleyan Church of New Zealand roriFeqnanl on its noion with the Wesleytm Methodist Church c-f Anstralatia. The bill was read a fiist time. The Assets Realisation Board Lauds Bill, Thn Military Pensions Act Amendment 13 ill, the Kailway Authorisation Bill, and the Poiscns hup rlation and Carria ;e Amendment Bill were read a firtt time. A new clause in the Mining Act Amendment Bill was -brought dourn :it provides tbat where a mine owner gets protection from being fally manned the men employed shall be wages men. The clause, Mr McGowan explained, docs not affect tuiues worked by tribute. The new clau-e was « greed to. It wa* decided (o concur with the resolution passed by the Legislative Council instructing the SulfcUor-General to cou-pio (undnr the Matutea Compilation Act, passed this Bess ion), the tduc^fcion Act, 1*77, Licei sing Act, IBbl, aad fche Municipal Corpoialions Acb 1900, with their respective amendments. The Poukawa N'ativn Keserve Bill was in Lroduc- d by Governor's message, and read a h'rbt time. This Day. Alter tbe Tilegraph Office closed, in the T.e illative Council the motion tor the committa 1 uf Mi- Kigg's Tied Houses Hill W 'S debated at some length, and eventually the m tk>n fur the adj .urnmen t of tho debute was carried oa the casting vote of the Speaker. Iu tbe H .use the Public Works Bill was road a second time after a lengthy debate. 'Another long debate ensued on tSe motion for the committal of the Workers' Compensation for Accidents Act Amendment Bill, and a protracted discussii n arose in Committee on the bill Eventually the first three clauses were passed unaltered, and progress was report.d. The House rose at 5, '23 a.m.