PARLIAMENT.

North Otago Times, 23 October 1905, Page 1

PARLIAMENT.

By Telegraph. Wellington, Oct. 20,. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. The C'tuncil met. at 11 a.m. Several local Hills pussod Iho second reading aiil committee stages. At noun, owing' to Iho dentil oi the Hon Mr Peacock Uio Council adjourned until 2.30. Tlio Council resumed at 7,' M, Tho Workers' Dwellings Hill was read a second tinid. HOUSE OF HEI'RESENTATJVKS, After the Telegraph Office closal tho Criminal Code Amendment Bill \vasfur< ther considered in couimlllee. 'J'ho discussion oa clause 2 drugged on for hours, tho principal speakers Ijerng Messrs Moss, Hat ding and Fisher, At 440 a.m. Mr Scddon said there was no intention whatever of adjouiiihigi. If two or three uiomhers Uioughl. they wero going to coevco the House 1 tney might as well postpone tho end of the session for a week. Ho offend, us a compromise, to amend the clause to nuke il provide, that defamatory lihel in spoken wonts shall not exist unless such words are sptkeu nt a.meeting at which persons aro Invited by letter, notice or advertisement, or in a pulilio road, street, Park, wharf, Hall or room, or within hearing o* r

given number of persons. Air Hot ries objected to this, on tlio ground thoit it <liil not protect Parliamentary cundidntcs in (or the coming campaign, who might iwlversely cr licisc (lie Government administration. Tow n rd3 7 a.m.. Messrs Taylor and Redford were principally responsible lor currying on the discussion, which is still proceeding at 8 n.m. In cnmmitteo at 10 a.m. Mr ITerries' amendment lo postpone the operation ol Ihe Rill m,s lost by 81 to 11, At 10.30 Mr Allen enteral, unci a discussion followed by Messrs Duthie, Hcrdmuii and Massey, nil on the motion to report progress. At 12.15 Mr M'Nnb relieved the chair. At one the chairman adjourned for lunch on the voices,The stonewall on Hie Criminal ('ode Amendment IJi.l proceeded throughout the, nlternoon without progress being mnde, The House resumed at 7.30, The stonewall tn tun Criminal Code Amendment, llil'l was continued throughout the evening, and at midnight there was m. sign of a compromise being arrived nl, At 12.45 1.11. the motion to leave the chair was lost by 22 to. 12 votes, At 1.25 tlio Premier brought down a compromise to strike out the second dense of the Hill and substitute words to Iho effect that persons spending words wilhonl juslilicfitinn Hint, nre lively In injure are guilty of criminal defamation provided Hint I hey nre spoken within the hearing of 20 people at a meeting to which the public are invited and proceedings are taken within a mo' lll ' . the Provision ol sections i, 5, 0, h of the Criminal Code shall apply to nU cases provided that under section ii the .Tuilgo ( r Magistrate making the order shall ho satisfied that there is reasonable ground for a prosecution. Mr Mnssey approved ol this thoroughly, and Mr Fisher and Mr Moss also accepted the Premier's proposal.The new clauses were read a second time and added to the Hill. The Hill was reported at 1.13. read a third time ami pnsscrt. At 1.50 certain Bills were read ffoul the Legislative Council and dealt with 1 . The House adjourned -till It a.m. oa Monday. ' 'IELEfiHAHSi AUCKLAND. October 20. ' Fine weather favors -the Trafalgar Day celebrations, The schools assembled in the morning, and the children saluludlho Hag, and snug patriotic, songs. This ! afternoon there will be on immense gathering on the Metropolitan ground, when Nelson's last signal will be hoisted jantl n salute will be lired. Subsequently the cliitUron will tie entertained at tlio 'Drill Hnll. This will lie followed by a veteran parade, ami in -the evening there will be a free entertainment in the M" Hull. AVOODVILLB. October 20. in a licensing case a man charged with heing on premises during prohibited hours .set up the defence that ho was in the sl-ables, which did not come umli-r the Act, being leased by a iperson not licensee 1 . The magistrate held that they were licensed premises, and fined tlio defendant lis and costs. Bhoumatism Can Bo Curod.-Do not suffer from rheumatism. One application of Chamberlain's Pain Halin gives relief and its continued use will bring about a permanent cure. For sale by nil chemists and storekeepers. Price, Is Gd and 39,