LAST NIGHT'S SITTING.
SIH GEORGE GREY'S ELECTION. The House resumed at 7.30. The report of the Committee of Inquiry into Sir George Grey's election for the Thames was read, and it held that Grey's election for- the- Thames was quite in accordance with.the law in the Colony and at Home, and .that he was eligible to sit for that district. Mr. STOUT immediately gave notice that on Tuesday next Sir George Grey would declare 'for which constituency he would sit. THE MUNICIPAL [CORPORATIONS ACT". The PREMIER moved the second reading of the Municipal Corporations Act, explaining its provisions! There was a general concurrence in the principles of the Aetf; but there was a strong desif'e expressed that 'the different constituencies of the Colony should be afforded an opportunity of • expressing an opinion on the Act, and of offering suggestions as to the amendments ; Avhile exception was taken to many of the details. The Government expressed its willingness to consider many of the objections raised, and in;the desirability of not hastening its passage through Committee ; but deprecated the apparent desire of many hon. members to postpone everything. As long as they had something to go on with they would, not hurry the Bill, but they wanted to get on with business.
The Bill was read a second time, on the the.understanding it would not be pressed on with undue haste. CORONER'S ACT AMENDMENT i BILL.
-The adjourned debate on the Goroner's Act* Amendment Bill -was resumed, and great exception was taken to this Bill by several hon. members on the ground that the change was unnecessary and unde- . sizable ; that it was superseding an old system allowed by centimes, and that it worked smoothly except in a few isolated instances. . Arguments were used on the "other hand tl§jrtpßEie" : Bill was a desirable change fr.om the system that ought to have been abolished long-ago. Public harm was predie'Ee*tl : "*on" ofie side, and public benefit anticipated, on the other. Strong ! objection was taken as to the inefficiency pf medical coroners inquiring into fires. Ultimately-the Bill was read a second time. on the voices, and the House adjourned at-midnight. 1
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 67, 8 July 1876, Page 2
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356LAST NIGHT'S SITTING. Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 67, 8 July 1876, Page 2
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