JOTTINGS.
Mr Bollard wants the Government to give effect to the recommendations of the Petitions Committee regarding the petition of Colonel Goring. Mr Crowther wants the system of delayed telegrams reintroduced. # Mr Smith is to ask the Minister for Railways whether he intends making any reduction in the goods and passenger rates between Lyttelton and Christchurch.
In the Legislative Council on Thursday the In the Legislative Council yesterday the Banking Bill was reconsidered in Committee, and some alterations made, a limited power of veto being given to the auditor. The Juries Act Amendment Bill was also altered in Committee. The jurisdiction of justices of the peace to sit and hear indictable offences was abolished, and it was provided that m every case of committal for trial the indictment shall go direct to the higher court without the intervention of the Crown solicitor or any other person.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2325, 22 September 1898, Page 26
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146JOTTINGS. Otago Witness, Issue 2325, 22 September 1898, Page 26
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