' WASHING-UP BILLS.'

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14439, 27 October 1917, Page 8

" WASHING-UP BILLS."

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! (Per Press i Association.) , .;.< .:■ WI&jLJtfG^N, last night. „ Whonj the Hoii^,refii^ned|to-i)ight, the Premieivfarjn.alty • mt»Tect $©, sepon,4 readi. ing o^vHthe |Wf?ery,es .^nd Vpther Lands Disposal <and > Public s Bodies' , -Ejmpowerr ing (Wa^ng-up) l$Hs v . r./.. ; , ;,;,,.' ..• Mr _Anid^^«il^o|^W r j>again4 th° manner m ,:w<hich !claus£si yrsßf) \ jivserted m this Bijl.; > Ait.soilts' of were. dealt wtt& cont^nui^/fvrihiiyi-jth^, jniefnber for tihe diatrict^."w:as neyeT, informed,.; iSTo clause sho«ldxbe;inc]^d©d un,til ,sbe raem-bers-for the dj^t'wt Vas ea^^mitJia/fc it Svfus;7iotf i 'caicvfeted VjC:'.. ,.; Miv Ell^ ,jCon^FatT^lated I .,the4 |*r|ja)i^r on his • interest, in^^TOtpAt&t <)£ <»cexus reserves, but said: t&gfea£. deal ei|ll mained to be< done ii^specjfic instances which he qiiftte^. 1 ;,,.. . ? lv - 1^ ": ' Mr Horn^by einteit^diliisr.etipiipba^c,protest against the, which "provi* sionis which ou§ht to- hay« occupied the serious attention i>£.«she JJouse m the form of. Local and Private Bills were be-' ing smuggled through m this B-ill. The Premier said ha was quite pre-: pared to da\>p the Bill df memberß did ; mot liko it. ■ _■ ' "■■ > ■ *:■■ ' : " in'i', . • . Mr Newman, (Obairman of the liands Committee) aaad the. committee had carefully -oonsidered 1 the clauses, 'and; he justified \several criticised; by^Mr>. !ffpf nsby. If. there was anything' 'iiriproper-iu' the Bill, the blame must rest with members who ; pressed" the Groveriuiient to include them. ■'■■' ->" : ;; ; ,.-.r ■•'„ „ Mr Witty objected' to, ! " Washing-up Bills," because ( tljimg^ r were? • rushed through ab the eriid of^itlie' seissloiii^that never would have beeiv pasafed had they been given the :; careful ' oohsi&'eration given to Locajl Balls. •■■■*. The. debate waft,,continu*ed on' Aiirious < clauses of the '^ili hy "Messrs Buddo, Poole, Glpver, Wriglitj and»pr. Thncker. Mr Massey, iji ( " reply, ' declared ( that tliere -was noililrig' "qiiestioTiaiJle iii* tho;

TiM ; m facf, like Cao.?ar'« wife, :il. was jiboyo suspicion, as was every other J ill be had the honor to introduce 1 .

Tho Uilil was read a second time <nt the A'oices and ordered to be commitied.

Tlie , Native Land An^ndnnent and Native Land Claims Adjustment Bill (Native "Washing-up" Bill} was, on the m'dtibh of ' HAi ; " Mi* Herri Cs, s ordered to be committed.