REVISION OF MEASURES

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19584, 16 March 1938, Page 16

REVISION OF MEASURES

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TRIBUTES TO SPEAKER (IVr Proas Association.) WELLINGTON, last night. When the Legislative Council met yesterday the Sharemilkers Agreements Bill was read a first time. The Statutes Amendment Bill was referred to the Statutes Revision Committee. The Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Bill was referred to the Lands Committee. The Statutes Revision Committee reported the Statutes Amendment Bill with an amendment; the Lands Committee reported the bill without amendment, and the Statutes Amendment Bill was committed. ' The Council adjourned at 1 p.m. When the Council resumed at 2 * p.m., the Statutes Revision Committee proposed to amend sub-clause 2 of clause 17 of the Statutes Amendment Bill as follows: —The clause originally provided that the limitation of damages recoverable for the benefit of the estate of a deceased person should apply whether the cause of action arose before or after the date of the passing of the Act, but should not affect the rights of any person under any final judgment given before tljat date, and the amendment added: “Or affect the rights of any person under any proceedings that before that date have been set down for trial in the Supreme Court, whether or not a trial has been held.” The Council adopted the amendment and passed the bill. The Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Bill and the Sharemilking Agreements Bill were also passed. The amendment made by the Council was later adopted by the House. The Council adjourned for some time, and upon, resumption at 4 p.m. the Hon. M. Fagan moved the adjournment until • March 25. He paid a tribute to the way Sir Walter Carncross had presided over the Council and referred to the fact that Sir Walter Carncross had been in Parliament since 1890—twelve years in the House and 35 in the Council. Other members of the Council paid tributes to Sir William Carncross. Mr. Fagan, and the staff of the Council, and the Council adjourned at 4.30 p.m.