HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Southland Times, Issue 13479, 12 June 1896, Page 3

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

The House met at 2.30 p.m. On the motion of the Premier it was decided that the House at its" rising should adjourn till 2.30 p.m on Tuesday as a mark of respect to the memory of the late Sir P. Buckley and Dr Pollen. Introduction of the following bills was given notice of : — Elective Executive (Steward), Payment of Juries (Collins), Abolition of Tofcaliaafcor (Carnell), Domestic Servants' Half -Holiday (J. W. Kelly), Criminal Code Act Amendment (Mills), Defamation (J. Si Smith), Slander of Women (Newman), Referendum (O'Regan), Bible in Schools (W. Hutchison), Inebriates' Home (Joyce), Divorce Act Amendment iCtolUns), Juries Act Amendment (T. Thompson), Secondhand Dealers' Licensing (Thompson), Alcoholic Liquors Sale Control Acfc Amendment (Seddon), Public Tenders and Contracts (Hall-Jones), Truck Act Amendment (Pirani), Referendum (HallJones). Mr Hall -Jones gave notice to move to set up a select committee to consider the question of old age pension* . Leave of absence until the 2lst inst. was granted to Messrs George Hutchison and Bell and for one month to Mr E. M. Smith. Charles Lewis, the recently elected member for Christchurch City took the oath and bi> seat. The Speaker announced tbat the Customs pqtitf ftociprocity BUI, which h»d beta

passed last session but reserved for the f Royal Assent had been assented to by the Queen. A letter was read from Sir George Grey, acknowledging the resolution passed by the House on the occasion of his resignation t last year, and expressing pain and regret : that old age and infirmity rendered necesI sary his severance from the colony and its people. , In reply to Mr Guinness Mr Cad man said j he expected to receive the reporb of the Brunner Commission at the end of the week. Mr Seddon moved a resolution expressing on behalf of the House their high sense of ■ the faithful and distinguished services ren- ; dered to the colony by Sir P. Buckley and ' the serious loss the colony had sustained by his death, and tendering to Lady Buckley an assurance of the sincere sympathy of the House in her sad affliction. Mr Seddon spoke feelingly of the good qualities of his late colleague and expressed regret that time had not permitted him to prove his fitness for the seat on whe Supreme CourtJ Bench to which he was appointed shortly before his death. — Captain Russell, in seconding the motion, spoke of Sir P. Buckley's unvarying kindness, courtesy, and pleasantness of manner, and said he believed political animosity had very little weight with him.— Motion agreed to on the voices. — A similar resolution was carried in regard to the death of the Hon. Dr Pollen, short eulogistic speeches being made by the Premier and the leader of th* Opposition. At 4.10 p.m. the House adjourned till Tuesday.