PARLIAMENTARY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 5920, 8 October 1910, Page 4

PARLIAMENTARY.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, WELLINGTON, Oct. (i. : The Nelson City Drainage Bill was [jii( through its linal stages. The Tobacco Act Amendment Mill was read a second time, without discission. : 'the Attorney-General moved the second reading of the Stale Guaranteed Advances Bill passed biy the House I'lie motion was casried after -a brief doliate. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WELLINGTON, Oct. 5. ; REPLIES TO QUESTIONS, replying to questions Ministers staled, That it isi hoped to introduce a Libel Act Amendment Bill this session, but much depends on the pro-g-re.- ; of the public business. 'i hat reports had been recently received through, tlie High Commis.sior.or on various schemes of insurant 1 against unemployment instituted or proposed in different parts of Europe. This information is being gone intu with a view to steps being taken in I lie dominion as early as possible. T! it the Government has in hand niei ■uros which may result in an exit ii.-,on of trade with Canada. That provision is being made in the Education Act Amendment Bill now before the House for placing the finances of school committees on a more satisfactory footing, but it was not intended to make the provision retrospective. DESTITUTE PERSONS. The Destitute Persons Bill was road a second time pro forma. I GRIMES BILL. 1 The iroiii-c went into Committee on the, Crimes Amendment Bill. Several now machinery clauses were in-cited, and Uie Bill was reported, with amendments. INDECENT PUBLICATIONS. The Indecent Publications Bill was taken in committee and passed without amendment, and reported. i ANLU ALS PROTECTION. 1 The Animals Protection ' Amendment Bill was taken in committee. Some discussion centred round cylinder Jdioot, ing, which was prohibited under clause 2,"

Several members were against doing away with'cylinders for duck shooli'iy>' •Mr "Rhodes moved Hint nothing in clause 2 shall pr«;v«n-t the use of cylinders on Lake Kllesmerc. The amendment was rejected by 42 to 15. • On. the motion, of Mr Witty clause 4 was amended in (ho direction of allowing the Minister to grant permission to hold native game for a longer period than seven days for exhibition purposes only. I At the instance of Mr Itangihiroa the Minister moved to add a proviso to the clause exempting native game Called Haulum from the provisions of the Bill.

i On a div Hon the amendment was ; a(lirmed by 32 to 25. : Mr Witty moved to add a new clause allowing persons to kill stoats and weasels except where acclimiatisation'i districts claim protection for those animals. Mr Allen moved t~i strike out the words ''in any part of New Zealand" from the proposed now clause. Mr Witty agreed to this. On a division the clause as amended was passed by 27 to 21. On the motion of Mr Buddo it was decided to substitute an alternative clause, providing that the Minister for Agriculture may suspend the oper-

ation of the law protecting hares. A new clause, proposed by Mr Phillips, prohibiting the shooting of •wild animals or birds on Sunday was defeated on the voices, and the Bill was reported as amended. FACTORIES BILL. The Factories Amendment Bill was ■read a second lime pro for nn, and the House rose. Oct. G. The House met at 2.30 p.m. QUARRIES. The House went into committee on the Stone Quarries Bill. The House rose at 5.30 p.m. The House resumed at 7.30 p.mi. Consideration' of the Stone Quarrios Bill was resumed in committee.

A motion by Mr Pen roc to report progress at Clause 4 . raised some irrelevant discussion. Mr T. E. Taylor opposed the motion on account of the buffoonery indulged in by Mr Okey and Mr Hine. Mr Massey askod the chairman if MiTaylor was in order in using the word "buffoonery." The reply was in the allirmative. Mr Massey moved that progress should be reported in order that the Speaker's ruling on the point might be obtained. The motion was carried on tiro voides. On the Speaker resuming the chair, the chairman explained the position. Mr Massey said that Mr Colvin's explanation was fairly correct. What he desired the Speaker to rule upon was- | whether the expression "'buffoonery" .' applied by Mr Taylor to the conduct of Taranaki members was parliamentary. He held that the term was both unparliamentary and unbecoming. Mr Taylor said he had been listening for some time to some very poor humour and very unwholesome wit on the part of Taranaki members, to which he had applied the word "buffoonery.". He submitted that the term was applicable to the conduct of the members mentioned. The Hon-. It. McKenzie, said he could not imagine a better word to describe the attitude of the Taranaki members than "buffoonery," except, perhaps, "tomfoolery." He did not consider the word unparliamentary. Sir Joseph Ward agreed with Mr "Taylor. Had he (Sir Joseph) been speaking ho ni';ight have uaod a .stronger word. The term was used courteously. (Laughter). Mr Okey sard he considered his remarks on the Bill were unobjeetionnble. The Hon. J. A. Millar gave his version of the affair. The Speaker upheld the decision oi the chairman, on the ground that the chairman was best able to judge, whether the word was used in an offensive sense. If not so used, then it was not an unparliamentary expression. On going into committee again, Mr Taylor resumed his speech, and repealed the phrase objected to, namely, the "buffoonery oE Taranaki members." This brought Mr Dive to his feet. He asked the chairman if it was right for Mr Tavlor (o include, him in the phrase. The chairman said he w/ould abide by his former ruling, Mr Taylor went on to characterise the speeches of Taranaki members as verging on indecent, which lie objected to, seeing there were ladies in the Chamber. He would withdraw his remark nr far as Mr Dive was concerned. , The Taranaki members were uncouth in their metholn, which rc::em!bflod thuc-e. ]!

of tho stockyard. The Bill was nui drastic enough. Air Massey, in speaking to tho motion, referred to what had occursed I durintr the debate, and referred to Mr laylor's language as disgraceful. Mr Taylor raised a point of order. "Disgraceful" was distinctly unparliamentary. The Chairman concurred that the word was not in order. Mr Massey said ho withdrew the word with pleasure. After further discussion the motion to report progress was put and lost on a division by -15 to 19. Several amendments were carried, and the Bill was reported with amendments. JN'DEOENT PUBLICATION'S. The Indecent Publications Bill passed its linal stages. Tho House rose at 1.10 a.m.