LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. WELLINGTON.
Tuesday, 7.30 p.m. The Napier Swamp Nuisance . Bill passed the third reading, and the Aucli^ land Improvement Bill the second reading
Mr Bonar moved: " That in the opinion of this Council it is desirable that the law relating to the conduct of. art unions, lotteries, and similar undertakings throughout the colony bej taken into consideration by the Government with a view to the preparation, on as early a day as possible, of a bill regulating the same. Mr Waterhouse .seconded the motion, remarking that the mania, for gambling had reached religious people. * ; - Dr Pollen said the Government concurred in the necessity for giving the matter consideration, but could not deal with it this session, owing to the unusual pressure of business. The Auckland Institute Bill passed its third reading. The Napier Council Empowering and. Watefworks Loan Bill and Campbelltown Athenaeum Bill were read a second time, and passed through Committee with amendments.
The Council adjourned at 425 p.m.
(FEO3I OUR SPECIAL COBEESPONDENT.)
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2078, 1 September 1875, Page 2
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