PARLIAMENTARY GOSSIP,
(By Temghaph.—Special CbfcßfespoNßßNt)
'■Wellington, Tiis day. ' 4: Eeplyiog to Mr J. W. Kelly last evening Mr Seddon said that if Sir E. Stout submitted in writing the charges he had recently made against the Railway Union in Christchurch he would lay the matter before the Cabinet and take its decision as to whether or not a Committee of Enquiry should be get up. Sir E. Stout said the charges he made would be found in his speech in Hansard. He should prefer a Committee of Enquiry into the whole matter, as he would like to examine some persons whose names he had not mentioned.
The New Zealand Companies Land Claimants Act, 1892, Amendment Bill,, and the Westland and Nelson Coal .Fields Administration Act Amendment Bill were read a second time.
Mr Seddon moved the second reading of the Criminal Code Act Amendment Bill, to raise the age of consent to^ 16 years, which was agreed to without debate.
i Mr Seddon also moved the second reading of the School Attendance Bill, making more stringent provisions for the compulsory attendance of children at school, and it was agreed to.
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Thames Star, Volume XXV, Issue 4841, 13 September 1894, Page 4
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