HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Thames Star, Volume XXX, Issue 9110, 2 July 1898, Page 3

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

la the House the Premier laid the annual balance-sheet of th« Assets Bealisation Board on the table. Mr Millar resumed the debate on Captain Russell's amendment, whioh he said had been moved solely to enable the Opposition orators to repeat in Parliament their platform speeches made during the recesß. Mr Moore quoted from last year s Financial Statement to show that the Government itself had originally coo* templated only a library to be com pleted prior to the present session, and no other proposal had ever been before the House, consequently the action of the Government was clearly inconsistent. . - Mr Sligo also spoke m support of the amendment. The House rose at 5.15 p.m.

Evening Sitting,

HO-CONFIDENCS MOTION DEFEATED.

When the House resumed at 7.30, Mr Buchanan had the right to go on with the debate on Captain Russell a amendment, bat did noc exercwe the right. , , No one else rose to speak, and the amendment was put and a division was called for, when 24 voted for and 30 against the amendment. The following is the division list. :— Ayes—Bollard, Brown, Buchanan, Carson, Crowther, Fraser, Hernes Hunter ',G.;, Hutchison, Kelly. Laing Lethbridge, Lewis, McGune, M. J. S. Mackenzie, Mas&ey, Monk, Moore, Russell, Sligo, Taylor, J, W. Thomson, Wnon, and Wrght. \ Noes.—Cadman, Carncross, fisher, Carroll, Duncan, Flatman, Gilfedder, , Graham, Hall-Jones, Hogg, Holland, Houston, J. Hutcheson, Joyce, Mills, Larnach, Lawry, McGowan. Miller, J. McKenzie, Meredith, Morrison, Parata, O'Muan, Seddon, Steward, Tanner, X, Thompson, Wood, and Wilson. Pairs—For: McLean, Rolleston, Pirani, Smith, J Allan, Duthie, Heke. Against: Montgomery, T, Ihompson, McNab, Field, Guinness, E. G. Allen, A. McKenzie. . The motion for the Address-m-Reply was then put and carried. t The second reading of the Wages Protection Bill was moved by the Premier, who explained the object of the Bill as being to put a stop to practise of employers deducting money trom wages ol employee* for accident insurance policies. Money bo deduoted should be recoverable at law, and the consent of the worker would be no defence. The co-operative workers on Government works were nxempted from the operation onthe Bill. After a discussion the second reading was agreed to. I'he Produotion ol Sugar from Beet Boot Bill, the Government Fire ln« surance Bill, the Government Ad▼auces to Settlers Act Amendment Bill, and the Payment of Jurors Bill, were introduced by message from the Governor, and read a tint time. |July 2.

oobonbb's bill.

After thti Telegraph Office closed the Coroner's Bill was read a second time.

EDUCATION BOABD,

The debate on the morion for the aeooud reading of the Election of Education Boards Bill lasted till midnight, when the motion was agreed to and the House rose.