EVENING SITTING.

Thames Star, Volume XXXX, Issue 10478, 23 November 1903, Page 4

EVENING SITTING.

A PECULIAR POSITION-.

■> MEMBERS WANTED TO SIT

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WELLINGTON, November 21. The House resumed at 7-30-The Public* Works Bill passed its final -stages-

The a<eport of the conference on the Juvenile Smoking S\ippression Bill was agreed! to-

Cionsid'eraible opposition was shown to tlhe Railways Authorisation Bill and tihe Native Lamd Rating Bill, and Progress was reported! on them.

The Maori* Land Laws Bill passed tihte final stages. •

S Ail 11.20 the House entered upon the oonisidei^ation of tihe Supplementary Estitmiatesi.

Mr Seddoni .referred to his motion that tihe opinion of the people be taken by. way of referendlumi as to whetiher the Legislative Council should (1) remain ass ait present constituted; (2) be abolished; or (3) be made elective- He stated that he would take am early opportunity next session of giving the House the opporr tunity of expressing an opiniio'n, on, the question. " ; As tihe how of miidnight struck Mr J. Al. Millar Chairman of Committees, offered! to leave the chair, but objecr tion was iraised.

i Shortly afterwards Mir Vil« dtew attention^ to the Standing; Order No. 24, which says that, "no' sittinig.of the . Douse shall take place between twelve ' o'clock,. on Saturday migtlit aiid 2.30 on Monday afternoon-" ' He-protested that it was a raos* imiproper thing that the House sihoulldi 'COfnitwrue its eitting 1 'OB the iSabbabh dayI It was isniiggiestted that the Standing , Order should' be suspended, but Mi Millar saidl the House would hia,ve io do that, amd the Speaker sihould b:; called in. ;-. « •.

I Mr Gminries then' took his seat,' 5 and said he had no right to be called, in at , midnight. The Chairmiaim of Com- '■■ mittees should have walked' out of i the chair andl'walked! into it again at 2.30 p-m. on Monday.

Thereupon Mr Millar said iha* as midnight hadl beem reached he would leaire the chair and .resume at 2.^0 on Monday, . .

At 12.15 a.iv. the House adjourned-