PARLIAMENT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4739, 2 September 1893, Page 6

PARLIAMENT.

■ ■ !"Fbb Pbess Association.! LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Fridat. Sept. 1. j AFTERNOON SITTING. 1 The Council met at 2.30. I BILLS FORWARDED. | The Committee on the Mangatu No. 1 Empowering. I'lli recommended that the Bill Ke> allowed to proceed. Tbft Companies Acts Amendment Bill aod Kaiupot Borough Council Vesting BUI were read a third time an 4 passed..., „ j ELECTOBAL BILL. Tie Courci^wenb into Committee on the • Electoral Bill. • ! .'Clau9B 11.—" Persons entitled to be registered."- ■"■ ■ .jhe,Hon. G; M'Lsan moved tbabthe wotds " unless his name iB already 011 the roll"' be struck out. He explained that his amendment was virtually one'inan«oneroll. •■•.-. ■ °. :■'■ The Hon Dr Pollen remarked that the clause was realiy tlie crucial one of the Bill aftet the women's franchise ' clay se. ; , . ; Tb#Hon:.S. E.Shbimsxi said lie &nd > others in the Council would contest *he BiUfine~'by r line. The Hon W. O. Walkbb remarked that there, were other members watching- the Bill besides Mr Shrimski. He asked for the ruling of the Chairman if .Mr Shrimski was in order. <Th> Chaibman replied that he could not help an amendment being put, nor oould he help the Council stultifying itself. " Tnei.^Hon Q. M'Eean. objected to tha remarks of the Chairman.: The Chaibman said he desired to withdraw hie remarks. •. .. ....... . The'amendment was negatived by 22 to 11. For— l/. Walker, Richardson, Bonar, Wbitmore, Swanston, Shrimski, Kerr, Wahawaha, M'Lean, Peacock and Rey n olds. Against — Stewart, Kelly, Barnicoat, M'&illQagh.Pharazyn, William 3, Stevens, Bolt, Je"nnings A Jenkinflon;DigflaD,.Whyte, M'Gregor, Oliveri Aoland, Ormond, Pollen, Johnston, Hart, Mantell, Montgomery and Buckley. i A further amendment in the same clause, bySir Gk S. Whitmobe, the pmport being i to confer the franchise upon the permanent | artillerymen, waa lost, by 20 to 17. j ' 6lasiaeß 11 and 12 'were agreed to. 1 ...In O^nse- 13; the, Hon ; J. A. Bonak moved an .■amendment 'to. the subsection which providei a. ,jes penalty for any j elector failing to give notice that hiß name appeare on more than one roll. ■ Thiawa3l6Btbyl3to.l6. .• The Hon W.. H. Reynolds taoved that prflfgresß be reported. He took this Etep as %<& believed • there wa3 no chance of carrying any reasonable amendment in the Bill. • After a debate the amendment was withdrawn. ' ' ' >i? Clauße 19 was postponed, on the motion of Mr M'Lean.' ' 1 The !Hon J. B« Jeneinson, on Clause il, "Amendment of rolls," moved an amend- ; mentjto the effect that the registrar shall | withlft>one month expunge the name of j »ny~ elector who shall cot have notified his change of residence. This was losb by 21 to 14. The ; H.on W. C. Waleeb, on Clause 61, conferring the right of voting upon commercial travellers or seamen, deaigaated the provision aa an abortion. He should like to concede the privilege to seamen, tat- he failed to. see. why sailors should lie 'eaceptionally treated. The Bill, so far as he could detarmine, was a class meaaare. It was illiberal, illogical and badly conceived. He did not object to j seamen being piivileged, but he did object j to s.ailora being .specitdly favoured. The Hon J* Rigg moved as an amendment to the clause that the words "commercial'traveller "be afcruok out. He failed to see why this class should be accepted. • - ' The Hon G. M'Lban said he would support the clause if women were allowed electoral rights. - The Hon W. C. Walker failed to see why shearers should be excluded from the privileges: sought to be conferred on sailorß and bagmen. The latter were as a rule a comfortable lot : of gentlemen, who could be in any town at any time just aa it! suited them. ' The amendment to strike out tbe words "cbmtoßroial travellers" was agreed to by 21 to 15V • , c „' The -Hon J. Eigg moved a further amendment that <f shearers" ba included in the. privileges' sought to be conferred ujwrnßeamen. • ! Thiß was lost by 16 to 18. - 1 TheHon S.E. Shbimski mored the in- ; dflfiibn of the word "harvester." | ■ TJlis was lost by 19 to 15. j ' The ueual dianer adjournment was now i taken... •■:•■■-■■■