IN THE HOUSE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7154, 19 July 1901, Page 1

IN THE HOUSE.

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The House spent a quiet afternoon in the hands of the private membsTs, for wham the way. had been cleared by the omission of questions. These stand, a formidable array of 59, for Tuesday next. After the ordinary preliminaxits, the Premier gate notice of his much-discussed Fijian resolution. It is to the effect, we observe, that the Secretary of State shall be asked for an enquiry, not into anything dome by the Governor of Fiji in the government of his colony, but into the charges made by that Imperial officer,. againfet ..the* treatment of :the 'Maoris by the various Governments of &ew Zealand. He laid the corspbndence «n, j|te table, and gave the J.»use a slight sensation of introducing a -Bill to amend tti*"> Consolidated Land for Settlements Act of last year. The first business of .the orders of the day was the second reading of the Cycle Boards Bill, a tocal option measure for jiving town cyclists access to the country in comfort in bad weather, by means of -•ycle roads. Sir Joseph Ward complimented Mr Fowlds on his relntroduction of his old friend, reminded the House- that he had himself passed a Bill of a similar nature, through the Hjptte last year, and which had failed elsewhere through being misunderstood. He warmly eulogised the measure, and promised to do all he could for it. After that the measure got into trouble somewhat. The member for Riccarton and IMr Jackson Palmer found fault on the gcore that the whol* cost la to be thrown on the much-enduring cyolijt, while north and soiith> ia the shape of Messrs K. Thompson and Meredith, uaited in oondeinning the Measure, on the : gta«vaid6- ih»,i -it 6ffe?e& isdvaittttges to the