PARLIAMENT.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2063, 4 May 1887, Page 2

PARLIAMENT.

On Momi.alter-.non a caucus of country members was lul l iu tLie Parliamentary it .Hidings when it was unanimously resolved .....tin the upi. non ol this meeting the iicpies-iiiaouii Will as at present drawn does not pruwu., t..r Kuliicieut representation to >uiitrv ili.-uicis." "that no Bepresentatiou Liill wid ho satisfactory wnicii gives less proportionale representative power to country districts than that wliichthey enjoy under the Act of 1081 ” " That a deputation be appointed to wsit upon the Government and communicate these resolutions ” Messrs D, lieid, Scuhie McKenzie, D. W, D. Stewart, I’curson, HurGhouse, O’Callaghan, and Pyke, were appointed a deputation t.o wait upon the ’ remiei yesterday. After a lengthy discussion with Sir Uoberl. Stout lie agreed to increase the margin id popul ilion from 500 to IuOO in lural and rp-iiH hj populated districts. retains mg at the same time the percentages already proviued (or in toe Bill. 'Jdie increase doea not apply to towns and boroughs. l>r Newman and Mr bracken have arranged fur a caucna of town members to he held today to consider the Iteprereutation Bill, and counteract, if poHStble, the action of the connliy members. Sir George Urey is also interesting himself in the matter.

Sheep Art, Amendment Bill (introduced by the U..u Mr Buckley) —This Bill is to be read us pu-t ol the tiueep Act, and ” Inspector ’’ aul “ Sub Inspector,” or " HubInspeetors." are to bu mad in lieu of ” Chief Inspector,” or -1 Inspector." or •• Inspectors ” in the Act. except where " Inspector " is used between inverted commas iu section Sof the Act. Section 45 of the Act ia to be read with the word ” negligeully ” omitted therefrom. Power is given to Inepectore when sheep become infected with scab, to take steps to bave them cleared or to order them to be destroyed, in which latter ease the owner is to receive not more than half value for all he mustera and delivers to the Inspector—the value to be determined by arbitration. Lioensea ol runa may. if sheep are infected, be revoked without oompeneetion.

Babbit Nuisance Act Amendment Bill (introduced by the Hon Mr Buckley).—Thia Bill provides for service of notices by meaoa of registered letters, and makes the poet office receipt evidence. If any inspector tines land infested with rabbits be may, without any notice, sne the owner for nut taking proper steps to abate the nuisance. The swoiu evidence of the inspector that be saw the rabbits on the laud is to be deemed sufficient evidence of their existence, Section 80 ol the Aot of 18S2 is repealed. The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Aot, 181)7, Amendment Act, LSS7, (introduced by the Hon Mr lleynolds).—This Act entails, io addition to the grounds for divorce mentioned in sections 17 and IS <d “ 'llie Divorce

and Matrimonial. Cauaea Act, 1«G7," that petition may be presented to the Supreme Court as under By a husband or wife that his or her marriage may be dissolved on the ground that his wife or her husband (as the case may be) has deserted him 01 her tor the space of at least seven years : liy a wife tl at her marriage may be dissolved on the ground that her husband has, since the celebration thereof, and since the passing of this Act, and within twelve mouths of the date of present* log the petition, been guilty of adultery: By a liuhlmU'l oi wife that his or her marriage tuny be dissolved on th" ground that the wife or i.Uoh.iiui has mliicm the celebration of the marriage i • «•» convicted of an indictable olli iice and eioilt i.cod to imprisonment for a period ot not less liion live years, and that • ■ 'oi, p up,m uai since such seulenoc beau

ra.juJ m iljl bo nupriswiied, or tinl ■mi wile or inisli,mi Ims been luuud lunatic under anv Act tor tbe tune beiuv in Saw /.i-uiiiud wc,!i respect to lunacy, and bean coufiued in any lunatic asylum for a period of not less than three years continuously. Too Women’s Suffiape Act. 1887 (intro, duccd by the Ho u fair Jintus Vugel).— This ib an Act to extend the right of voting at elections for membera of the House of liapieseutalives to lemales. It amende subn'liiona 1, '2, and 3 of section 2 of the of K1 ctors Act, 1879, »o a t to ■ elude women, and prmijt» for the inclusion of females in the electoral robs too) eel to the couditione of that Act. every such female elector to possess the same privilege* *s a male elector, lh> date «l the earning I'ito force of tne Act is left blank.