HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
(per united press association.) Wellington, June 9. CONSTITUTION ACT AMENDMENT. After the usual adjournment, Sir Gh Grey moved the second reading of the .Constitution j*qt. J A.mendmentEill,3vhich was to give the colony a greater right to manage its own affairs than it, now possessed, but not greater than it was origi- ' ually intended to be given. — Mr Bolleston did not approve of . the_,3iU,^and doubted if the House had power to pass it. He asked for time to look.into the point arid take evidence. — A fief some discussion the debate was adjourned. NATIVE IiAND. COURT AMENDMENT. (Mr .McDonald.moved the, second.reading of the. Najive .Land Court, Amendment Bill.-r-Mr Bryee; said Government intended to bring, down a .similar'measure. The Bill was; read a second time. NEW LOAN. 'I . Mr Barron gave notice of motion that i any proposal for a new loan should be referred to a popular vote. •■■--■: '•■■••'' GAMING • AND LOTTERIES.' ■'" ; '■ Mr McDonald moved the second reading of a Bill to upset the Gaming and 'Lotteries Act.— Mr Bracken .Seconded, and strongly condemned the'<A'ct. — Mr Dick admitted that' the Act' • required amendment, but objected to its being totally upset.— After a desultory debate, the House divided : : — Ayes, 10; noes, 35. The Bill was therefore thrown out, and the House rosei , , v
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 9660, 12 June 1882, Page 2
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