LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXXVII, Issue 11755, 4 October 1902, Page 7

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

rPer Press Association. WELLINGTON. October 3. The Council met at 11 a.m. In committee on the Municipal Corporations Act Amendment Bill, a new ckuse was added providing that when land fronts a road or street of less width than 66 feet frontage, the owner shall set back the frontage to at least 33 feet from the centre of the line of street. The Bill ipjassed all its stages. The Public Health Bill was committed, and progress was reported. The Native and Maori Land Laws Bill passed all its stages without amendment. The Workers?. ■ Compensation for Acci- • dents Amendment, Waihi Hospital District,: and Towns Main Streets Bills passed their second reading. The Council! adjourned at 1 p.m. The Council resumed! at 2 p.m. The Workers' Compensation for Accidents BiOiTl was committed. The provision extending the provisions! of the Act to agricultural labourers caused a discussion. The Minister of Education explained the provision of the Bill followed closely on fha working of the English Act. , The Sill was reported with technical amendment, read a third time, and passed. The Public HeaT-th Act Amendment Bill was further considered in committee, The Minister stated h© was prepared to omit clauses 6, 7, and 8 if the_Council would pass the remaJnder of the Bill. The clauses referred to provided for the expenses of local authorities, power to close schocte, and nightsoil depots. The omission was agreed to, and the Bill passed its final stages without further amendment. ■ It was decided ltot to msist on the Council's amendments in the Municipal ' Corporations Act Amendment Bill. _ The Council adjourned at 4.50 till (

The Council resumed at 8.10. The Appropriation Billl was introduced and read a first time. - On the motion for the second reading the Hon. Reeves complimented the Speaker on tlie way in which the work of ttoe session had been earned on, both m tne Council and the House. • . The Horns. Rigg, Jenkinson, Jennings, Fraser ana Bolt also asknowledged the liarmonious nature of the session. The latter complimented the Hon. W. O. Walker on the manner in which he ma carried out the duties of Chairman, of Committees. ■ . The Hcais. Jenkinson and Ffcldwick acknowledged the conduct of the business of the Council bj the Minister for Educa10The Hon. Pitt thought the. Council could congi-atua'ate itself upon the consud-eratic-n it had given to the business of the

The Hon. W. C. Smith acknowledged the consideration extended him as Chairman of Committees. The Minister of Edtacaition replied appreciatively of the remarks made by the speakers regarding himself. In, reply to criticisms that had been made of the administration .of the Department under his control, he felt satisfied he liad done his best, and that he had infusedi new lite into the higher system of education. The Speaker expressed appreciation of the terms referred to himl. The BUi passed its stages, and the Council finally adjournedl