GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3156, 15 September 1892, Page 2

GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. wkdnksday. TIIK Council met at 2.30. p.m. The West Coast Settlement K«-erve B II was considered in committee, and the Colonial Secretaiy iritim:tt--<i he would accept the .iii)Rmlii»!i)t of the Native. Affairs Committee. The Bill was reported a< amended. The L-iiiil Bill was read a first time the second voiding being Hxe:i for Tuesday next. HOUSE OF KBPKESENTATIYES. The 1 fou?e met at 2.90. p.m. Keplymg l«i questions it was stited that the Government would in future refuse to grant licenses to use the toUlisator nt all race meetings when; imiv tlmn 10 pur cent, was deducted by the raring club, tint thu questiiin of settlers under the Naval and Military Settl.-rs Act, ISill, taking up land snliicie.nt to suppoit a family would be dealt with in a Bill about to be introduced on the subject: tl:at the Government I/ad no intention of dealing with the tariff this session ; that the Payment of Members Bill would be introduced atari early date. Refi rring to a rprst'on aiswered earlier in the afternoon, Mr Seddon said tin found fr..in a memo. s.'iit to him that the Government could not lefuse to giant a totdisatoi license if one were applied for, lint they would tin all in their power to prevent m.ire than 10 per cent being deducted bv clubs. Replying to Mr Holiest m, Mi Seddon said there had been exceptional circumstances both this session and last se-sion which had delayed the bringing down of the Public Works St.itor.ient. This session nearly a month was occupied in debahug Ihe Financial Statement, and they iil-.i hail the Electoral Bill and Land Bill to con<i-l-M-, which did not, occur every session. It was impossible for him at a moment's notice to state wh it business the Government intended to proceed with, and he was glad to find that members were not as yet anxious to leave, their Parliamentary duties, as the House h:id some impoi tant business to go on Willi. The amendments made by the Legislative Ouncil in the Workmen's Lien Bill, with the exception of that made in Section I), were agreed to. Mr rfed'.lon moved the second readinp of the Loci Bodies Lians Act Ain-'iidment. Bill to remedy some detects in the existing law. Agreed to. The Uoi-ermiieiit Loans t> Local Bodies. Act Amendment Bill was real a second time. The Shop and Shop Assist uits Bill was further considered in committee. Mr l).ithi.:'s amendment to the Clause t t-i the etfrtct that S <tiu-d iy afterno .n. fro.n me o'clock, should be a' weekly h.df-holi-day, elicit-; , ! a lengthy discission, but was evfiiiliially lost on tl)s voices, and the clause was carried, leaving the d <y for the halfholiday ti be fixed by tho B .rough Council or Town Board. Ciause i> : Penalty for not closing at tho prescribed hour-. An addition was made to the ulrise mi the Hon. Mr Keeves motion, providing that wl.ere the half, holiday falls immediately before Christmas l).iy, New Years Day, or Good Friday, thn half-holiday shall not apply. Tl\e remaining clauses were passed withont alteration. A new clause, providing thatif any shopkeeper permitted any person employed in his shop to remain later than half-anhour after the. prescribed time of closing he should Le liable to a penalty not exceeding i's for each offence and for each person permitted to remain was strongly opposed by several members. Mr Reeves finally consented to amend the clause t> the effect that, the fine

.<li''iildii|iply if tlirtshop-kcepercmployed tho iujrsmi in tliu oniinuy course <if his businea.t except during .stocktaking. The debute on thed.iuso was interrupted by the 3.30 adjournment.

The House resinned at 7.30 p.m. The chmsi! under discussion nl r>.3o was agreed to, with the exception of the words "except f.,r stock-tiikinpr." which were struck out.

Mr Handford ir.nved a new clause that (viUvitlistiiiKlins; anytliiiiGr cciutiiined in section 3 (wliioh provided the list of shops iv.t dosed :it 1 p.m. nnrlor the Act), every assistant in tho exempted shops .shall, on s in.e woikinp day in each week, have a Imlfhuliduy from 1 o'clock.

Carried, after a lengthy discussion, by 34 to 10.

The Industrial Conciliation Dill was further considered in Committee.

Clause -J, was was altered so that the liill comes into operation oti January Ist, lt~!>3. Clause 3 interpretation. Sir j. Hall ami Messrs Fish, Fergus, Rollestnn and Duthie adversely criticised the measure while Messrs McLean, Earnshaw and Pinker ton resented the condemnation of the measure indulged in by the Oppcsiti in members. Sir John Hall moved in the last sub. section of Clause 3 an amendment to the effect that "union"should include a number of employees in the service of any employer who may asree t> avail themselves of the provisions of the Uill. Lost by 2IJ to

Clau-e Kf: How aisputes, etc., are to be referred to the Board of Arbitration, and either narty t. the claim or dispute may \:e represented by one or more nersous not b«mtr banisters or .solicit', rs o"' the Supreme Cou;t, was anien.led, an.l the following insert, ,1 : "Either party mav appear before the IJoard of Conciliation, either personally or by manager, director, oiheer or officers.''

Clause .")0 : Appniitmt nt of members of the Court of Arbitration.

Mr kolWi.n *u;ma\y opposed the )„•)- posal to appoint a ju.l,',, of the Supreme Court n. President ../t'.0U,,,,.,!. MrR-eves (at Mr |{Mle-fn's request) read a lett-r fr.nu the Chief .Justice on the. subject, winch poin'.o I out that the jndpes were already fully occupied, and they objocte'l to ])i!rfonni!iK other dutius. e\cc-i>t judicial works. ' |L»ft fitting.]