GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3162, 29 September 1892, Page 2

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. 0 \V ELN I'.SDAY. TllKCouncil in-t at 2.30. The Local Bodies Loans Act Amendment L Bill passsed through the iimdsttges. e The. Watlr .Supply Act. Ainendn.e.nt 1 Hill, NVe.-tland and ( Irey Comities Vnhiclo Licensing Bill, factories Act Amendment ' Hill and Native Laud Purchase Hill were read a second time. The Dairy Industry Hill was passed f through the Committee with verbal amendn meat. t The Mining C ompanies Act Amendnient e Bill was committ -d. Several new clauses ree lating to the winding-up of companies were, inserted, and tho mc.isuie as amended [) w.v reported. i- The Government Loans to Tj cal Hodies Act Amendment Bill passed through Com--3 mitten without amendment. At 5 p.m. il the Council rose till 7.H0 p.ir. e The Council resumed at 7.T0 p.m. d The Land Hill was further considered in committee. Is A sub-section was added to Clause IN" i- providing that the holder of a run of a, car. yiug capacity of h-ss than 20,000 sheep or g -1000 head of cattle may become the lessee of ail aggregrate area sufficient to carry ■such number of sheep or cattle. The sub ' section was carried by 12 to 1, the latter ■ vote being recorded by Sir J J . Buckley. , Clause 197 was amended so as to give 'j mortgagees power to soil a mortgaged run within two year.-: from the time such power shall have accrued, instead of 12 months. The Hill as amend"! was reported, the " third reading being fixed for next day. The Land for Settlement Hill passed through committee without amendment. 8 The Shops and Shop Assistants' Bill was ' considered in committee. ' Considerable discussion arose on the 3 word "closed in the interpretation clause. i Eventually it was agreed to repoit progress s to enable, the amendments made by the '• Labour Hills Committee in the measure to - bo printed. f The Council rose at i).-10 p.m. s ; HOUSE OF EE PRESENT AT [YES. 1 After the telegraph office closed at two this morning the total vote for tho Defence ? Department was agreed to without alteration. * Police Department £1)5,102, passed without discussion. Legislative Department, £14,005. , After some discussion the total Vot-i was e passed. l Buildings and Domain Department, - £10,900. Agreed to. Progress was reported and the House 3 rose at 2.20 a.m. r WEDNESDAY. * The House met at 2.30 p.m. 1 Mr Seddon stated that the amendments 3 made by the Council in the Electoial Hill r were very important, and he couid not / advise the House to concur in them. He would therefore move that the House disagree with the amendments made in the I Hill. i The motion was carried after two hours' : discussion. Messrs Seddon, Tanner, and Guinness 1 were appointed to draw up reasons for dis--3 agreeing and confer with the Council. The Mining Act Amendment Hill was . read a third time and passed. The House rose at 5.30 p.m. The House resumed at 7.30 p.m. The Customs Laws Consolidation t Amendment Hill and Westland Churches i Schools and Hospital Vestige Hill passed through committee with slight amendi ment, and were read a third time and passed. r Tho Criminal Coda Hill was committed. i Several members strongly opposed tho ; measure, and urged that it be dropped for : the session, saying that if the Minister did not agree to this course, tho Hill would > never get through. After considerable discussion, Mi Pish moved that progress be ret ported. j Mr Seddon said he was reluctantly coini pellod to bow to the inevitable and accept ! the amendment,, as it was evident the com- ; mittee uas not prepared to go on with the . Hill. r A division was called for, with the result that Mr Fish's amendment was carried by . 23 to 20. 5 The Servants and Registry Offices Hill I was committed, and passed with slight i amendment, Tho Hill was reported, read . a, third time, and passed. Gn the motion that the House go into ; Committee of Supply, Mr Cairncross moved as an amendment 1 that the steamer Stella should not be sold which was h st on the voices and the House : went into Committee of Supply for the con- ; sideration of the Estimates. . Government Insurance account, £51,21-1, ; Mr Fish said that this Department was , not as well conducted as it might be, and . he strongly condemned the dismissal of Mr ; Darcy It-line, the late Inspector of Branches, who had done far more than the i Commissioners to bring the Department , into its present state of eflicieney. Mr Ward who was in charge of the estimates said no one cold deny Mr Irvine was a good officer, and the only reason why the Gove-unient had dispensed with his 1 services was because of differences that existed between Mr Irvine and the head of the Department. The Premier had there- ! fore to choose between two officers and decided it was better for Mr Irvine to leave the service than Mr Richardson. An exhaustive discussion took place on | the wh.,le working of the Department, and 1 the question of valuation and interest charged on loans was also gone into at great length. Mr Pi.sli attempted to have tile salaries of tho Actuary and Secretary reduced by £50 each, the amount of increase, but tho proposition was hist by 31 to !). The total vote was eventually passed without alteration. This finished the General Estimates, leaving only the Public Works and .Supplementary Estimates to be disposed of. The House rose at 11.30 p.m.