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At the second reading of any Bill in the Colony the UnofiEicial 

 Members express their views on the principles of the Bill; but in this 

 case not a single Unofificial Member spoke. The Bill conies into 

 Committee on Friday. Clause 3 has not been brought before the 

 Council in any way. I hope the hon. member will withdraw his op- 

 position after we have told him there are no rules in the Enactment 

 in force to secure for the Government what is required by the pre- 

 sent Bill and also after I have told him that we will not apply clause 

 3 to any estate, except in the case of this particular estate, until the 

 Unofficial Members have seen the report upon which the Government 

 propose to act. The Bill will reniain in force until it is repealed by 

 ageneral consolidating law which will be prepared. 



Mr. Griffiths : I do not want to take a division in the least, but 

 the Bill seems rather ambiguous and I cannot quite grasp the mean- 

 ing of it. It seems by the Bill it will be possible to move away a 

 certain kind of labour that does not get on well on a particular 

 estate, and in cases of trouble that the Government can step in, send 

 the labourers away, and prohibit their return. This is giving an 

 enormous amount of power to the Government and will have great 

 consequences to employers of labour. I will withdraw my opposition 

 by not voting if it is absolutely necessary and will not press for a 

 division. 



The motion was agreed to. 



COMMITTEE. 



On the motion of the Chief Secretary the Council went into 

 Committee to consider further the provisions of "The Labour Enact- 

 ment, 191 1." 



PASSING. 



The Bill having been settled in C^ommittee, was reported to the 

 Council without amendments, and passed. 



On the montion of the Chief Secretary the Council adjourned at 

 12.30 p.m., sine die. 



