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At the second reading of any Bill in the Colony the Unofficial 
Members express their views on the principles of the Bill; but in this 
case not a single Unofficial Member spoke. The Bill comes 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 The Bill will remain in force until it is repealed by 
a general 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, 1911.” 
PASSING. 
The Bill having been settled in Committee, 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. 
