; Pbiday, Jtj NE 28. The Speaker took the chair at 2.30 ny «ii • : PIH3T READINGS. ' ' ' bill for the Constitution of wS^oSty' " SECOND HEADING. The Hotl Bit F. WHITAKERin moving the Bin, said that the bill mere y provided that parties being married could procure a certificate provmg the,r marnage.. He instanced several cases where marriages in New Zealand had b7 P n f r7fl S f t mnif ed> buttheofficiatingminisS had left the colony taking away th™ book which contained the only record of such mar-

The Hon. Sir G. S. WHlTftfnpp m v ' '±. say that the bill TO nof ™^^ fifth matter ™ " °pini °n a most ™V°M ■ T. he'?? n- R- OLIVER could not say why such a state of things existed as made it neces* sary to pass such a bill. There must be some thing very loose in the present law ■ The Ho*. P BUCKLEY would not object to the second reading of the bill, but he hoped the Attorney-general would see his way toiet it be referred to a select committee The Hon G:' M'LEAN lb&ed upon 'the measure as dangerous ia its present form T thl^U Sjt F-WHITAKER replyTng said he had no objection to let the bill be referred to a select committee • WHTTSfIORE. gave notice to move that it be referred to a select committee before com initial.
