(B? TELEGRAPH.—PARLIAMENTARY

REPORTER.)

" . . WsLtrNGTON, this dfty. Sir Patrick Buckley announced Jfcotho Council yesterday that he would not ac ceptany of the amendments made in tha Electoral Bill by the Statutes Revision Committee. He was determined to pass' the Bill as it bad reached them from th? House. He would have .the whole,BilJ, or none of it. This intimation is the first note of discord between the two branches of the Legislature in connection with this measure. The principal amendment mada in the Bill ie the introduction of voters' rights for female electors, and it is over this that) a. stubborn fight is anticipated. Another important provision is the new clause de claring that the triple electorates in tha four chief cities shall be abolished. Tba sub-section that empowered the striking off the roll names of those who did not vote at a previous election has been struck out, and the polling hours have been mada identical in boroughs and country districts, 9 morning till 7 evening. Some tniuor amendments like the' latfr r might be accepted, but if the majority of the Council pross for the more important alterations tha Government will not accept them.
POLICE COURT.—THIS DAY.
