The Hon Mr Stevens opposed the Bill, which he thought was very unnecessary. It proposed to do away with the trusteeship that any stakeholder had. No doubt the larger racing clubs would act fairly, but there |would, no doubt, be some bodies which would not act fairly. The Bill ap peared to him to destroy rights, and it should not be allowed to pass. The Hon Mr Oliver would vote for the Bill if it would act as a discouragement to the spirit of gambling, but he could scarcely see his way through the policy which legalised the totalisator and yet sought to free the stake-holder from any responsi bility. The Hon Mr Macgregor wished to go further than the Bill proposed to go, and to make all betting illegal. The Hon Mr Pharazyn thought that would be very unjust, considering the totalisator had been recognised by the State, and he did not see what right the State had to interfere with persons betting if they wanted to. The Hon Mr Bowen thought the Bill proposed to aim at discouraging people betting and dealing with clubs which had not a very honourable record, and also at the multiplication of racing meetings throughout the Colony. Such meetings would, he thought, be kept down by this measure, and a good many would be piirged out which were a nuisance and mischief to the country. The Bill was read a second time by 17 to 8, and was referred to the Statutes Revision Committee. The Council then adjourned till Wednes day. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Thursday, June 28. The Speaker took the chair at 2.30 p.m. THE CASE OF COLONEL FRASER. Captain Russell said that on the previous day the House had had some distinct statements from the hon the Premier as to the position of the gentleman whom they had seen walk ing in front of the Speaker just now, with the mace on his shoulder. They were told that Colonel Fraser had not been ap pointed Sergeant-at-Arms ; that the Pre mier did not write or telegraph to Colonel Fraser, and that the latter did not come to Wellington as Sergeant-at-Arms. It was plain therefore that Colonel Fraser was in the House as a complete stranger, and he contended that that was a violation of the privileges of the House. 