Tuesday Evening.

The National Council met at the Provincial Council Chambers at 8 p.m. The following ladies answered to their names : Mesdames Sierwright, Tasker, Cooper, Daldy, Isherwood, Hatton, Wells, Lady Stout, and Miss Sherriff Bain.

The President called on the Hon. W. M. Bolt to address the meeting on the Bill introduced by him into the Upper House. In a most able address, which lasted an hour and a half, Mr Bolt advocated the advantages of the Co-operative Settlement Scheme. The following resolution, proposed by Mrs Tasker, and seconded by Mrs Hatton, was passed, " That this Council being of opinion that the establishment of co-operative industrial settlements, formed with a farm as a basis, and gradually embracing all kinds of industries, would do much to solve the unemployed difficulty—more, indeed, than any remedy that has yet been applied. We therefore urge upon all labour organisations in the colony the wisdom of bringing pressure to bear upon the Government, with the view of getting such settlements established as speedily as possible."