THE COMING SESSION.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 606, 8 September 1909, Page 8

THE COMING SESSION.

;NEW MEASURES FORESHADOWED;. '."■ Interviewed at. Auckland, the Hon. fj, .•■ Fowlds, Minister for., Education,* said that : v the most important measure'to bo brought forward next session, 60' far as ho was concorned, was tho Hospital and Charitable Ait! . Billy,and.lib hoped, it would be passed .this"",":";' year. - A Bill had been.; introduced on several occasions, but the. new Bill would bo mbdk Bed in, several directions; as tho result of tho v •conference last, year between representativej from clifforbnt hospital, and charitable :. aid . boards of the Dominion. "I have not adopted . all the recommendations," said tho Slinistor, "because some affected questions,of;policy and would not, I,believe, ,ho• agreed to by tho people, of !tho\country. j . I have given. a very great deal of care to tho measure, siit. if Parliament will approach it in'the spirit that 1 anticipate I; think,wo will got considerable improvements!, on ' tho- <3Xi<s» ing law." The' Minister remarked that Micro , was not the samo need for further legislation ' in somo : directions, so far as Auckland war ' concerned, as, was' tho. case in l rpspect'oi' other districts. -For instance; tho hospita> and charitable aid branches wcro alrcadj under one controlling ['authority;■': wlioroas those functions wore ovor-lappe'd'by separata boards elsewhere. . V ' - ';':. Has tho Government-furthor defence' pro. posals undor consideration?.the . intcrviow.ei asked. ■.: ' '■ .'. '.';■ ■'■';■■'., "Yes," replied tho 'V "Therewill ' in all probability, bo'.a Defonco'Bill brought forward this session, but V cannot say any. thing about that, hecanso lam only 'acting ■ ;>'■•' as Minister for Dofenco in tho absence of Sir Joseph, Ward.- . ■.'"' • :■'.■-../;'.-;'>-.■ ■ :■,.;: ( •