PARLIAMENT.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 963, 2 November 1910, Page 9

PARLIAMENT.

THE COUNCIL. DISAGREEMENT ON THE BY-LAWS . BILL. When the Legislative Council met at 2.30 yesterday afternoon tlio committee appointed to draft reasons for tlio Council's disagreement .with Hi? amendments mado by the House of' . .Representatives ill tlio By-laws Bill reported as under: "That to cast upon the Department concerned tho duties proposed to be imposed on it by the Bill, without limit of time,.in respect of all by-laws (which includes rules "and regulations) of all local authorities (which includes bodies corporate.,and .trustees) would .involve so much labour as to render tho performance of such duties very difficult, if not impossible."

LAND TAX AND INCOME TAX. In moving the second reading of tho Land Tax and Incomo Tax Bill, ' The ATTORNEY-GENERAL remarked that although the Bill was the same class of measure that was brought in each-year, except that it differed in respect to the rates at which incomo tax for the present year would ho imposed, the purposo of 1 the Bill was to 'meet'the further burden in regard to defence. The Hon. J. E. JENKINSON (Wellington) asked the Attorney-General whether it was correct that in the event of income tax not paid tho Department could only recover back to three years' prior to the date at which it was found out. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he believed that was tho state of the lawi. •The limitation was three years. It was a curious .thing that although they could only recover back for three years from a taxpayer it was possible to recover without limitation from his re-; presentative incase the taxpayer died. ' The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the suspension of the Standing Orders, to enable the Bill to'be put through all, stages immediately. This was agreed to, and the Bill was' put through its final stages without amendment-and passed. BILLS FROM THE HOUSE. The Kaiapoi Reserves Bill, Inspection of Machinery' Bill, Taranaki; Scholarships Endowment Bill, and the Opium Amendment Bill were received from the House of Representatives, and were read a ; first time. The second reading of each'of the Bills was made an order of the day for this afternoon! ■ JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AMENDMENT. The • ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the third reading of the Justices of tho Peace Amendment Bill. This was agreed to without discussion, and the. Bill was passed. hydro-electric poy/er. The adjourned debate on the Aid to Water Power Works Bill Was then pro<»edcd with, as reported in another part of this issue. THE HOUSE. COUNTIES ACT BILL. When the House resumed its sittings yesterday, leave was granted to iritro-: duce the Counties Act Amendment Bill. Mr. MASSEY suggested that it might be desirable to hold back the measure until ' the 'Local Government Bill was ctrrought down.. - . • •" * Tho Hon. R. "M'KENZIE said that he .saw no necessity to have the consideration of the Bill deferred.' Its' object' was' merely "to", bring the- Act into operation in two', or three counties in which' it had been suspended for some years. . KAURI Gl-M BILL. BILL PASSES THE. HOUSE. Upon 'the motion' that the amendments in the" Kauri, Gum, Industry Amendment Bill be agreed to, Mr. MASSEY , said that ho wished to place on record the fact that ho had opposed' a provision under which Government freeholders or leaseholders have to take out licenses for members' of their family who are to take part in the digging for gum on their own. property.. Mr. STALLWORTHY (Kaipara) approved of tho principlo ,of .the Bill, which was that an owner could employ only those who had taken ont licenses. Mr. REED (Bay of Islands) said' that if Mr. Massey's suggestion had been carried out it would have been a very. serious, blow ,to the workers in the industry, and especially to the local bodies.' ' ' The Bill was afterwards read a third time and passed. HARBOURS BILL. CONSTITUTION OF BOARDS. IMPORTANT AMENDMENTS. ( Further consideration of the Har-. hours Bill then took place in CommitMr. HERRIES (Tauranga) said that the Auckland members had agreed that the borough of Hamilton sbbuld bo included in tho district consisting of tho Counties of Raglan and Waikato, and of the borough of Cambridge in the district of tho County of Waipa. . Mr. MASSEY said that it had not been necessary to hold a conference of Auckland members—thej; had agreed with their usual unanimity. Mr. STALLWORTHY (Kaipara) urged tho claims of his'district for' representation on the Auckland Harbour Board. It was an old thing for Auckland to ignore the north. Mr. POOijH (Auckland West) said that in time Kaipara would havo a harbour board of its own. ■

Mr. Stallworthy: And it will bo unequalled in the Dominion. Mr. REED (Bay of Islands) protested tha't' 50,000 people in tho north were being neglected in tho matter. The proposal made by Mr. Herries was agreed to. In order to make up for the reduction of the number of Government nominees from two to one, it was resolved, on tho motion of th© Hon. J. A. Millar, that the number of members to bo elected by the payers of harbour dues on ships should be increased to two.

Napier Board. There .was a brief discussion with reference to the constitution of tlio Napier Harbour Board. Mr. HALL (Waipawn) moved as an amendment that one of the two Government nominees should bo a ratepayer of Napier, and the other should lie a ratepayer of tho outsido districts. Mr. BROWN (Napier) said that tho proposal would meet with general approval. Mr. DILLON (Hawke's Bay) hoped that other districts would follow tho course which was suggested. The Hon. J. A. MILLAII said that ho could not accept the amendment. Tho Government would solcct as Government nominees those who it considered woro best fitted for the position. No' representations had been mado to him on tho subject. Tho Government should not bo tied down in tho matter. Mr. Hall: Thoy havo no right to special representation at all. Mr. DILLON thought that if tho .members agreed among themselves ■ Iti

was only fair that tlio Minister should accept.

Tlio MINISTER said that ho would not accept any such proposal in an Act of Parliament. Ho would give an undertaking that one member would be ■ a country member and the other a city member.

Mr. BROWN said that ho was prepared :to take the Minister's assurance.

Mr. HALL declared that he and Mr. Dillon were not going to agree to that. Mr.. Brown came from Napier, which had had a monopoly of members for the past. The Government had no right to special representation, as the board had not one single penny of endowments. He would liavo moved to havo struck out tbo provision for Government nominees but he thought that his firoposal would be a fair conipromiso. The country districts had twice the population of' Napier, 'and' threo' times tlio trade.

Amendment Lost. Mr. Brown: Oh, take the Ministers assurance. Mr. Hall: You are backing down, and it is to your advantage to do so. The MINISTER pointed out that Napier would. have three representatives and. Hastings one, but the outside districts would have seven. If both * 'tho Government nominees were taken from Napier—which would not be the case—the country dis-tricts-would ■ still have'a majority: of members.

The amendment was lost on the voices. " -

The .Government representation on the New Plymouth Board was, on the motion of Mr.-. Hiu-o, reduced to one; and it was ; provided that the board should consist of eight members. ' Upon the motion of Mr. Hogan, the strength of the Wanganui Board was increased from 10 to 11, the Government' representation ; was red"ced from two to ono, and it was further resolved that the boroughs of .Wanganui, Wanganui East', and the town districts of Gonville and- Castlecliff should have six representatives. - ' ■" The Wellington Board. - When the constitution of the Wellington Board,,,was under, consideration,

Mr. HOGG (Masterton) said that the city and suburbs had seven representatives as -. against only six representatives by tbe large country districts. Ho claimed that the Wairarapa arid the Manawatu should have three representatives each, instead of two. Mr. FIELD (Otaki) strongly ■ supported tho proposal. The MINISTER said that lie favoured an'increase of the strength of tho board from 13 to 14 members. * He would also propose that the Government representation -bo ' reduced' from two to one. It was also his intention that tho number of city representatives should be increased from 1 three to four. A further alteration ho-pro-posed was. that tho representation of the payers of dues on ships should be increased from.on© to two. He would like to know who was going to do tlie committee work. Everybody knew .that it'would be'the city members .who would do the work.

Mr. HERDMAN' (Wellington North) hoped that Mr. Hogg and . Mr. Field would withdraw their suggestion. If any favouritism was being shown it was in the interest of the country.districts. The interests of the country districts would., bo, fairly, conserved by, their'sis Representatives. A proposal by .Mr. Hogg' that tho Wairarapa sliould have three instead of two representatives was declared lost on the voices, and a further proposal by Mr Hogg, that the Manawatu should have an additional member,- was rejected by. 44 votes to 14. The proposals of the Minister were then "agreed to. An addition was made to the schedule of the Bill, giving harbour boards '■povter. •of control : orappHfeVs'; v and ; others plying for hire, by charging tb'em a license fee not exceeding Is. per annum. ■

• : The Miuiftef' Tms, allowed' to • revert' to-Clause 16. of the Bill, dealing, .v/ith the qualifications of representatives. Tlie Hoii. Mr. Millar said ho thought that paragraph "JF" of thai'section, had 'been imended in Committeo. in the opposite'direction to that intended, judging from tho attitude of the House in regard to a similar point in tho Municipal Corporations Amendment Bill. He 'moved an • alteration 'to bring' the Bill into line with tho Municipal Corporations Bill, and make it a disqualification for a member who is a director or general manager of an incorporated company or association to contract with the board.

On a division, the amendment was agreed to by 42 to 17.. N ' The Dill' was reported 1 with amendments.

NOXIOUS WEEDS. _ The second reading of the Noxious Heeds Amendment Bill was adopted atter a lengthy discussion. TAIERI LAND DRAINAGE BILL. The second reading of ; "the Land Drainage Bill was moved by the Premier®?d' agreed to, 'after a lengthy discus-, fiion in a. thin House. BY-LAWS BILL. •A. board of managers, consisting: of itV j • an '°" au d Messrs. Fraser and Reed, was appointed to'confer with a board of managers from the Legislative Council regarding the disagreement of the Council with the amendments mado by the Houso' in the ByLaws Bill. The House rose at; 1.10 a.m.

Messrs. T. Kennedy. Macdonald, Ltd., will hold, an auction sale of oak household furniture, in their rooms - to-day, commencing at. 1.30 ■ o'clock. '■ The catalogue includes the contents .of a gentlenian's 10-roomed residence, comprising over 3SO lots, on account' of llr. C. Hunter-Boyd, who is returning to England, including oak grandfather's clock, quaint oak sideboard, high-back oaksuite, two Chosterfield couches, piimo, ex-tension-dining table, and numerous other goods. On-view, from 9.30 this morning. THROAT HABITS. A cough, a hack in clearing the throat may become habits. They begin with a cold and keep coming automatically after the cold has finished. A slight exercise, of the wilr aud the use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy will soon rid you of this constant annoyance. . Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has a prompt specific action on tho throat or air passages. I2x ; Some famous . New South AVales properties will be submitted for sale by public auction at the wool salerooms, Royal Exchange, Sydney, on Wednesday, November IC. I'urthor particulars can be obtained from Jlessrs. Dalgety and Co., Bent Street, Sydney, and all branches. '• Both old and young aro prono to Tho wrctchod whooping cough j Yot cvory odo must own to Tho worth of. Barraclough. Acaoian Balsam ho contrives To cull from socrots rare; And o'er its rivals still survives For naught oiso can coraparo. BARRACLOUGII'S ACACIAN LONG BALSAM. Is 6d.

A GREAT LAW SUIT DECIDED. Tho Supremo Court, tho People, havo decided that Dr. Sheldon's New Discovery wins against Coughs and Colds. , Price, Is. Cd. and 3s. !)*

Tho annual salo of work of St. Mark's Parish will bo held in tho schoolroom, Sussex Square, commencing to-morrow (Thursday), November 3. The salo will be opened by Mrs. Wallis at 3 p.m.

A special announcement appears ijL this issuo by Messrs. Whiteombe and Tombs, referring'to. their selection of Christmas ami Nmv Year cards.