NEWS AMD NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1198, 5 August 1911, Page 3

NEWS AMD NOTES.

NEW BILLS. HUTT ROAD AND RAILWAY. When tho Hon. ,T. A. Millar moved yesterday for leave to introduce the Hutt Railway .mil Road Improvement Amendment Bill, Mr. Herdman asked tha Minister to state the object of tho Bill. ' Mr. Millar replied that since the passing of tha .original Act four new local authorities had been created which controlled areas originally, forming part of tho' Hutt county: ' Tho bodies (the Malcara County Council, the boroughs of Eastbourne and Mirama.r, and tho town district of Upper Hutt) 'would bo called upon, under the amending' Bill,' to pay their share of the cost of. tho Ilutt railway and road works. Mr. Luke asked whether the liability was confincd to tho old position, to the maintenance of the old Hutt l'oad, or had it something to do with the Bill passed some time ago, which' cast upon the local authorities certain liabilities in Connection with the road and railway works, Tho Minister replied that tho Railway Department had been asked to make a road for which the local bodies were to pay. Mr. Luke:'"What discount aro you going to make out of it?"

Mr. Millar: "No discount at all. What money we expend on that road has to be paid by the local authorities under tho Act." . ' ■ The Bill. \Vas introduced and read a first time. , -v.. . ADMINISTRATION AMENDMENT ; . , . BILL. " Tho Administration. Amendment Bill* introduced by tho Acting-Premier,' is V short measure providing that where let-' : tors of'administration arc at any .time' igranted Public Trustee ■ under tho Public Trustee Act. 190G (Imperial), it shall not be necessary,- upon the resealing in New Zealand of those letters of administration, for the "said Public Trustee to execute any such bond., as would ,havo been required-, if such letters had been originally granted by the Supremo jCourt.of New .Zealand." ■ : WANGANUI S&H&OL SITES. '. The ~'\VangX]iu^;;SctoV''Sitcs meut Bill,'introduced.!)? tlfo Jliriis'flnP-TPSr? Education, proposes that tho Wauganuj Education Board bo empowered with., the. ■approval of tho Minis-tor to borrow up to .£15,000 .from the common-fund of the ■Public Trust Office, at V. per cent, interest, on the,security.'of lands vested in tho jboard.' The iiistrumeiit of mortgage ■ must provide for.tho repayment of -at least oho and a-half per cent, of the loan each' year. ' The loan .money is to be applied to tho purchase of. a' site for : a" public school or technical, school and ■offices for tho board,- and fa 'tho erection and equipment of such schools and offices. ■ . A summary of tho provisions of tho ;Town Planning Bill will be found in another column,

STANDING ORDERS. When the House was setting up com-, mittecs yesterday Mr. Massey. said ho. had been a'member of tho Standing "Orders Committee ■ during tho previous session. On several/occasions it had recommended, important .'alterations in tho Standing Orders.' The- Government, howevorj had never given the House an opportunity of considering tho alterations recommended by tho Committee. Tho Acting-l'rimo Minister know as well as ho did that several important alterations were required and he would like to know what tho lion, gentlemen, as Leader of (he House, intended to do in tho matter this session. 'Sir James Carroll replied that as tho business oi' this session would not bs pressing, probably an opportunity would bo given of considering t.ho alterations suggested; Ho agreed with the hon. gentle-, man that some important alterations were, required. THE FIRST DIVISION. Tho House of Representatives divided, for. the first, time this session, yesterday afternoon, upon a question raised by tlio member for Wellington South. When the Acting-Prime .Minister moved that a committee bo set up to assist Mr. Speaker in matters relating to tlio reporting of .debates and printing, Mr. •'Wright, .as ono, of tho members nominated, protested that this committee was practically useless aiid that he might have been appointed to other committees upon which his serviceswould have been of more value. He moved, as an amendment, that his uamo should be struck put. . The amendment was carried on the voices a'ud Mr. Fisher's name was substituted for that of Mr. Wright. The latter again protested when he was nominated as a member of a petitions classification-committee. On this occasion the Acting-l'rimo Minister asked the hon member to withdraw his objection, remarking that these committees were set up ,under ths Standing Orders and that someone must be appointed to them. Mr. Wright retorted that tho committoes should bo fairly arranged. Ho again moved that his name be struck out, but on tiiis occasion tho amendment was defeated, on a division, by 33 votes to :!!.

SELECT'COMMITTEES. The following Select' Committees were, set up yesterday, by the Hotisoof Representatives:— Nalivo Affairs.—Messrs. Greensladc, Ilcrrici, Jennings, Kaihau, Mac Donald, Marnier, Xgata, Parata, Rhodes, Dr. To Rangihiroa, Mr. Seddon, and Sir, J. Carroll. ■ nouse.—Messrs. Colvin, Mondor, Myers, Newman, Dr. To Rangihiroa, Hon. Sir A. Guinness, and Sir J. Carroll. , Reporting of Debates" arid PrintingMessrs. Hogg, Jennings, Malcolm, Slander, Poland, Scott,"Eislier, Hon.. Sir W. J. Steward, and Hon. Sir'A. Guinness. Standing Orders.—Messrs. Allen, Graham, Hcrries, Massey, Millar, Stallworthy, . Wilford,...the .Right Hon. Sir J. G. Ward, Hon. Sir A. R. Guinness, and Hon. Sir W. J.. Steward. Labour Bills—Jfcssrs. Arnold, Bollard, Ell, Eraser, Glover, Hardy, Luke, M'Laren, Poole, and tlio Hon. J. •A. Millar. Local Bills.—Mossrs. Brown, Buiek, Buxton, Ell. Graham, Lang, Laurenson, Phillipps, Ross, and (ho Hon. J. A. Millar. Railways.—Messrs. Arnold, Brown, Buick, Craigie, Hirie, Ilogan, Rhodes, Ross, Witty, and the Hon. ,T. A. Millar. Library Ell, lusher, Eraser, Ilerdman, Laurenson, M'Laren, liussell, G. M. Thomson. • Hon. Sir A. R.. Guinness,, and tho-Hon. G. Fowlds. • •

Education.—Messrs.. . Alien, Hanan, Hardy, Luke, Poole, Sidev, Stallworthy, G. M, Thomson, J. C.. Thomson, and tho Hon. G. Fowlds. . ' Goldlields and Mines.-—Messrs, Anderson, .Colviu, . Ji Duncan, ' .Greeuslade,

Poland, Scott, Soddon,' Taylor, J. C. Thomson, anil,the Hon. I!. Jl'Kenzio. Petitions, A. to L.—Tho Hon. T. Duncan, Messrs. Fisher, Mine, Mac Donald, Newman, Keed, Smith, Taylor, Right MOll. Sir J. ti. Ward, and tlio Hon. 11. M'Kcnzie. ' Petitions, M. to Z.—,Messrs. Clark, Calvin, Crnigie, J. Duncan, Forbes, Ilogau, Myers, Nosworlhy, Pearce, and tlio lion, D. lluddo. ' Petitions Classification.—Messrs. Glover, Guthrie, M'Laren, Oliey. Pearce, Poole, Dr. To R.nigihiroa, Smith, Wright, anil tlio Hon. D. liuddo. Statutes Revision. —Messrs. Field, Hanan, Herdman, llerries, Malcolm, lieed. Sidoy, Hon. Sir W. J. Steward, Mr. Wilford, and the lion. Mr. Ngata. THE HIGH COMMISSIONERSHIP. Sir .T. Carroll informed a Dominion rc> porter last evening that the Government ;new nothing about the reported resignation of the High Commifsioner, nor had they any intimation as to Sir William Jlall-Jones's intention to leave London for New Zealand next month, as stated in tlio press. The position was simply that, his term nt olliec. had been extended until August 81, and further arrangement!) would bo mndo after UlO I'rimo Minister a return to Now Zealand. , MEMBERS' QUESTIONS. Mr. Herdman is to ask the Government whether it intends to establish a public art gallery in Wellington in connection with the Dominion Museum. . Herdman will ask for a return giving the names of nil persons appointed to die public service, exclusive of tlio Education Department: and the Railway Department, during 1900 and 11110, on tho recommendation of -members of Parliament, together with details of the appointments. ; The Leader of the Opposition is asking the Minister, for Railways whether ho 1 will this session raise tho wages of locomotive drivers to tho same scale as that 111 operation in New South Wales. A proposal is being made by. Mr. Clark' that as children are now required to attend school until they' attain the ago of 15 years, boys and girls under that ago ■ should bo allowed to travel on tho railways at half the ordinary rates. Tho < restoration of tho privileges. formerly granted to students attending instruction classes is being asked'for by Mr. Field, BREVITIES, A return showing tho amounts of rents ' received by the. Public Trustee oh behalf of owners of land leased 'undtfr tho-West Const Settlement Reserves Act, and. llot". claimed by the owners entitled to receivo the money, has been asked for by Mr. Okcy. •

The first number of Hansard for this session is just out. Tho typo is larger than hitherto—a concession to the tired , eyes of members. Tho bulk ,of tho publication will not ho greatly ■ increased, as tho margins have been reduced. Tho new typo is that known to printers as bourgeois old-style.