PRISON REFORM.
[ POLITICAL RIGHTS OF CIVIL SERVANTS.
•".'"When tho Houso met yesterday the Chairman (Mr, J. A.' Hanan) presented tho'report of tho Committee set 'up to investigate the question of privilege rais- ' ed by tho member fot Wairau. Two hours -veto occupied in tho discussion of questions, prominence being given .by-members to' tho'so relating'to the removal of the civil and political disabil--itiesofl public servants, "niy.l to tho Ministerial'veto on the decisions of Railway Appeal Boards. . Mr.;F.. W. Lang was elected without opposition ,to tho position of Chairman '. of .Committers, .-and, all the. usual Select Committees wero set up, except tho Public Accpunts Committee. Three-Government Bills were read a second time. The Deputy 'Governors' Powers Bill, defining tho powers of deputy .governors passed without opposition. The •Prisons'' Amendment Bill, relating to-the taking of finger-prints cf accused persons in custody provoked .1 discussion on prison ' system generally, and the -New Zealand University Amendment Bill, to empower the Senate to grant diplomas in Public Health, gave.rise to. a debate on University education.,."'."
The House adjourned at 11.5 pm
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1509, 3 August 1912, Page 6
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175PRISON REFORM. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1509, 3 August 1912, Page 6
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