YESTERDAY IN PARLIAMENT.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1557, 28 September 1912, Page 6

YESTERDAY IN PARLIAMENT.

A WANGANU! RIVER BILL. THE DEFENCE OF POOR PRISONERS. THE ESTIMATES, EDUCATION MATTERS DISCUSSED.

The land Bill was briefly mentioned in the House "of Representatives yesterday, when the' Prime Minister announced '.'at ho would move, .when the Bill was in Committee, to. introduce certain amend : mehts; ; •:// Cine month's leave; of absence was granted t<| the Hon; J. A. Millar,- on the gro,und of. ill-health; ■ Mr. A; E. ;Glover gave notice that he would ask the' Minister .for Justice to immediately release the waihi strikers on ■the' ground that -their conduct did not justify their detention. Mr'., Russell askkl, tlio Prime Minister when ]io .proposed to take, the.second reading, .debate,on-the land,Bill. Mr; Massey said .that -it . depended on -the -'progress , made'.by -the Lands Committee -in dealing with.- the Bill/-. It would be brought up as soon as it had been reprinted. -Mr-.' C.-'A: Wilkinson,'tho new member for Egmont, made his first appearance in the House,- and was 'sworn'- in. His sponsors, were Messrs. H. J. H. Okey and' J.. 8.'.-Hine.'. Thfe House .spent, the;'greater part of the; afternoon in, second-reading debates. The Wanganui River Trust Amendment Bill' (Mr.: Massey), the •. Justicos of ■ the Peace Amendment Bill - (Mr. Herdman), and the Pharmacy Amendment Bill (Mr. B. H. Rhodes) all -had an easy passage.', At 5 p.m. Mr. L. M. Isitt (Christchurch North) declared' that he had been gross- ' ly, misrepresented in a leading article in The Dominion of that morning, -and he moved that' a breach' of privilege had been committed. He' did not persevere with his motion; for whercas'66veral of . his friends advised him to .withdraw it, Mr.. G. W. Russell was the only speaker taking part iii' the,halfJiour discussion who said,.'he ought to go on with it. In ■the end he asked leave to withdraw his. motion, and no. objection was offered. At 7.30 p.m. the, House went into Committee of Supply upon the Estimates of the Department of Education; Discussion ran on-.placidly 'for hours except when Mr. A. H. : Hindmarsh; the evening, ; made some heated remarks on ■ the subject-of -infant .mortality and the desirability of , giving instruction to'.girls attending primary, schools as to the proper nurture of .infants.' •',- - The legislative-Council devoted pracfcic-illy-the whole of its. sitting .to a discussion on the second reading o£ thei Local Authorities,. Superannuation. Amendment Bill. (The only: other, business done was the passing of the Land and Incorno As6es3mTOt;Amendjnent Bill through its final stagey. - ' - - ■ - Tlifi House, passed tho last-vote on the Education; Estimates at 0.5 : a.m. It was engaged.,upon the State Guaranteed Advances' Account until 1.50 a.m., and rose a few minutes later.