LOCAL AMD GOVERNMENT BILLS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1590, 6 November 1912, Page 8

LOCAL AMD GOVERNMENT BILLS.

Local-Bills were considered by the House of Representatives yesterday, at a sitting which lasted from noon until 1 ■pirn. Most of tie. hour was "spent in . dis- ■ cu'ssiiig a: question of Native rights, ..which - cripped; up when tho Opimake Harbour Board Bill was under review. Only nine . minutes wero given to the Orakei Model Suburb Bill (an Auckland measure), and no'-progress had r been made upon it when the House adjourned'. . During ~the after:noon the Prime Minister promised that one more hour, would be given to Local Bills before- the session, came to an end. The'.Barniaids' Registration Bill was passed ;after"aii extended discussion. In Committee; .an '"amendment-' .was. inserted 011 the motion of Mr. Massoy extending tho privilege of registration to barmaids who. were entitledto register • under . tlie Act of 1911, but failed 'to 'do so.. An amendment by' Mr. A. E.-Glover to euable: any' barmaid to -register who had been, employed in that capacity for three months "during tlietwelve months preced- ■/' -. ing; the passage, of tlie -Bill was .negatived by a largo majority. . , . . The Land Agents'. Registration Bill, . .. originally introduced: by Mr. G... Witty, and later taken'np ;by tho Government. "passed, after it - had ' been-' discussed at" length, and a number of machinery, amendments had been inserted in Committee. ' .The Plumbers' Registration' Bill, which provides for tho . ; uniform examination and Dominion' registration of - was discussed during the latter part of the -afternoon and in the evening until '....' nearly nine o'clock. .The.,third : reading ■ ivas contested by Mr. G. J. Anderson and other members, on. the ground that;the* Bill • ihiposed an .unduly severe examina- . tion)on inspectors of sanitary -:work .in .•country;,towns. T&e^~ : .ob)^ms'. , .''n;ere , - oyer-ruieil,, and:, the : did;not:press.for.a' aiyision. l ' -i- ;. A deb:vto -vpoii''tUesKaiPr^:'''J^thoij^anearly; mridnight";, /''Aftenvards tlie 'Sfiwiri er£,:ahdi.Agriculterat. Labourers'..^mend- ■ ment ; Bill"wa3pread*'a- sccand-..tinie: - ,TJie .Educatio.n , -Jipiendmeilt;! 'Bill'-'-'Ayas ;com- • ■ mitted;-j'and : ; itlie .-•Sei'vice': .Glassifi- : .... cation an'd, Siip'ernn'nuationV\A'men(lment : Bill was read a second timo. ■. At 1.10 p.m..the Houso went into Com-- - mittoo:on four Bills. The Shearers' and 'Agricultural Labourers? Amendment Bill ; was 'reported;, with^"apiehdments., after a .brief discussion. '; 'The'.Hoiise. rose at' 2.10; a.m.- : '...Tlie..^^^dati.Tg,--Cpuncil'spent a long. day yesterday dealing with' Bills from tho .': House, of .Representatives. The. .sitting v commenccd at 11a.m., and went on until 9.45 p.m. .?

BARMAIDS' REGISTRATION.

RAILWAY POLICY DISCUSSED.