THE HOUSE.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1818, 2 August 1913, Page 6

THE HOUSE.

The House of Representatives met at 2.30 p.m. ■ SIR WALTER BUCHANAN (Wairarapa) moved the second reading of tho Roman Catholic Archbishop Empowering Bill, a measuro authorising tho sale of certain land in Fcatherston and Carterton, tho proceeds to be devoted to the purchase of other lands. , Tho second reading was agreed to.

POLITICAL RIGHTS,

Mr. W. A. VEITCH AVnnganui) renowed notice of tho following motion which had been removed from the Order Paper :—"That in the opinion of this House tho time has arrived when full civil and political rights should bo restored to Stato employees."

THE EPIDEMIC.

Mr. L. M. ISITT (Christchurch North) asked the Minister for • Public Health whether his attention had been drawn to statements by the Auckland correspondent of a Christchurch paper that a number of doctors in Auckland ha<l said that in, all their experience they had never known such severe results to follow upon vaccination as during the past few weeks. One doctor, it was stated, had said that the lymph supplied by the Department was undoubtedly to blame, and that a mistake had been made by the Department in sending out the lymph before it had been stored for a sufficient period. The Hon. R. H. RHODES asked that tho question bo put on the Order Paper. Mr. T. BUXTON (Temuka) suggested that there was a risk of infection from flour, and other articles being allowed to enter, from Australia without any precautions beihg token.- _ The Hon. B. H. RHODES said that it would be a very difficult matter to disinfect the articles montioncd, and ho was informed that it was unnecessary—that tho,risk,of ; infection by such an agency was yovy, pligb-t*

Mr. G. W. RUSSELL . (Avon) asked whether it was'a fact tlmt vaccinations carried out at Rotorua had [ailed to tako effect.

The Hon. R. H. RHODES ■ replied in tlio negative. Ho added that in the case of 11 number of persons previously vaccinated revaccination had failed'to talio effect.

Mr. ISITT gave notice to ask tho Minister whether ho would inquire into tlio statements to which lie had referred. •

LAND DEFENCE.

Mr. G. IV. RUSSELL (Avon) gave notice to ask tho Minister for Defence whether ho intended to give the House an opportunity this session to discuss tlio land defence system of the Dominion.

LATE SIR ARTHUR GUINNESS.

Mr. P. C. WEBB (Grey) gave notice to ask the Government -whether they intended to take any steps towards tho erection of a memorial to the late Sir Arthur Guinness.