THE HOUSE.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1901, 8 November 1913, Page 8

THE HOUSE.

■Tlie House of-.Representatives met at 6.30. p.m. '.. Mr. J. H. ESCOTT (Pahiatua) gave , Siotice to ask .whether. ,any. complaint had . reached the Government that ' a • member of the House of Representatives had' .used' insulting language to Ser-Eeant-Major , Young, commanding tho ;fifth squadron of Special Police, on the November 5. i CIVIL SERVANTS' INCREASES. -Mr. T.' Mi WILFORD (Hutt) drew •'■the: attention of "tie. Prime-Minister to a': letter-'lie had received from a Civil Servant; ' The correspondent complained > that ' Civil .Servants Tyqre not -to :■ be paid the salaries recomm?fided by ;the Public Service Commissionier-until.after Christ-. I mas, even , though they were not 'appealing kgainst the decisions ;It was ' the ' intention -to withhold payment to ! nil -.Civil Servants of tho extra amount /allowed '.under x iho, : new. classification' : until - after- the were completed, iand at .the'present .rate of hearing, the appeals .would hot bo completed; for .teeveral months.. •The Hon. v W..F. MASSEY (Prime Minister), said- lie- could not give; definifo.'jreply, .'but he would. submit the •matter:tb -Cabinet,:.and,w6uld'be /ready •to mako :astatement'in. a-few, days. , ' BUSINESS'OF THE SESSION, -'"SIR JOSEPH WABI) (Awarua) asked . the. he - could that day -make' a statement, as to the business the : Government proposed to proceed.with this session, and also ti|e same would state , %k^';®.^4ctial-.-BiIl l, lJa ; 5 to be circulated/' '.'" - ' • : .

The Hon. W.- F.,MASSEY said that on.', account. of the absence, of; the Defence Minister it was impossible for him to answer the question with regard to ■ the "Naval. Bill,, but ho- hoped' "that., on; Tuesday-, he - would 'be able'to'make' astatement' as .to the .business the Government intended: to deal, with 'before the.end of the session.. '■ , ' Sir Joseph Ward asked whether the proposals in . the Naval Statement committed the irrevocably • to a training, ship, :

Mr. Massoy: Yes, subject to the. ap-. proval of Parliament. .. ~ SHOPS AND OFFICES BILL. • Mr. G. WITTY (Riccarton) asked the Prime Minister whether he was going ■ on with the Shops and Offices Bill. The Hon. W. F. MASSEY said there .had been a certain-amount Of .delay owing to the v industrial crisis and,, to '«tHer..reasdna/'',y ever, the Sliops Bill would be proceeded wiih~-this;session. Whether the Government went on with tho Bill (ornot depended upon other matters. He ' hoped to go"on with it this however,: and to. give. Parliament an early opportunity of putting it on the Statute-: 'hook.