A BRIEF SITTING.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2241, 29 August 1914, Page 9

A BRIEF SITTING.

, NATIONAL PROVIDENT SCHEME. ■ , SOME INTERESTING FIGURES. The Legislative Council met at, 2.30 ;.m. Tho Imprest Supply Bill was_ received from the House of Representatives, and ivas put through all its stages and passed. " Tho Public. Bodies' Leasos Amendment Bill was read a second time. Tho Master and Apprentice Amendment Bill was put through the Committee stage, and read a second time. Speaking invCommitteo, the Hon. J. T. Paul'said that the whole question of master and apprentice was obsolete, and dealt with piecemeal. The apprentice today was not trained: he was allowed'' to worry through, and the result was.indifferent work, . There was no law to compel the masters to teach a boy or a girl their trade thoroughly. > fee boys and girls were now money-making institutions for their employers. ' He. thought a comprehensive revision of the legislation should be undertaken. The Hon. C. A.,0. Hardy considered that the Bill would be very useful indeed, and expressed the hope that it would pass. . :■■',,, The Hon. H. D. Bell observed that ■■'■ the measure was needed on account of the imported boys. , The Hon. W.'Earnshaw termed tho provisions for the payment of imported boys "'exceedingly liberal." , The. Council'adjourned at 3 p.m. till " Tuesday next.