EDUCATION BILL.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2281, 15 October 1914, Page 7

EDUCATION BILL.

. I ■ J CLASSIFICATION OF TEACHERS. SALARIES AND STAFFING. The Legislative Council mot at 2.30 p.m. PARAPARA IRON DEPOSITS. Tho Hon. H. D. BELL, replying to a question by the Hon. A.. T. Maginnity, said that ho did not think that there was the slightest probability of any Government of Now Zealand undertaking the establishment of the iron industry at Parapara. GOVERNMENT BILLS. Tho Hon. H. D. BELL moved that the Standing Orders should be so far suspended as to allow Government Bills to pass through all their stages at one sitting. He assured the Council that there would be no desire on his part to force into Committee any Bills which Councillors wished to havo further time to consider. He was anxious to have (short Bills which were introduced in the Council sent down to the other Chamber without delay. FACTORIES ACT AMENDMENT BILL. DEBATE. RESUMED. The adjourned debate upon the Hon. J.. T. Paul's motion to commit the Factories Act Amendment' .Bill was resumed. This Bill had an easy passage through the Houso of Representatives, but, after it reached the Council,'the Labour -Bills Committee of the Council recommended that tho Bill should not be allowed to proceed. When this recommendatioil. was reported to the Council, the Hon. J. T. Paul gave notice that he would move to have the Bill committed. After due notice,. Sir. Paul moved accordingly, and after debating the question for a considerable time tho Council adjourned the discussion to permit of all members of the Chamber perusing tho report of the evidonce given before the Labour Bills Committee. . Opportunity to see the report of the evidence having been given, the debate on Mr. Paul's motion was resumed yesterday. The proposal in the Bill is to reduce the hours of ivcmen workers in woollen factories frcm forty-eight to forty-five hours. The arguments for and against the proposal were very fully dealt with in tho previous debate on the question. Tho Hon; C. A. C. HARDY said that ho had visited the Petone Woollen Mills and found the conditions under which tho employees worked evidently satisfactory. Workers did not desire a reduction of hours which would result in a reduction in- wages. He considered that -the recommendation of tho Labour Bills Committee W'as justified. The Hon. J. BARR said that tlfough Chairman of the Labour Bills Committee he was not in favour of the committee's recommendation. The Hon. W.' MORGAN said that ho was in favour of short hours for women, but that lie would oppose the motion unless it. was shown to him that it was practicable to have the men and tho women in the one manufactory working different hours. Moreover, it'seemed to him thators concerned had; not asked for an alteration in the Act. "' The Hon. A. T. MAGINNITY expressed the opinion that (judging by the evidence) there was no'justification for allowing'the Bill to proceed. '. ' . The Hon. C. H. MILLS said that he did not favour the Bill. The Hon. C. LOTJISSON said that he would voto for the second reading of the Bill on the understanding that tho C<mmittee stage should be taken advantage of to introduce some alterations. ! The Hon. SIR WILLIAM HALLI JONES said that it would be a conI temptuous thing to deny the measure tho courtesy of being , considered in Committee., The Hon.' G. JONES favoured giving the concession in hours which, tho Bill proposed. The Hon. J. MACGREGOR was speaking, when (at 5.10 p.m.) the Council adjourned.

The debate will be resumed this afternoon.