PARLIAMENT.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2290, 26 October 1914, Page 7

PARLIAMENT.

LOCAL BILLS

BIG SHEAF PUT THROUGH

THE PEOPLE'S MM

The House sat at 10 a.m. on Saturday to deal with Local Bills. In all there wero seventeen Local Bills on tho Order Paper. Two of these—the Awakino County Council Empowering Bill, and the Christchurch Tramways District Bill, and the Wairoa Harbour Board Endowment Bill—were withdrawn. The other Bills were: Tho Takapuna Borough Foreshore Vesting Bill (Mr. Harris), ihe Whangarei Borough Land Vesting Bill (Mr. Mander), the Napier Harbour Board Empowering and Loan Bill (Mr. Campbell), the Riccarton Bush Bill (Mr. Davey), the Eltham Drainage Board Bill (Mr. Wilkinson), tho Dunedin District . Drainage and Sewerage Acts Amendment (the Hon. J. Allen), Waitara Harbour Board Empowering Bill (Mr. Wilson), the Auckland City Empowering Bill (Mr. Myers), the Southland Land Drainage Bill (Sir Joseph Ward), the Christchurch District Drainage Amendment Bill (Mr. Davey), the Auckland, Harbour Board Vesting Bill (Mr. Myers), the Wairoa Harbour Board Endowment Bill (Sir James Carroll), the Wellington City Milk Supply Amendment Bill (Mr. Hindmarsh), the Christchurch Milk Supply and Markets Bill (Mr. Ell), and t'he Dunedin City vWaipori Falls) Lands Vesting-Bill (Mr. Statham). These Bills were all read a second time in. the space of ten minutes, put through Committee at almost as fast a speed, and read a third time without debate. • . ' ... Wellington Milk Supply. j . The first serious, discussion was raised 'on the Wellington City Milk Supply and Markets Bill. Mr. G. FORBES (Hurunui)" said that Subclause 3 of Clause 2 of the Bill which enjoined all sellers of milk should bring .their milk into' a testing station, meant that a suburban resident with a cow could not supply a neighbour. This was surely going too far. Mr. Nosworthy: Hear, hear. It is about the limit. Mr. Forbes moved to. strike the clause out. Mr. A. H. HINDMARSH said that owing to the configuration of Wellington there were very few cows in the suburbs, but there were a few people at Island Bay who carried on small business as dairymen. The clause to them would be a hardship; The City Council had, however, decided, when introducing a new Bill, to deal with the matter thoroughly. Mr. Hindmarsh did not insist upon his clause, and it was struck out on the voices. The Bill was put through Committee with this amendment. A' similar question was raised about the Christchurch Milk Supply Bill, but tho result was the same. The Bill was allowed to pass without amendment. REGISTRATION OF MASSEURS. The Masseurs Registration Bill was introduced by Governor's Message and read a first time. The House Tose at 11.45 a.m.