PARLIAMENT

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2582, 2 October 1915, Page 7

PARLIAMENT

. THE-COUNCIL GAMING AMENDMENT BILL IMPORTANT NEW CLAUSE L The Legislative Council met. at 2:30' p.m. _ ' , ... The Dairy Industry. Amendment Bill, the .Prisoners' Detention Bill, the Destitute Persons Amendment Bill, the Footwear Regulation Amondment Bill, the Miners' Phthisis Bill, the Mining 'Amendment Bill, and the Coal Mines Amendment' Bill were introduced from tho House, and read a first time.. The amendments of His Excellency the Government in the Marriage 'Amondment Bill and the. Expeditionary Forces Bill were agreed to.'

DAIRY INDUSTRY BILL. V-The Hon, SIR -FRANCIS BELL moved the second reading of the Dairy Industry Amendment Bill, a clause of '■which prevents' the; export of " butter with more than, 16. per cent, of mois-. ture, or the sending of it to a gradingstore for export. '-'-'i "'. - , The Hon. SIR WM. HALL-JONES said that pnxlucers could not be tod careful in exporting; butter -to London with an excessive amount of moisture. Ho would have preferred the Australian law followed; where butter could not be exported .'Tvij;h more than 15 pel cent, of moisture.- _ The Bill was read a second time,, put through Committee, read a third time, and passed. \\ - . •

PRISONERS' DETENTION BILL. V .The ; Hon. SIR' FRANCIS BELL moved ; tlie second reading of the Prisoners': Detention Bill.. - The Hon. R. •MOORE said that' if local authorities had to provide for special attendance for- such' prisoners .when,-they ivero taken to the.'ordinary hospitals, there would bo increased liability." It was only:.-right ; that. the Government should find the money for that increase. The Bill was read a second time, put through .final stages, -and' passed. - ; .

FOOTWEAR REGULATIONS. . On tho second .reading of the Footwear Regulation .Amendment Bill, . ThoHon. J'. BARIi condemned tho fact that shoddy material.had';teen,';put m boots for the soldiers.. Ho held 'that .expert, inspectors ' should be .-provided. The Hon. C. A. HARDY said that excellent boots had ' been supplied •to the troops after • the difficulty ■ with regard to the leather had been .got over. ' - Tlie Bill was road a second time, put through filial stages, and-passed.. ■ : ;

MINING BILLS. The Miners' Phthisis Bill and the Mining .Amendment .Bill wero put through remaining stages and passed.'' . CAMINC AMENDMENT. :

IMPORTANT NEW CLAUSE. The .Gaining Amendment-Bill was further considered -in".'Committee. , •' . The I Hon., Sir • Francis. Bell said that ho did not propose to proceed Avith the new clause increasing the rac- •• ing days in perpetuity from 250 to '251. .. Ho had tho following new., clause-to ' v '.-meet' "the difficulty :— ' ' "If, :, in any year; _on 'August'if' licenses under 'the principal Act ..i for the use of the totalisator. at race meot-''-'ings haver,',hq£' issued -for' the full ; numboi'ofv'days, : as .'fixed ;by. Section' 5

of tlio Gaming Amendment Act, 1910, and, iu that year any racing club, by reason of tlio uso or occupation of its land or buildings or any part thereof for military.purposes,' lias hold n lower number of raco meetings than it hold in the immediately preceding year, tlio Minister of Internal Affairs may, not, withstanding anything in tho said section, issue to that.club in the next, succeeding year a license to use tho totnifisator 011 such number of days as ho thinks; lit', but so that tho aggregate number of days on which the totalizator may bo nsed in that year shall not exceed 250 by a number greater than tlio' difference between 250 and tho aggregate number of days on'which tho totalisator was authorised'to be used in tho preceding year." • ' Tliere was, said the Minister, however, a technical difficulty in tlio clauso, which, might have some effect on the fixing of dates. It might happen that the oxtra'day, instead of being granted in the following year, .might be granted in the year after. He would prefer to have .progress reported, to- endeavour to overcome that defect. Progress, was reported. The Council rose at 4 p.m. till 11 a.m. ,to-day. ■