NE TEMERE DECREE

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 309, 23 September 1920, Page 6

NE TEMERE DECREE

! . MARRIAGES AMENDMENT BILL, NO. 2 f" DRASTIC PROPOSALS !>• The Hon. J. MacGregor yesterday gavo . notice in. the Legislative Council of the r, Marriages Amendment Bill -(No. 2). i The Bill provides that the Registrar- t ! ■ Gfeneral is not to enter on the list of | f"- -officiating ministers—(a) The name- of | ti;\ any bishop, priest, or minister of the ■ I, Roman Catholic Church so long as the j f." , ;._Ne Temere decree or' Chapter I of the ■ " Decrtee of the Council of Trent (referral " : ■ tj in the Ne Temere decree), is in force ] i ... in New. Zealand, (b) The name of any i ; bishop, prifest, or minister of any church J which by any articles of religion, confes- ( ; sion of faith, creed, or- catechism, denies (. V ll . or questions, 1 either directly or- by ira- ' . plication, the validity in, any sense of : marriages solemnised in accordance with > 1 the provisions of the Marriago Act. RECKLESS MOTORIST!! j DRASTIC LEGISLATION THREAT- ' ENED. -' ; Dr.' Thacker (Christchurch East), in i f tho House yesterday afternoon asked the ! Prime Minister if his attention had been j 1 drawn ,to the remarks of the coroner in ; I- regard 1 to the death of a. clergyman in i f '-Canterbury in consequence of a motor- i ! - car.: accident. Dr. Thacker emphasised j j- • the necessity of drastic action in cases \ of careless driving. Mr;-. Massey saia be had read the • " coroner's remarks, and he thoroughly ; 'c ' : agreed' with them. If legislation was f.-.- necessary, and probably it would be, he i.fii'-'would ■ introduce something that would , j.-'/-. make reckless motor drivers much moTa careful than they had been for a long 1.-iB time past. Thfe Minister of Justice (Mr. Lee) said L that the matter was being considered by 1. the 1 police. , . AMENDMENT BILL, ! fV-'ii} reported from the Statutes Revision ' ■ Committee of the Upper House, the Hon. ' J. MacGregor's Divorca and Matrimonial - Causes Amendment Bill still contains the I provision that failure to comply with a 'decree for restitution of conjugal rights t, 1 ehnll be> a ground of divorce.'.'The com- !:; ' 7,-;mittee has, however, struck out the ■ clause providing that the Court may f make an order for restitution of conjugal [ . .. rights where the parties are separated by 1 (■ s decree or by mutual consent. ' THE QU|LITY OF GAS r '' TO BE CONSIDERED BY CABINET. ■ The President) of the Board of Trade } ■■■'■• (the Hon. B. P. Lee) was asked yesteri day by Mr. W. E. Parry (Auckland Cen- ' tral) whether in view of the findings of \: ""> the Auckland Prices Investigation Triiy . '-cbunal in regard to the composition of m" 1 ----gas,' and of the serious loss sustained by i. 1 the consumer, he would in the meantime, - " :'-\while the Government was preparing to 7 give "legislative effect to the findings, ' take immediate steps through the Board of Trade to protect the gos consumer, i Mr. Parry added that, the findings of the r - tribunal. revealed the same state of af-'f-faits as-that shown by investigation two ; ago. This meant thnt the consumer ; ,„_Kad,been, receiving only fifteen shillings ' worth of . gas for which he paid one ' pound. '•tint.Mr.--I«e replied that everyone would |' 1 '"" admit without question that the gas com- '. _ ... paniesl should not be allowed to 6upply i 1'1 11 "an' inferior article at the price of pure ' .. yJIr. G. Mitchell (Wellington South): Can you not standardise .it? -The Minister said that it was not a ■ matter which was under the control of the Board of Trade at the present time. ; 'j . The whole question was coining before '" ' Cabinet. WOMi~PATROLS - ! 1 , ALREADY AT WORK IN THE ; CITIES. ; n ' ; 'A general statement regarding the i . w:ork of. women patrols in the Dominion was made in the House of Represents \ tives yesterday afternoon by the Minis- ! ter of Public Health (Hon, C. J. Parr). ■Mr. M. J". Savage (Auckland West) ask- !■ • ed the Minister if there were any em- ! ployed -by the Department in Auckland i.;. . and, if so, would tho Minister give ; - tome idea of the number and of their I . " -activities. •v- Mr. Parr said ho believed there were altogether eight women patrols in die ' Dominion, two being stationed in each of the main centres. The Health Departmont hail recently embarked upon this activity. It wii9 a matter in which the Hon. G. W. Eussell was much interested. Ho had while Minister of Public Health brought about the eni- -. ploymont of theee ladies in the service. I "I'rom reports received, continued tho Minister, he gathered thnt they were 'doing very useful work. Mr. W. T. Jennings (Waitomo): Are '. .- -they in uniform? Mr. Parr: "I believe Cot, but I think they wear a badge." The Chief Health . "Officer had stated that up to the present '' he had had every reason to believe that the movement promised to be a very , useful one. INDIANS ONIUBLIC WORKS ! 'A COMPLAINT. FROM THE WAIRA---w. RAP A. The employment of Indians by the Pub--,'lic Works Department on road works in tho Wairarapa was mentioned in the House of Representatives by Mr. A. D. . ,:M'Leod (Wairarapa). The complaint of a Main Body man, who stated that ho . . was being forced to carry his swag while i ' coloured, men worked in his own district, I ■ was read to the House by Mr. M'Leod. - The Minister of Publio Works (Mr. U Coates) replied that he had not heard | lof Indians being employed in tho WaiI " rarapa. 1 Protest had been made against the employment of a gant? of Indians on road-making near Christchurch, but as a i matter of fact no other labour had been ■ available at the time, and the local 1 peoploi ihad ibeen anxious that the work. ,'should proceed quickly. Tho Indians hail .^•worked-.ori:-co-operative contract, on the !-. . same ns anybody else. !tr. "Coates added that he would make inqiur- ! . ;. ies on the point raised by Mr. -M Leod. ! ;,--The Indians were British citiiens, and i., he did not care to ask them to suffer any indignity.until the policy of the Governf-~" "mer.t, as to the number of them to be :'k, permitted to remain In New Zealand, f/;.- £»d been determined.