PARLIAMENT.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 389, 23 August 1911, Page 5

PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. h r WORKERS' DWELLINGS BILL. : INTERESTING DISCUSSION. 0 - | Till' House met at 2.H0 p.m. ' j A petition, signed by Mr J. L. r I Kelly and others praying for the release of Lionel Terry from tin: nien- ' tal asylum was presented. Replying to a ones! ion, the Hon. ' Geo. Fir.vld.-5 stated that, in connection 1 with the medical examin.nl ion of territorial.", any person m.'.y b. i \amined 1 at any place other than (hi- place where She order was issued. Territorials could !>e examined a! the near--1 1 est piace to where « aminnt urns wne j taking place. J On the motion of the Hon. a. Millar jto lay the report on the Wovkeis' j Dwelling.-' Art on (he !ahie. Mr Miliar, | in reply !o a query, sain he was negoI tinting for land for workers' dwel- | lings in Christehureh, 1 nvercargiil. j New Plymouth and Napier, ile would ! not' buy land which was ico dear for | workers to boy. The erection of huild- ! ings would, he stated, he put in hand j within a month. ! Mrß.ussell objected !o the limited J areas the Government was allowing for dwellings, and advocated larger | sections on the suburban railway lines, j .Messrs IJanan, Field and Lang sup- | ported the poiicv pursued hv (hi 1 IS 1 itiiI ster. [ Mr Laurenson advocated a liberal area in connect ion with dwellings. He instanced the ease of a man in Christehureh who cleami l' !i>si out of tomatoes grown in glass houses on one and a half acres in one year. Mr Toole said there were- thousands and thousands of worker? in the cities who wen.- compelled to live right in the cities, and these people were deserving of consideration. Mr Luke contended thai the Minister should extend the operation* of the Act. to embrace individuals. Sec- i tions of worker? ought not to he put. on a particulai settlement., and marked ' ! oil' as a special elas? of people. He j hoped tin- Minister would resist the femptaien Jo allow himself to he exploited by syndicates desiring to unload a lot of land on the Gov. rmnent. Mr Fisher thought Parliament would j h.ave to undertake the duties which i municipalities ought to carry out, hut so far had shirked, namely: destruet ion of shim are,-is in cities. Mi" Millar, in repiy. said the House would he given an opportunity during, the session to discuss the whole matter of workers' dwellings. l!. was impossible to do anything of a comprehensive charsiger without the aid of a large Joan. Half a million of money was necessary to carry out th--scheme properly. The om stion of alum areas required drastic i.-gislaiien to compel local authorities abolish them. Local auiheities commenced slum? by giving permit.- for buildings. 1 and should be made to hear tin- brnnt i in the elimination thereof. The motion was carried. The Mental Deficiives Riii and Friendly Societies' Amendment I'ill were read a third time and passed. The House went, into committee on ' the Patents. IVsiens and Trade Marks Rill. ' j The House adjourned at .>.30. EVENING SITTING. ! The House considered the Patents, j Designs and Trade Marks' Rill in Com- \ mittee. and several minor amendments were made and the Rill reported. The Stone Quarries Rill was also reported. Hon. D. Ruddo moved the second • reading of the Hauraki Plains Amend- - ( ment Rill, -providing lor a further allocation of £-10,000 to complete- the ' work. The Rill was referred to the ! Lands t'nmm i t tee. The Industrial Conciliation and . , Workers Compensation Rilis wore read , a second time pro forma, and reiened to the Labour Rillr Committee. The House rose at. lO.oa p.m.