PARLIAMENT.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 681, 27 June 1914, Page 5

PARLIAMENT.

• BIBIii?pADING BILL. : • PUBLIC SERVICE AMENDMENT. [BY TELBbBAZB.—TSfiSS' ASSOOIAXION.I; ' .'l:vvv« f '•;/r WellJngto0 J vfr,iday..'; The House met at 2».3op ; rm. The Hon. Mr Allen introduced ~ R*Hgwoa:lnstrus^n^ ;;^; ferendum B ill.V-' «,* : the" Pijbljc Serylce ' me^ndment Bill, said; there 4as JrVftt disss prejSfiiiiftg? in thje}|Pttblije; Sajvicebecause the right of appeal.did rot prevail in jiU branches of the service. r . His bill jiioposßd-tb give the right of appeal ,tn accoxdanca with the.; rScettfo* dtcision of the Chief JuStice.MEhe » bill evfry evfry yac^hcy r in •„ be ,^dy'e^tiied; "that *very applisant have statutoryright of appeal before the Appeal "Board an equality -with Those dismissed from the Public 5 Should ;bave tbe ; right ; to "aee any reports as fo'ability or character, and should be supplied with, £easpj& His pro;.s|djd ?fjsi^hfei C}i -^-'",■;. ... ~, . "■ r, Hon. Mr Herdman denied there wai any disstisfaction iff ther Public Service. The ; Cdmmissiohers were no; 'autbferats and ootalot*e dismissed by Ta r^iij»ent.' 7i rna;P,ublic Service Act .conferred great, favours upon the [eounW and'Ppbliiß. Serv.iee,and if the Opposition proposed to repeal it, then they must also repeal the benefits conferred By the' Act. ,'f. |' The bill was read a first tinie./ , The Hon, Mr Allen introduced an Imprest Supply Bill of £964,000 ior the payment of public sevices.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL REFORM. IMPREST SUPPLY PASSED. The House resumed at 7.30 p.m. ... Sir Joseph Ward,, discussing the Imprest Snppiy Bill, contended that the Government had no mandate from the people to change the' constitution of the legislature by making the Legislative Council elective. Tjije nominative Chamber had no right to make a change which affected the rights of the representatives of the people. Mr Massey quoted the" returns of last election" to show that the Gov ernment had a mandate. In order to reform the Legislative Gbah'efl ; it* Was' necessary to make: appointments to carry the Goverintetent bill, and tie hoped to be able to-announce the names, of the appointees in a few days. The Government was following a well-r known constitutional principle.in intrb'dacinif /tfie- bill into 'the Upper 1 Houße, and they had precedent for not bringing Stlrt bill into operation until after next general-election.

Mr Russell, said -the Gbverninent was talking reform of the Council, but.had their tongue in their cheek all the time. No language could too severely condemn the proposal to delay, the •operation of the bill till 1917. The Hon. Mr Allen asked wbat mandate bad .the Mackenzie Government to make appointments to the Council. That question required an "answer from now carping at the action of the present Government. In dealing with Sir Joseph Ward's statement as to the estimates of naval expenditure, be quoted from Haniard to prove that Sir Joseph Ward certainly was two" millions out in his figures. He said an apology 'was due to him ; the' statement (iat he had been misrepresented. ." After the supper." adjournment the deoate developed into n ventilation of local grievances, nnd at midnight the J)ill the. Committee stage. At 12.30 the bill passed, and the House rose immediately afterwards. v -*' -'■ •- '•'■' - : " s - ■■ -