PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. DEFENCE, BIEE IN COMMITTEE. Weixington, December 22. The House, after 2 a.m., went through the Committee stages of the Defence Bill quickly. The Premier moved that all volunteers shall become part of the Territorial force! This was agreed to, and proviso added that the position of volunteers shall not be altered except by their consent. A motion by Mr Wright to have no camp within five miles of a bar dr brewery was defeated. The Reformatory Institutions Bill passed • through Committee without amendment. In the Society of Accountants Bill a proposal to extend the time for registration was carried. The Magistrate’s Courts Bill was reported without amendment. The House rose at 4.35 a.m. The Premier made a statement re the Timber Commission. The Government intended to bring in legislation next session to carry the spirit of the report. Mr Smith regretted that legislation affecting the timber industry would not be introduced this session, as that would mean a delay of nine months. The millers had been waiting to see what the Government would do before discharging their employees, which would now be done.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 702, 23 December 1909, Page 3
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187PARLIAMENT. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 702, 23 December 1909, Page 3
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