PARLIAMENT,

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 21, 23 September 1915, Page 2

PARLIAMENT,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Per Press Association. Wellington, September 22. The Hutt Road Bill passed its third reading. The Mortgagor Extension Amendment Bill was then taken in Committee. Several speakers contended that the ■ •ill. if passed, would be disadvantageous to borrowers, while others maintained that unfair advantage was being taken in some cases of t.ie provisions of the principal Act, and that the amendments proposed were necessary. At 9.25 p.m., a division was taken on the first clause, the voting being: Ayes 54, noes 4. At eleven o'clock a division was taken on an amendment by Mr McCbmbs to'sub-clause b of clause .'sa, with the view of removing the words "or by borrowing at a reasonable rate of interest." The amendment was lost by 19 to 6. The remaining clauses, with one or two slight amendments, were then passed. I The Local Railway." Amendment Bill 'was considered and reported without amendment, and both Bills were read a third time and passed.. The Sale of Food and Drugs Amendment Bill, providing that in the case of a specified class or classes of food imported into New Zealand it should be stamped to indicate the country of i origin, was read a second time. The .Marriage (Act Amendment Bill was also read a second time, and both (Sills were reported from committee without amendment, read a.third time, and passed. , v