PARLIAMENT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 158, 26 July 1901, Page 2

PARLIAMENT.

PER PRESS ASSOCUTIOJT. ♦ LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Thoesdat, 25th July; The Council met at 2.30 p.m. EDUCATION MATTER*. A return was ordered, oo Won. F«ld wick's mo'ion. fhowiog what Education Boards permitted their inspectors to examine private schools and •ihat Board* d d not. Speaking on this subject, Hon. W. 0. Walker (Minister for Education) s'a'ed that the Government, by the appointment of special inspectors, bad always done i's part towards affording uppo ' uniting to pupils of private. scbojls; but the control of other inspecters was in the hands of the Boards. He was not prepirvd to propose to Parliament to take th* iospsclion irom the Boirda, bdng coßtent far the present session to di-al in a aatisfactory minner with ?h" question of teachers sa'arieq, la big opinion thofo, B>uids that were not; broadminded er.ough w» allow th if in*p.-ct-ore io examine private annuol* ware not | carrying o ,t the E iuoation Act j YOUNG PERSONS PBOTHCTIOV. Tha Young Persons ProLcsien Bill I passed its Ikal stages by 20 votes toll. I SCHOOL ATTBBDASOI BILL. I In committee on the School Attend- | ante Bill an amendment was made, «o jHon Walk.n's mo io-j, that a child be j exempted from a tend <noe if the road j by which h travel to lobeol is i not pa«s*bJe, and the Bill wjlb reported as amended. CEMSTEHY TRUSTEES. In oommitt.e, on the Cemetery I T.mtees Validation Bill, a clause was j add«d, en the Hon. Walker's motion, jthat any road board in the County | under the operation of the Oouetie* I Ace, 1880, may bj appointed trustees) of a c.motery, and the Bdl reported. ACCIDENTS COMPENSATION. Tne Accidents Compensation Bill wa* read a third time, and |«sscd. The Council rose at 4.35 p.m. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Wednesday, July 24. lands for set lembnt bill. After the Office closed, Cap am Russell's prop «^ ( { new cUuae in ihe Land for S tt,l«meots Act Amendment Bill was, tfser five and a half hours discussion, rejected by 39 to 13. Mr Herri<smov«d an«wcliuse to pr vide th t the holder<f a lease in petp.tuity m<y aequi e the fr ahold was lost by 4-1 to 10. In tbe course el di cussion Mr Seidon promised t» bring in a Bi 1 to amend the Crown Tanan's Rebate of Rent Act, satkinf it apply to all teoan's and to give effect o the wishes of legislature. Anew clause was addid to provide that applicants for land shall he reduced by ballot to the number of sec tioea availab e, and a second billot shall then be tiken tj successful epupplicant. A new clause wag also inserted making it compulsory upon every sppl o»nt who oStaios an allotment under the Act to rfside continuously thereon. Another new c'ause was agmd to, prohibiting the transfer of a lm-e excipt, under extraordinary cireucustinc*-. The Bill was reported with amendments, whioh were ret down at 7.30 p.m., to which huur tbe House -djiuraed. Thursday, 2Grn July. . i.n- ■iji.-.,.. ,• ; C ;„1 , t ,•.,,,,„,j,,j 1 . 1 .»j f . |1 ;.">in-v"u i.'nk of Wcitg »urjuuncini' "" Mr F. H. Ilaseldon for hj« v.oa:.;. t ,, ;1 (, „( P.t.n. )"-l!M' KIiAOIXG. The V.un,- 1-Wo.j'k Protection Bill md Accd.-n': C'ouiponea'iou Bill were ■ei.eivod tioiu the L gishtive CJoancil and read a hY«t tune. / LAKHS K.-H SHITLEIIBM BILL. for somo discuuion on tbe amendments male iu ojmmi'tee, this Bill *aß re-rommtted, out hj« motion of l£f MLcGow«n, by 31 vifes to 29, in order to arosi d th* fires paragraph of olauce) 9, whioh gives the Governor pjwer to make reguUtions r.garding compensation for lands compulsory taken. In Committee tae first paragraph of the clause -as amended, en MrSeddon'a motion, an follows: « r no Governor m.y from timn to tima make regu-ia-ons t-rewi <iog pr ceiuteand forms 'o be used tn making and dmp.-sing of eWun for nsition i n compui«oy taking of land under the principal Act; and the provisions of the Public Works Ao v , 1894, relating to cjainu for compensation are hereby modified in so far as they are inoon' sietant with the principal Act, and with this Act. i . , The Bill was then repo tid wifeb. amendm-n's, which were agreed toon the voices. On the motim for a third reading,. Mr Henies moved an amendment in favour of granting down tenanta the ice ehol I right t»th ir l*cd. The di-btte was still pioseeding wfat L t»i telegraph offioeolojed, f