PARLIAMENT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 216, 20 September 1901, Page 2

PARLIAMENT.

rm PBBBB ASSOOUTIOW. HOUSE OF RBPfiESftNTATIVM. Thursday, 19th Siptkkhk, Tbe House met at 2.30 p.m. < ' Mr. Atkinson presented a petition signed by 100 Chinese urgugtl* Government to legislate against the importation and sale of opium. Mr. Pirani gave notice to ask the whether eny com* " plainte had been received from Wellington telegraphists as to boors of labour, and if so whether any steps had been* taken torenwdy •beseeempiaißts. - . He also gave notice to more for e> return of correspondence Jbeti*iien,£b* secretary of, the .Post Office sad the Wellington telegraphist* as to noun of labour. ■ > . *Mr. Seddon gave notice to move for a return giving the evidence of Inspsc* tor Green before the Coal Mines Oommisstou with respect to the Kaitangeto and Allandtls Mints; Mr. Jas. Allengavenotice to move for a return of alftbe evidence given cincerning these two mines. "Mr Seddon gave notice to introduce the Alcoholic jtfquor Sale and Control Act Amendment 8i11... , The Local Bills Ooiomlttee reonv* meDded that the Mackenzie sod Geral-' dite Boundaries Alteration Bill bs not allowed to proceed. " ■■ -

The Public Petitions Committee brought down a report on a number of petition?, praying that positions in tbe public schools of the colony maybe open to the most suitable candidates regArdU a < of sex, and that in all instance* equal remuneration should be given for equal work The, finding of tbe committee was as follow* :--iIJ the* the principal -of equal. pay laje ecpsa ' work is more warly attataed by tfa§ proposed colonial sode of salaries teen , under existing ciroumstanoee, but at the same time the committee is of opinion that, without increasing the oist of primary education, too. propdeed aoale of teachers salaries foreesistante abouW be so adjusted as to bring about* .nearer apprarimatkm of «qua| pay for equal' work. (3) The* the tepirate schools for girls at present established be retained, and the principle extended at 4aacretton of Bdu> . Education Boards, a minimum average attendance* for B»p*rete schools to bo fixed by regulation or otherwise. (3) Thai the system of clasrffioation for the isue of teachers' certificates so long in operation, whioh has worked m satisfactorily, be retained. (4\ That the, minimum salary bfcerHn«todlisii«hsr« in charge of aided sohools be fixed a* not Ira* than £7O a year. At 3 p.m. tbe House adjourned for an hour as a mark of respect to too memory of the late President McKinley. . • Upon the House resuming, Ministers proceeded to answer ijuestions oa the Order Paper. It wan uta'ed that orders had be»n given that i o other clerical work was to be undertaken by the staff off tbe Defence Office until the pay-sheets of returned contingents had been disposed of; that the Government intended this session to introduce legislation to provide some simple system of local government for the Chatham Islands; that the Defence Department had on hand tome old Snider carbines whioh would be lent to school owlet corps if applied for, but the Govern* meat could not go to the expense of issuing carbines to the principal nubile schools of the colony to encourage the formation of cadet corps; that a veto would be placed on the supplementary estimates for acquiring relics end mementoes of the Maori race, and the Government also considered that legie> htion should be passed giving the Govt a pre-emptive right over these relics; that an amended railway classification scheme was in hand, but it was impossible to say when it would be brought down: that the Government oould not see its wav to grant subsidies to assist athletic bodies; that the Education Department had no power to order an inquiry into the charges which led to tbe compulsory retirement of Mr. Lee, In p ctor of . Sohoo's for Wellington. The House cose at 5.30 p.m.

Eveking Sinora,

The House resumed at 7.80 p.m. Mr. Seddon moved that the Deputy* Speaker and Acting-Chairman of Committees go through reports of the speeches of Mr. Al'en and other boa. members in Committee of Supply on Friday evening, and delete any repetitions of the statement objected loud all references to the words need by the member for Bruce. : Mr. Maasey moved an amendment, that the authority of the Horn* be given to the Deputy-Speaker a*i Aoting-Ohairmaa of Committee! and the member concerned to revise speeches on Friday evening's discussion [and to delete ail repetition of the wo*d» used by the member for Bruce which we<"e afterwa'ds withdrawn. It was resolved on division, *y 80 votes to 26, that the present delnstbe i not reported in Hansard. ■— 'J!I... —-•■'•'••"hU dfacuMlnn the

Alter owj«ii«.~«^i-"w-.>---. debate was adjourned. Mr. Allen, in the course of a personal explanation, said that bemad* his withdrawal on Friday night for two) reasons; Firstly, beeauae it was tbt expressed wish of his fellow member* on both sides of the House, and secondly be did so in a fit of generosity and for no other reason. Mr. Seddon avid be regretted tint Mr. Allen had not made that stateIment at the time, because he (Mr. Seddon) would not have aowpted tf» position. g The Exportation of Arms Bill Muet through committee without asesdwent. The Charitable Qif'e BUI wasooatiidered in committe™. Objection was taken that under the definition of " public institution " in Clause % hospitals and anylums would notobtua the benefit of the Bill. Mr. Jas. Allen held that a bequest to any religious institution or to a church should be exempted from duty, and he proposed an amendment to that e fleet. Mr. Napier said this wou'd extend the law mora widely than ever before. Mr. Seddon oppose* the amendment.