PARLIAMENT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 229, 9 October 1901, Page 2

PARLIAMENT.

PEE PRESS ASSOCIATION. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Tuesday, Bth October. The Oonncil met at 2.30. p.m. It was resolved by 20 to 6 that tbe Council on rising should adjourn till tomorrow night, to-morrow being Labour day. The Mortgages of Land Bill passed its final stages. The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Bill was re«d a second tima pro forma, and referred to t,he Labour Bills Committee. Hon. R. H. J. Reeves continued the adjourned debate on the second readi ing of the Money Lenders Bill, which he maintained would be ineffective. Hon. C. 0. Bowen suggested making interest unrecoverable above a certain rate. Hons. F. Arkwright and J. M. Twomey "poke. Hoi. G. Jones stated that a money 'lender, in his evidence before tha Farlimentary Committee at Home,said "if ithe Court had power to review transactions, the business would not be | worth following." A provision giving the Courts rquitabla jurisdiction in all money lending case) wa* tbe widest clause in the Bill, and if it contained nothing else, it would be an excellent measure. Hon. T. Kelly supported the Bil'. Hon. W. C. Walker replied, and ths Bill was read a second time on the voices. Hon. R. H. J. Raeves moved to set up a select committee to consider the Bill. Hon. G. Jones held that this course meant putting the Bill aside for the session. The amendment was lost on the voices. The Council rose at 4,15. p.m.

HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES.

1 Tuesday, Bth October. 3 The House met at 230 p.m. i The joint Agricultural Pastoral t and Sto"k Committed recommend that - the Land and Live Stock Auctions Bill be not further proofeded with this ses--1 sion, and that the Bill be forwarded to all agricultural societies and their . opinioos asked thereon. It was resolved that copies of the Bill be also t forwarded to the various Formers i Unions, and that the rfc6tnmend*tions ■ of the committee be agreed to. > Mr Fi«her reported that the joint ' Library Committee had passed the following resolution :—"That the Pre-! mier be asked to secure the sanction of Parliament t.o the payment of the £SOO, Mr Watson's fine, to the library fund." He moved that the report lie on the table, and be referred to the Governm»nt for consideration. , | ' Mr James Allen said the Watson ( fine had been paid into the consolidated | fund, but, according to the Standing Orders, it should have been pud into ' the library fund. 1 Mr Seddon said the library fund had received a special vote of £SOO from 1 the cousolidat d fund last year. It ' was only for special offences that the 1 amount of the fine was to go to the 1 library fund. The Speaker had recom--1 mended that the Watson fine be paid ' into the consolidated fuod. . Mr Mosey spoke. Mr Fisher replied, and his motion was agyoed to on the voices, ' ESTIM'TBS. At 3 p.m. the House went into Committee of Supply for further con--1 sideration of the Estimate'. The fi'St vote considered was tnat for class 6 Customs and Marine Departments, total £89,071. Some discussion t.oik p ace with r gard t> the salaiy paid t.o the Collector of Custims at Auckland. Mr Fowlds moved that the item Cusoms Officers snd services £35,17(5 be reduced by £l, as an instruction to the Government that officers over the stipulated tprtß of service and sboulc| hp retired. Mr Fisher approved. Mr Hogg protested against increases being granted to highly salaried officials. He considered an offioor should be retired when he was unable to do his work, but not heoause he bad arrived at a certain age, Mr Fisher thought the retiring rule was rightly applied to all offlotals. j 1 Mr. G. W. Rusa.'ll objected to the' age limit for retiring, I Mr. Hutcheaon spoke. 1 After further discussion Mr Buddo' 1 raovel, as a prior motion to that of, i Mr. Fowlds, that the salary of the 1 Auckland Colleotor -of Custom* be re-1 duced by £25 (the amount of the in-, 1 crease). This was lost lay 31 to 21. i Mr. Fold's motion was lost on the voices ai.d the item passed unaltered. 1 The House rose at 5.30 p.m. j Evening Sitting. The House resumed at 7\30 pm. 1 In the course of the discussion on ! [the vote for marine and harb-mr-, Hon 1 I Hall-Jones, in reply to Mr Milla , s.id ' tba Dspu-tmont was inquiring of tb» 1

Imperial Board of Trade m to Km bw# . I kind of rocket signal to adopt i Mr Millar asked what steps Mm Minister wis taking with retarato the dredging industry so as to put it en « permanent footing. It was fa. possible to compljr with the require* mento of tho Engineer-in-Ghfof in n> gard to dredges, and the industry m seriously handicapped. Hon. Hall-Jones said be was briuging in a Bill to deal with the question. Replying to Mr. Jas Allan, Ww, Hill- Jones said the result of the expert* mental trawling had been very satis* ; factory, and in some cases would justify private individuals in going is (or trawling as a business venture. Mr Monk said an inquiry should b« held as to breeding grounds of our filhf so that present suppliss should not bt destroyed. The vote was psssed unaltered. At the vote of £13,500 for Govern* ment steamers some discussion took place with regard to working and functions of the Hinemot and Totaoekai, and Mr Pinni moved thattb* vote be reduced by £5. The motion was lost on the rotoM, and the total vote for Customs and # Marine Departments was passed with* out alteration.. The Stamps and Deeds Department was next taken, the total vote being £26,870, which was agreed to withftm amendment. The Education Department, total vote £512,519, was next considered. j Mr. G. W. Rusiell oooplained that all through this department there were increases. Messrs Buddo and Ell also spoke. Mr Tanner moved to reduee tba item, Assistant Secretanr £«6, by ■■ i £25 (amount of proposed increase). Hon. Hall-Jones urged that the work of (he department had greatly increased owing to the separation of industrial schools and reformatories teohnioal education, etc, and that increased work meant increased expend!ture.