PARLIAMENT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 197, 2 September 1903, Page 2

PARLIAMENT.

jPKIi JfILfWS A3tlOCl&ri9K. 1. KG [SLA CIV IS COUNCIL Tuesday, Ist. Th i CuUncil mat at 2.30 p.m. "the Dairy li.ilus'ry Act i4xt«ni{on Hill, ai d Wireless Telegraphy JBfilf were put through staged. The Crown Grants Act Bill, Fertilisers Bill, aud lodiutabW Off-moss Summary Jurisdiction Aot Amendment Bil (repealing the right to ■-Kim triil by jury in summary cases, and giving District Courts the same jurisdiction as the Supreme Oourt where an accused is sent up (or sentenc«) were read a second time. HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES. ; TceSdat, SeWehtir lnr. | The House met at tf.SO p.ttt* Mr Seddon gaVe notice to' iotroduW the Defence Act Amendment Bilf. The Fuhlio Petitions Committee reported that it had no recommendation <o make on the petitions of J. J, Mt-iklp, of Southland, forcompsnsation for wrongful imprisonment, and to have his name expunged from the prisons records. Mr McLachlan moved that the Utter prayer be given efbot to. It was explained that the Committee was unanimously of opinion that Meikle'e nam* should be removed from the prisons rt cords, bat there was no precedent lor such course, as Meikle had served his sentetfcj. In the course ef a short discossfM Mr Seddon Mid bis own feeling dm - ttpt if anything oonld be done it should be in direction Of expunging tbe man's name from tbe criminal * cords. The question was, how it could be done. After & brief discussion Mr MoLachlan's amendment was withdrawn and th« reports were ordered to lie on the table. STATE FIRE IHSCB&NOI. The Btate Fire Insurance Sill waa recommitted, and some necessary technical amendments made in it., On the motion for the third reading Mr Herries objected to the departure from the Premier's original intention to pay half profits to reserve and thi other half to insurers. Mr Hogg pointed out that under (he Bill profits would ba divided between the reserve fund and the insurers. Mr Seddon, in replying, said the reduction of premiums would ultimately follow. Auother oanfenenoe would probably bs held and they would probably reduce the rate fixed by the last conference. He did not wish to crest* friction between the Companies and the Government. He believed tbe Bill would have the effeot of reducing premiums, at any rate he felt sure that it would oheck any undue increases. The Bill then pissed its Anal stags* on the voiofls. ARBITRATION OOOKT. The Arbitration Oourt Emergency Bill was committed, Mr Saddon moved to itmend olause 2 in the direction of providing that, tn the event of a v&canoy occurring, the President of the Court shall expedi« tiously request the Employers Associations at Auckland, Wellington, Ohristchumh, and Dunedin, or tbe Workers Unions as the case may require, to recommend the name of soma person to sot as deputy, and from these recommendations the President shall make a selection and recommend him to tLe Governor for appointment. This was agreed to. A new clause was added, on Mr Seddon's motion, providing for the appointment of deputy members of tm Court at tbe same time as the Oourt' proper is elected, BDPREME COURT JtJDOEi. The Supreme Oourt Judges Bill passed through Committee without amondment. Tbe House rose at 5.30 p.m. Etesino Sittiho,

The Hous4 resumed at 7.30 p.m. Oa the mo'ion for the third reading ■•>f tb« Arbitration Onurt Emergency Gill, Mr J&8. Allen complained of the d«!ay in putting the Bill through th« H»nse. Mr S?ddon ».he Opposition for tbe delay, ». < d that even if the Bill h?d passtil the Court could not have gone «.■ ■ *• i '• it* work. The Bill then paseeo ; - ioal « r <ge«. Th« Supreme Court J u .gee Bill was, as a matter of urgency, put through it* final stages. ESTIMATES. The House wont into Committee of Supply for further consideration of the Estimates, 'fhn first, class t»knn was thai, of rhfl Public Health Department, total vote £27,444. Mr Thos. M .okenzio moved the re. du-tion of thw fl™*- mm by £1 as an indication that the Government should sit up a Bjard to deal with all appoint* men's to the Civil Service. This *u negatived by 25 to 28. Mr Jas AU»n complained of the laxity of 'he Department in attending to the health of tbe Maori race. Mr Irturenson, referring to the to'* of £2500 for vaccination, oomplained that although the Act allowed parent* exemption on the ground of coneoieQtioua objections to vaccination, aome of the magistrates And registrars required the prodnotion of a medioal certificate to prove tbe conscientious obj'otions. Sir Joseph Ward said that since the appointment of pr. Pomare and two Inspectors the sanitary condition of the Maoris had wonderfully improved. A* to what Mr Laurenson had said, he had heard no complaints on the eubjee*, and no directions had been given to magistrates or registrars to act in the way complained of. Mr Duthie thought tbe expenditure of tbe Department was going too fast. After a lengthy .?'scuesion Mr Willis moved to reduce tho vote of £525 for the Assistant Chief Health Offioer by way of protest against that officer h' v : ng only been given an increase of £25. The motion was lost on the viiiyes. A motion by Mr Wilford to Li eduen the vote fir v icciua'ion by £1 'an an indication that the public should have a free hand ss to vaccination waa also negatived. The total vote for the Department was passed unaltered. (Lfif siting.)