PARLIAMENT.
TUESDAY, J ULY 11, 1903. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. The Council mot at 2.80 p.m. After further debaite oji; tho Ad-drtss-in-Heply, tho Council adjourned till Thursday. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House mat at 2.80 p.m., Tho debato on the seCovild residing of the Old Age l'ensions iljll was continuud throughout the afternoon; Mr Tnylor moved the following amendment : "That no Bill dealing with Old Ago .Pension will be saU»luelory which fails to place the system on a more equitable basis by altolishing penalties now imposed upon many tUrifty and industrious old colonists, who, because they possess a home valued at £270, aro doprived of a pansion, and the House is of opinion that . it'liis injustice sftould be removed beforo tho pension is increasad." The Hou.se resumed at 7.80 p.m. In reply to the Premier, Mr Mnstwy I'll id im had not been consulted dm ro» gnf i to Mr Taylor's amendment. The debate on the Old Ags Pensions Bill proceeded throughout the evening, atnil is likely to last until the small hpurs 0 f the morning.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7870, 12 July 1905, Page 2
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175PARLIAMENT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7870, 12 July 1905, Page 2
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