PARLIAMENT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7966, 1 November 1905, Page 2

PARLIAMENT.

TUESDAY, OOTOliliK 31. ft After tlie telegraph oflicc closed the House further considered 11lie Supplementary Kstfomilvs. On the subject of wireless telegraphy, Sir. J. C. ! Ward sai'd the (lovenmu-nt hivel already 'had- an t>lfer, but they would req'uire Australia to co-operate and pay hull' the cost. They would also require to instill the system on live 'iivfer-colo-nial boats. lh| intended Id vnter into communication with the Federal (iovermiienl on the suijlject. live tjlTer already ma'de was for less'than i:2."),()l;o for a complete service. The Ksiiinal.es wen* passed without alteration at a.m.

During an interval of informal proceedings, Mr Sediloii referred to tho Mr .1. W. ' rhomson, nn'inIxt for Clutlva, was retiring- from poll lies, , and' hH moved that tho House place on record its apprecjat ion of Ihe J< ng and faithful services rendeivd lo the colony as a member of Parliament by Mr J.W. Thomson.

Mr Masse.v sai'd members on the Opposition stole of the House greatly appreciated the exceedingly kin-d references of the IVemier to the mem* her ft>r Olutlui.

The niotioit was then agreed to, and ordered lo be placed on the records of the House.

'i'lio Appropriation Bill was brought 'down tit I ii.ni.

I n tile course of tile debate Messrs Kailm and Wi IVve, proles-ted against (lie loss of the Maori L/nivd Claims Adjustment I'.ill.

]\lf A. (j. 1). J-Vasrr also expressed rcs'l'cil that the JSill.had not passed, declaring that in consequence thereof thousands- of, acnes of land were locked up to both Maoris and Europeans. Mr Seddon sai'd he also felt the native members hart good' cause, for aomplaint, ami he woulil make the I'ill one of I'lhti lirst (Juvenvinent liills next session.

The Apprepriat ion (till passed its final slab's V/n, thvvvoices, 'and Wvn the Mill 'hciirgj returned to Vivo House, nfler signature -by ihe ()n----vernor, Mr Ked'don expressed -his fr-rntiiieaUon at the legislation of the session. Mr W. C. "Buchanan l , on behalf of the Leafier of the Opposition, paid a tribute to the Speaker for his work during 'the session. Mr Ouimvess upproprratelv ucknowkKljjwl the co'inpliiwnt. The motion for the adjournment of tlvo llouse was losi by Ki to The Speaker leftl the clvair. ami the session liivally closed at* 8.17 a.m. TIIK WORK OF THIO SKSSION. MR SKDDON'S KULOGISTIC SUMMARY.

(Vcr Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Oct. 31

After the Appropriation Hill was passed at eight o'clock this morning, the Premier made a statement in which he said, in reviewing what, lie tinned one of the most interesting and unfile sessions in the history of the New Zealand Parliament, that notwithstanding the serious drawback through a matter which occupied so much time, the laws passed were of a more important and farreaching character, and also exceeded: in bulk, those placed on the Statute Book of any expiring session of any Parliament lie had known. Certainly they had passed a nunr'oer of compiling and" consolidating Bills, iiut, apart altogether from that, members would realise that I hey had no reason to regret the result of their labours so far as their enactments were concerned. He referred particularly to the old age pensions extension, the provision made for school teachers, and the classification of the Civil Service, mentioning particularly in the last respect thai they had done what had been attempted 20 years ago and had since l.feen dormant.i There were also live increased pay and lighter hours t« the railway sesvants, in connecticn with which hi:| colleague (Sir Joseph Ward) had been engaged Jong before the scssien began. All these had entailed increased expenditure, and those benefitted would feel satisfied that Parliament had done its duty by them. Altogether lie believed that, compared with the results achieved by other expiring Parliaments, the work of this one Would stand out in bold relief,

The House rose about 8.30 on Tuesday morning, after an all-night sitting, and the session was brought to a close. BUSINESS OF THE SESSION. A schedule of the business of the session shows that 23 select committees were set up, 10(i public Bills received Royal assent, two pul.'lic Bills were reserved for signilical ion, of His Majesty's plqailure, 98 liills were dropped or otherwise disposed of, and ♦ 7-1 petitions were presented. fhe House sat on 7J davs, the daily average sitting being 8 liours 33 minutes. 'iliree hundred and twenty--111,10 Pipers were laid upon (he table, and -180 reports received from select committees. THE PROROGATION-. WELLINGTON, Oct. 31. A Gazette extraordinary was issued to-night proroguing Parliament until Wednesday, Nov. 29.