PARLIAMENT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 121, 31 August 1910, Page 5

PARLIAMENT.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL < t itiM' ' — i By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night, ; PURE MILK SUPPLY. 1 | [ In the Legislative Council this aftfe*. noon the Imprest Supply BUI was pu « thiough all its stages. • thJ l !? ° n ' Collins moved that' £n the opimon of the Council, farther leglslative measures were necessary ta ensure a purer milk supply to the inhabitants of the chief cities of the Do minion. He pointed to the importance of the question from a health standpoint and cited reports from Dr. Mason r as , to , the condition in which" milk was supplied and the method of its treatment by those who have the handIw °f \ su PP lies - He suggested that sterilised cans should be sent from a centre to the source of supply an( | the milk sent back in them, to com poration depots, whence it should U« distributed to consumers after being analysed strained and cooled and placed in sealed bottles. F The debate was adjourned. ' <' ( The Attornev-Gcnefel (Hon. Dr. 7. ®, 'indlay) moved the second reading 'of. the Companies Amendment Bill, which! he explained, adopted the English statutory provisions m reference to the re* issue of debentures after having re* deemed them or deposited them with R overdraft. tein P orai 7 for m The second reading was agreed to. * lhe Hon. Dr. Findlay moved the second reading of the 'Phosphorus Matches Bill received from the House of Rep'ra* sentatives. The debate was adjourned and tEta Council rose. < HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. "*" 1 — 1 ■'■• Hi ALLEGATIONS OF GOVERNMENT " SWEATING. i-,n Tn the House of Representative* tiffs afternoon, replying to Mr. Arnold, the Hon. .T. Millar said it was news to fijmt hear that "sweating" conditions -obtained at. the Hillside Government Bailway workshops. He would make inquiries into the matter. ' Replying to Mr. Taylor (Christehure:E]P regarding shearers having to attend various parts of the Dominion aii trouble and expense to the Shearers* Federation, Mr. Millar said that arrangements had been made by the parties to the dispute in Canterbury whera» by the matter would be referred to three commissioners sitting at Christchurch, with a view to making 1 an award which would be applicable to thtf whole of, the Dominion shearers and employers. Mr. Millar said they had agereed to abide by the decision oTlhe commissioners. After an agreement was l arrived at, it would be dealt with by the Arbitration Court witl- a view to making a Dominion award. MAORT VETERANS. During a discussion on the recommendation of the Petitions Committee, recommending that the petition of a.num ber of Maori veterans should be favourably considered, the Premier said that as soon as the Ministerial report was received respecting old soldiers' claims, the Government would be in a position to deal with the matter. Mr. Massey said that sufficient publicity was not given respecting the enquiry into veterans' claims, and complaints were also made that the enquiries were perfunctory and veterans were not given proper opportunities of stating their claims. He believed the country would not object to the expenditure of £3,000,000 to provide for* old. soldiers. Sir J. G. Ward said that until the magistrates' reports were received the Government could do nothing. The Premier announced that the Government would not meet deputations while the House was sitting, as it was impossible for Ministers to carry on under the present system. Many matters brought by deputations could be dealt with by correspondence. . BILLS PASSED. The' Exhibitions Bill was passed, aricl the Foreign Insurance Companies Depositing Bill was put through its final stales. '• • The Education Amendment Bill was introduced by Governor's message. The Hon. Mr. G. Fowlds that it contained amending provisions for the Junior National Scholarships,! and provisions for the education of the blind, deaf and paralytic persons; also for the continuance of the schools. The House, went into committee on the Rauptaiki Land Drainage Bill, and the House rose at 5.30. . Tn the House this evening the Rauptaiki Land Drainage Bill passed through committee with some machinery amendments. The Public Debt Extinction Bill waS taken in committee on clause I. The Premier, replying to Mr. Massey, said sinking fundfc were provided under the Bill for all loans not already so provided for. Future loans would have sinking funds attached to them, and under the system which had been actually worked out, every loan could be extinguished in < 75 vears after being raised. Mr. Allen asked if Sir Joseph Ward would exclude from the scope of the Bill, -war loans and loans to local bodies, gV> that these could be paid off as originally provided; otherwise it would be a breach of faith on the part of the . Prime Minister, who had stated that the war loan would be paid off in 35 years. The accumulated sinking funds now in the 'hands of the Public Trustee oueht to be utilised to pay off loans to local foodies. r. > . , . Sir J. G. Ward said no pledges had been <*iven in regard to sinking funds lor the loans referred to. On his suggestion, the House had agreed to provide sinking funds for these lo'ahav Mr. Allen evidently desired to kill the Bill. In regard to the suggestion that the railways be excluded, he could not agree to this in view of the progress of invention. Railways were uncertain assets, which showed necessity for ing a sinking fund. The same applied to telegraphs. -J Mr. Massey considered that Sij J. CS. Ward would" have a in regard to the Bill in seven yews- .He repeated the arguments used byrljlr. Allen in regard fco loans to loeal Mr. Eraser asked if it was the case that the present indebtedness t)f sixty-tlree millions would bS paid off in seventy-five years, 'and fut\iro loans DO . liquidated in seventy-five front their creation. , 1 Sir J. G. Ward ri»jMtf 1 tlfat that waa I . ■•» rforft