PARLIAMENT

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 146, 29 September 1910, Page 5

PARLIAMENT

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, '.s■ By Telegraph—Press Association, '1 Wellington, Last Night. 3 In the Legislative Council this after*'"; noon the Christ's College (Canterbury)' Bill (Hon. Mr. Wigram), the bury College and Canterbury Agrloulv tural College Amendment Bill (Dr. Hind«> lay, Attorney-General), were read * conid tiune. > The Hutt Railway and Road Bill waf.f put through its final stages. A Tlie Attorney-General, in postponing! until to-morrow the second reading of*'s tho Inalienable Life Annuities Bill, said,/ till measure wis an attempt to provid<|>l a weans whereby the poorer iprofeggio&i'f al people and the poorer working peO*Wf pie may erect an inalienable annuity. It'* provided particularly for daughters, 0£ for children, who had a failing of MOB | unfortunate kind. As the law atoodtf this could not be done. If ibe meaiuMiJ was passed a father would be able tq .5 make provision of the, kind referred t0 4 j without the possibility of euch aa U> ,i\ nuity being alienated by bankruptcy <yg * in any other way. ' . ,1 The Christchurch Tramways DistricflTifj Amendment Bill passed its final stagey i' and the Canterbury College and terbury Agricultural College Bill, W«, | ceived from the House, were read a cond time. «vj|j A motion by the Attorney General till grant 'the Pacific Cable Board permit*'*3B sion to construct a deviation of the Pa* 'ftm cific Cable, authorised by the PaciflO ',*s| Cable Authorisation Act, 1897, ffatQ to, and the Council rosq. , % HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES. "HI The House of Representatives met afl Jfli 2.30 pjm. , '9 . REPLIES TO QUESTIONS. ' Jl Replying to questions, Ministers stain . V !W ed that appointments of officers aatt non-commissioner officers as adjutant*.Ll||j| and instructors will be made immediate' V; 3| ly on the return of all reports and local J examinations being received at head* quartern; that a Municipal Corporation?Jfl Amendment Bill will ibe introduced, shortly, embodying a considerable nun*..'>'l ber of remits from the recent Municfr' pal Conference; that legislation change ■ ing the present unsatisfactory position \Ji in regard to the purchase of estate* fofollj closer settlement, owing to undilly-iiig& .aM prices demanded by the owners, wiu submitted this session; that If deemed unnecessary at present to incur/JOg the large amount of expense wihich 'll would be entailed in carrying out ajeom* i.fl plete system of inspection of accfnjmof ll dation for agricultural laborers through* ".11 out the Dominion. He Department made full enquiries into definite ,iIS plaints made, and had taken tgtioa ,'tfl where found necessary. Further fiom« plaints will be similarly dealt %ith.; New railway regulations were laid on ' ' g the table by Mr. Millar, and thej*est ; of the aft .noon sitting was devotefl. to ■ , ifc| discussion of replies to j| The House rose at 5.30 pan. I t ',g AID TO PUBLIC WORKS BILL.'' ''M The third readying of the Aid to Pub- * lie. Works and Land Settlement Bill jw«s moved by Sir Joseph and carried. >' jj STATE GUARANTEEDADVANCjS. " J | Sir Joseph Ward moved that ajfltenft* "M ments to the State Guaranteed Advifecj* Amendment Bill made in commit*.##' be , agreed to. | After considerable discussion, Sir J. fl. ii Ward replied and the amendment# toer® xM agreed to, and the Bill read a third,lime ,yj| and passed. i | ,Jg THE DEFENCE BILL ! , i The House went into committee oil the jJ Defence Bill. At clause 4, which provide# || for the amendment of section 23 of tho, id principal Act, | || Mr. Allen criticised the selection-jsyd- <a|| tern and suggested that the MinsMer . .»§ snould consider the advisability of doing away with the territorial or tile general training section, and have,one ? j system only. Hie advocated the system • ; f| of the exemption of certain classes, such as men engaged in railway and Post ana' S Telegraph service, who would be required .-5 to perform their duties in time ofjwar. ' | This was what the Australian Coniftnon- a wealth had done. Exemptions extend to 33 1-3 per cent of those liaije to Jf, service. a On Siir J. G. Ward's suggeMkn tho consideration of clauses 4, 5 and It was „ postponed. A clause 7 Hhe Miwter moved to omit sub-clauses 1 and 2 and -jf to substitute new clauses providing +.hkfc M the Ministers of Defence and Education /J! may, at the request of the controlling "4j authority, take over the control of the -,,-j Boy Scoute. . ta