PARLIAMENT

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 181, 10 November 1910, Page 5

PARLIAMENT

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. In the Legislative'C'ouncil this afternoon, the Hon. W. E. Collins asked whether the Attorney-General's attention had been drawn to the Chief Veterinarian's report in connection with the effect upon pigs and calves through being fed with milk from dairy factories and creameries which contained germs of tuberculosis, and the necessity for pasteurising by-products before being fed to these animals. Dr. Findlay said the Government was fullv aware of the position. The whole of the tuberculosis in the lower animals and its bearing upon public health was now engaging the earnest attention of the Government, and the Minister of I Agriculture had taken steps to secure in- | formation respecting the intentions of dairy factory proprietors on the pasteurisation of by-products, so that the Government would be in a position to decide as to the necessity or otherwise of making reform compulsory. Honr H. F. Wigram moved a resolution congratulating the Government on its water conservation policy, and recommending that one proposal only should be selected for immediate installation, and pushed forward to completion before others are undertaken. The motion was lost bv 10 to 8. The Land Settlement Finance Bill and Contagious Diseases Repeal Bill were passed. The Secret Commissions Bill. Post and Telegraph Amendment Bill, Noxious Weeds Bill, Counties Amendment Bill were read a second time and the Council

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The House met at 2.30 p.m. Eeplying to questions, Ministers stated that no invitation has been received in connection with the Coronation, but should any be received during the session, the House would be consulted; that no advice had been received from the Colonial Office fixing a date for the Imperial Conference; that it is not intended to proceed with the Municipal Corporations Amendment Bill with the last amendment added by the committee making the Government subject to municipal by-laws; that a cable had been received, stating that fifty boys will leave England for the Dominion by the Athenic on December 7 next, in connection with the emigration scheme proposed by Mr. Sedgwick; that the question of granting a bonus to encourage engineers, flaxmillers and inventors to improve flax-milling machinery is under the consideration of Cabinet, and the Government is awaiting fuller details of the scheme promised by the deputation from the Flaxmillers' Association which recently waited on the Minister of Agriculture. The Labor Bills Committee recommended that the Tramway Bill be allowed to proceed. The committee reported on the petition of the Auckland waterside workers praying that the Government should set up a Royal Commission to take evidence to completely, justify the status, name and honor of waterside workers in the Dominion. The petition was the outcome of a recent award in the waterside workers' dispute which had a memo, attached referring to pilfering. This was held to be a reflection on the honesty of the waterside workers. The committee recommended the matter to the Government for favorable consideration. A lon<r discussion ensued, during which Judgo Sim's tag to the award was condemned by Messrs Poole, McLaren, Hogan, Laurenson, and Taylor (Christcliurchl. The report was adopted. Mr. Hanan, chairman of the committee investigating the charges made by Mr. Hine, moved that the time originally fixed for the report be extended till the 19th inst." The motion was agreed to. The remainder of the afternoon sitting was devoted to discussion on answers to questions, and the House rose at 5.30 p.m.

EVENING SESSION. In the House in the evening the Local Bodies' Loans Amendment Bill, and the Destitute Persons Bill were passed.