Parliament.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 126, 21 October 1914, Page 4

Parliament.

U®eiSLATI7B COUNCIL. AKTSIIWOOX SESSION. I®. rv ~'Wollingfcoii, Last XigtuL i*B Uoaaoil met at 2.30 p.m. EDUOAT-jN BILL. Jtt* 11 ' 0 ! 1 i!i11 w< " reived W WfioDd lime ' «U<l m Jcrnsd to tha &dacat:oa Committee, &00AL H.ULWAYti Blli. The Council w, n r,t ibe Leca] WUUUI^ S%? sr? " ro " d:us t'rict mie U ' )l|>n a ra ' lw <i> iM' net for the earrj m# out of Bun . ut Ksr ktt ' anj bankejß. Xnont)B borrowed fr«oa 74 lras alt - iv<l > with tie obj«d i ormaking■ ptovumto ; or lbc lieafaon of by-Jaws. Muwinny dents were made : 0 eJam e 71 tan^Tk 7 1' dtaa ' nß witil th « prod*. toons of by-laws and evidence wiussir«3fc

.v, l ?® BiU Wll * reported, aud the thjrf reading TTss feed for tomorrow . The Council pa.-)«ed resolutions exptw, singwgret at the death of McZ B T. Iv. iHaeDonald Hn.) Walter Symejs n - M Stlcm 0D MOrJ W Tefiati on of'-.luii 'J he Council roße at, 3 p.m. HOUSE OF KJEPKKSENTATI VES. AFTKHKOON SESSION. Kie Houae met at 2.30 p.m r, J ? ud,)o the TYeiiww whether tho of Mr, W. S. Slioit pa the system, of o-nints to local Lodi<a 1* New South Wales could be mid. available to mombers. Mr. llaasey r.-plied thn, t the retwt T * DII v, '° ulJ 1,0 ,aid on

PUBLIC HEALTH. Veitch introduced the PuVi* ilcaJth Annendjir-nt. Bill, which he i-tuS ft first time. horticultural industri ra. W T - WJfor'i asked loavo to intrcnkt** r ® Horticultural Industries Bill. The Premier «tau J Uiat the Goveimment had almost an idemiieaJ Bill on IS>» order paper, WW,, woiiJd be almost ckf. tfciMy fpaSH.v! tjiis year. Leave to introduce In e Bill' "wa/? raMWd. The debate on tli.i Workers' Dwelling Amendment I! II v.as row mud by Mteem Glorer and ilyera, and after the Proa*, ler had briefly T.puM th ß Bill wjm r«* a second tame. LAMJ M.Vrs AMENDMENT. Tho Premier iROTvd the second rcadi«« of tihe Land Luvn Amendment Uijl, ■which ha explained wa» mainly of ft machinery nature, deemed to facilKat* carrying out the land policy of the Oor. eminent .

.Mr. McDonald contended that lie print! of the frivhoM to certain oi aethers did not increase settlement. Tlm» Government oulu. o have ghen n;or* attention to small dairying landa but the poorer cla*>ea of our pastoral tacd*. •Mr. K. Newman urg ( d tihat greater atCention .bo giyen 10 afforestation as ft naeans of developing the poorer pumi**lands.

Mr, Ell claimed tiha,t all the forest that brought about aa increase in settlement wero in torco when the prtse*t Governui'jit canne into ofticc. The/ wero simply reaping the benefit of their predecessors' work.

The House roue at 5.30 p.m. The debate on the Land Bill was continued by .Messrs Forbes and Witty. Wellington, Thi s Morning. Tho debate on the Land Bill is still being continued, Mr, Payne occupying the lloor at 0111 o'clock, adversely criticising tho policy of the Government . Shortly) after one o'clock, the Premier rose to reply, characterising like debat# i s stale, flat,, and unprofitable, the criticism being simply a repetition of the 014 misrepresentation they had heard ever sinci) tho Government came into office. The Bill was then rco*l a second time. The National Provident (Fund Bill ra put through committee without amendment, read a third tune, and passed , Hon. Fisher moved the second reading of tile Fish-eriiH Amendment- Kill, 'whiifli wan passed without debate. Tho Houso rose at 1-iiU a.m. I'UBMC WORKS STAT 1011 EX".. In reply tio Sir Jo=?.iph Ward, in -the lloii.se of Ri'.pruacntatives, 'lie Premier stated that tibu dobata on the Stat«i<wnt would take placid on Friday «r Tuesday—-probably Tuesday.