PARLIAMENT.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 September 1915, Page 8

PARLIAMENT.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

By Telegraph.—Press Association Wellington, Last Night. In the Council this afternoon, Hon. J. C. W. Aitken presented a petition from the Victoria College Council praying that no legislation be passed which will interfere with their rights. On the motion of Hon. Sir F. H. D. Bell, it was resolved that the Standing Orders be suspended so £s to allow Government Bills to pass through all their stages at one sitting. The Imprest Supply Bill (No. 4) for £953/500 was passed through all stages. The Births and Deaths Registration Bill as amended was received from the House of Representatives, and the amendments referred to the Statutes Re. vision Committee.

The following local Bills were read and referred to the Local Bills Committee:—Papakura Beach Vesting Bill; Wellington and Karori Sanitation and Water Supply Bill; CbristchUKh Electrical Supply Empowering Act Amendment Bill; Wyndham Recreation Reserve Amendment Bill; Tokomaru Bay Harbor Bill; Bluff Harbor Improvements Bill.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Wellington, Last Night. In the House to-day the chairman of the Mines Committee presented a report on the new mining regulations. A brisk debate developed on miners' disabilities, several members urging that a sum of money should be placed on the Estimates to provide compensation for those afflicted by , miners' complaint, i The report was ordered to be laid on the table.

The Petitions Committee, reporting in the case of a claim by a Hamilton resident who acted as special constable in the strike for compensation for the loss of a horse, recommended the report for favorable consideration, with a proviso that the Government should ascertain the correctness of the claim.

Several members strongly objected to the report and advised the claim being sent to the Farmers' Union. The Local Railway Amendment Bill, making a technical addition to t'ho Act of 1914 in permitting the construction of a railway extending beyond the limits of a district for such distance as may be necessary to connect with a Government railway, was read a second time. The Minister of Defence moved tie second reading of the Military Manoeuvres Bill, which was carried without debate and referred to the Lands Committee.

The Discharged Soldiers' Settlement Bill was introduced by Governor's message and read a first time, and the House rose at 11 p.m.