PARLIAMENT.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 October 1915, Page 5

PARLIAMENT.

-HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE* WASHING-UP By Telegraph.-JPreaa AuocdatkA, Wellington, Yeeterda*. The House met at 10.30 «un., wfeert an amendment made by tie Legislative Council in the Public Service Superannuation and Classification Bill, bring. ing the measure into force on January l.next, was agreed to. ' The Minister of Internal Affair* itatoa he had received £IOOO from Otago for the Highlands and Islands of Scotland Relief Fund, which will be forwarded to the High Commissioner for expenditure as he thinks desirable. : Replying to Mr. Witty the same Minis- 'i ter said the Public Health Department was carefully watching the outbreak of • small-pox in Australia and everything '"• possible would be done to protect the '. ■people in this Dominion. In reply to Mr. Anstey, the Premier ' said we ought to grow enough wheat ' for our own use. Farmers should received every encouragement to grow ae ' inahy cereals as possible. In reply to Mr. Wilford, Sir Joieph • Ward said it was true that a certain '• quantity of bullion had been brought baick recently from Samoa in tho pro- J ces3 of replacing German coinage by British. The los 3 on the change will be about £14,000. New Zealand will "' not pay tho los 3. • . In reply to Mr. Ell, Sir Joseph Ward said the administration at Samoa waa an Imperial matter, and not a New Zea- ,: land concern. Many of the stories "■ heard concerning the Administrator tad to be discounted. When the islands were taken over he had to do what be considered advisable under the circumstances. One of the thingt he did in this emergency waa to guarantee German notes, as the German money waa the only currency in circulation. The necessity for this could scarcely have bain foreseen and provided, against when the Expeditionary Force left New Zealand. The matter had now been put on a 1 proper footing and the coinage placed oft the British basis. ■ In reply to Dr. Newman, the Premier said that by arrangement with the Imperial authorities the Government had appointed a gentleman who would make his headquarters at Samoa, and whole special duty would be to watch German trade and the employment of labor in the 'Pacific. This officer would be under M control of the Administrator. Replying to Mr. Wilford, the Premier said he did not favor a short amendment to the Arbitration Act enacting that providing a man is of good character he ina'.l' have the right to join a union, if refused, he shall have the right of appeal. They had no right to force a man upon a union if it felt that such man would be the cause of trouble. He was holding; the Arbitration Bill over till next ««*•"' sion to give all parties a chance of appearing before the Labor Bills Committee next session, The Prime Minister expressed his felicitations to the Speaker, Chairman ot Committees, and officers of the Route, while Sir J; Carroll addressed a few words of congratulation to the member* ■ of the National Government. The House adjourned on a division at - 11.45 p\m., by 27 to lfi.