PARLIAMENT.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 July 1916, Page 5

PARLIAMENT.

LEGISLATIVE council By telegraph.—Press Assoeiat'on. Wellington, Last Night, 1 The Council met at 2,30, Sir Francis Hell brought up a report of the conference on the Military Service which snowed that while on several amendments the conference came to an ' agi cement, they disagreed on the conscientious objector clause. Sii I'lancis Hell moved that a commit- 1 tee consisting of the Speaker, the Hons. A. JJahley, W. K. Collins, C. A. (i. Hardy, 11. Harris, Sir W. Hall-,Tones and H, P Wigram be appointed to act with tho Committee from the House of Represen- ' tatives with regard to furnishing the new Parliament building*. The Legislative Council Act Amendment Bill, 1010, was rend a first time. The Finance Rill was put through ali stages and passed. A message was read from the House o,' Representatives asking for second conference on the amendments In the Military Service Hill. The Council agreed, ami managers were appointed. The amendments made in the Land and Income Tax Bill by the House, on th( Governor's message, were agreed to. ' The Council rose, at 3.30 p.m. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. AUDIT OF PATRIOTIC FUNDS, The House met at 2.30 p.m. Replying to Mr. J. T. M. Hornsby, the Minister of Internal Affairs stated that the audit of Patriotic Funds was provided for by the War Funds Act. Out* kidc auditors had to be employed &n<] these must be paid by the Patriot!# Committees. Leave of absence was granted to Mr, W. A. Veitch on account of illness. , ! INCREASED ALIxnVANCES POR DEPENDENTS. The Minister of Defence stated Cabinet had agreed to increase the allowance to soldiers' children, up to five children, from 3s (id to 5s per week. This will come into force as from July 1. Cabinet had also decided that married men with more that three children would not be allowed to enlist under the voluntary system, except under special eireuin stances. Tho Prime Minister, Hon. W. H. Herrics and Mr. J. Cragie were appointed managers for -he House to confer with the managers appointed by the Council relative to amendments in the .Military, Service Bill. 1 The A to L Petitions Committee recommended that the petition asking that cinematograph filing should be censored be referred to the favorable consideration of the Government, and that legislation be introduced providing for f board of censors. ' The House rose at 5.30 p.m EVENING SITTING. WAR LEGISLATION The House resumed at 7.30. The War Legislation Amendment Bill was introduced by Governor's message and explained by Mr. Herdman, who 1 said it provided legislation dealing with the question of rents on the lines of the English Act; for employment, temporarily, in the Education Department, of uncertificated teachers; lor safeguarding teachers at the front against loss of raperamiuation; tile protection of Members of Parliament at the front against los sof salary; for validating payments made by local bodies in aid of recruiting; for reinforcing the police force by an auxiliary force of older men, and for cheap and easy provisions dealing-with soldiers' wills, The Bill was read a fll'Bt time. WAR REGULATIONS. Before tjie War Regulations Bill wa» called oil, Mr. Hprnsby suggested that the Ladies' Galleries should be cleared. The Speaker left it to their good sense whether they remained, and the ladies, ' taking the hint, left without delay. Mr. Herdman then moved tke second reading of the War Regulations Amendment Bill. He explained that it proposed to deal with enemy trade, certain aspects of the liquor traffic, and venereal disease, it being modelled largely on the lines of English legislation. He said that trading with the enemy, since the outbreak of the war had been limited. • A black list had been arranged for, which hud proved of much value. In regard lo the liquor traffic, at the, last election the people had voted oil the liquor proposal in a very convincing manner. Since then, various contracts had been made, and if the hours were to be curtailed. as a matter of justice, compensation must be paid for the. loss sustained, and goodness only knew what that < would amount to. After due consideration he had decided it was better to allow licensed houses to keep open till 10 o'clock and stick to the proposals in the Bill. He considered it very creditable to the soldiers that so little drunkenness had been shown. -He proposed to deal with sly grog selling, treating, and sale of liquor to women. Ifc also intended to move a new clause dealing with licenses who were found to break th?. law. The Minister of Public Health tiler explained the proposals dealing with tlu suppression of venereal diseases. Mr. Wilford said discussion on the (Sill would, probably centre round ths six o'clock closing of hotels. He presumed an amendment would be moved in Committee. He would hold his criticism till he saw the form of the amendment, lie favored the opening of hotels troin nine to nine, and would support the anti-treating clause. Mr. Poole agreed that the demand for six o'clock closing should receive attention.

Mr. Hornsby looked upon the abolition ot treating as one of the greatest blows struck at the liquor law. The House rose at 11.55,