PARLIAMENT.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 September 1919, Page 5

PARLIAMENT.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. By Telegraph.—Pmm Aweciationj ' Wellington, UHTOM '; The Legislative Council met It £jjp. The Chattels Transfer Amendmentjr'" (providing for excluding from tffidt of renewal of instrument the stf ment of the amount due by the n*f gagor); the Public Authority ,{r" wall) Empowering Bill (under trtbi corporation may bind itself M a- 1 to party wall agreements), and the cial Appointment and Documenti (which relieves the Governor of &• execution of a mam of document*) # ' put through all stages and were jMttj The Council rose at 3.3 pjn. nßtffi ._ morrow, ■' HOUSE OF REPRESEHITAMVKIB The House met at 2.30. ' ■:

IMPROVED RAILWAY SE&VICE. Mr. Maasey laid on the table tlfe fc§: tails of the time-table for the iaywfiff railway service. '■ ' .' Sir Joseph Ward put in anotbev pie 4 for a through express train to Ifew cargill, emphasising the point thai the absence of such a train was t great ifti convenience to Southland. He alio id* vocated greatly improved suburban con vices.

RAILWAY INQUIRY CfcMMISgJOH.

Mr. Massey announced that Me«n P. Maxwell, J, Marchbanks, and W. ft Hunt had accepted tho position at CQnvi missioners to inquire into the reowV management of the railways. The order of reference will be laid before the House, and the commission be-asked to; report during the session.

EPIDEMIC AND OTHER HBTORKft - The House agreed to the foUtfWing returns being laid on the table of the. House: Return showing the cost of the recent epidemic in the four centres of the Dominion, each centre to be shown separately; a return showing the amount paid by the Government to private institutions during the recent epidemic, the names of euch institutions, mad the amounts paid. A return showing the number of cases heard by the Railway Appeal Board since that body wjm constituted, the number of cases decided in favor of the management, the number of cases in which the board upheld the appeals of employees, the number of times the Minister's veto had been exercised in with the decisions of the Appeal' Board, and the number of times the Minister's veto hag been exercised during the period when Mr. Hiley was general manager. A return showing the number of soldiers applying for land at the several land district offirts who had not yet obtained land. A return showing the number of vineyards he the |! Waitemata and Hawkes* Bay district*, jjthe return also to show the number,, of t employees and the quantity of wine, etc, ! produced. A return showing the num|ber of locomotive engine-drivers who | have resigned within, the last tweh* j months, and the number who have re|signed since 1914. A return showing at f the present date the number of permanent paid military officers throughout New. ? Zealand and the duties of each officer*. |A return showing the number of differ* jfent tradesmen in the railway workshop* l?on September 1, 1914, and on September 1, 1918, the return also to show the number of different skilled tradesmen who have left the service during the last twelvo montlm. A return shoWIng the number of engines built fcy tho Railway Department since Mr. Hiley made the statement in his official report" of Wl4 that there were seventy-two engines fit for scrapping. A return showing at the present date the number of disabled railway engines, carriages, and trucks throughout the Dominion, also the amount of coal of all classes held by the Railway Department. A return showing the cest of the referendum that has been lately taken oa the liquor question. A return showing separately the number of engine«u-ivers and firemen who, during the twelve months ended August 31, ISI9, have resigned from the railway service upon receiving instructions to transfer to the North Island main trunk line.

Mr. Massey move.d the usual motion of condolence in connection with the leath of the late Mr. Joseph Ivess, and at 5 o'clock the House rose till 7,30, a* a mark of respect to the memory of the deceased former member.