PARLIAMENT.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9142, 18 July 1908, Page 5

PARLIAMENT.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

(ByTelegruph—Abridged from Press Association Report.)

WELLINGTON, July 17. The Legislative Council met at 2.30 p.m. Replying to a question the Attor-ney-General said as to the establishment of properly equipped dairies at State farmc that everything that could be done was being done to secure the purity of milk. Sterilised bottles were now being used, and the whole matter had been referred to the Minister of Agriculture. The Declaratory Judgments Bill and Corporations Contracts Bill passed their final stages without Amendment. ' The Attorney General moved the second reading of the Law Practitioners Amendment Bill. Tha Bill repeals section 5 of the Law Practitioners Act, 1908, which re-enacts the Law Practitioners Act Amendment Act of 1898, which provides that a solicitor may be admitted without further examination to practise as a barrister alter he has practised for five years as a solicitor or managing clerk of a tolictitor. The kons. Jones, Callan, and Louisson, supported the measure, and tl a Hons. Rigg, Kelly and Jenkinson, opposed it. On a division the secoi.a reading was carried by 23 to 7, and the Bill was ordered to be committed on Wednesday. The Town rioards Amendment Bill was read a second time without amendment. The New Zealand Society of Accountants was considered in Committee An amendment was carried providing that a person whether exclusively carrying on business as a public accountant or not should be entitled to be enrolled as a public accountant. The remaining clauses were passed without amendment. The third reading was set down for Wednesday, At 4.35 p'.m the Council adjourned until Wedntsdav

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

The House met at 2.30 p.m. The Roman Catholic Archbisl.op cf Wellington Empowering Bill was read a second time. The Farriers Bill was withdrawn. FINANCIAL DEBATE. The Financial Debate was resumed by Mr F. M. B. Fisher (Wellington Central), who • congratulated; Ministers upon the Budge'. He supported the member for Hutt in the vipw tbst Parliament shoul l not be proiogucd for the visit of the American fleet. He could not understand why the burden of taction increased as the prosperity of the Dominion incicate.l. What was the use of borrowing a million annualh' and coming down with three-quarters of a n/illion surnlns. The Government valuations of land were excessive. The unimproved auu capital value of ihe Dominion nad increased in five yeais by 5X1,000,000 He advocated the settlement of bush lands. Mr J. T. M. Bur.tsby (Wairarapa) justified the statement that the pio«perity of the country was due to tl e Lii'o»-nls. and at great length criti - ised the organised attempts of opposed to the Liberal Party to belittle the Dominion and shake its eradit. He paid a tribute to the wtnk of the Advances vo Settlers Department. and said that the superintendent deserved recognition for his administration of the department,which was a blessing to many. He was a modified freeholder, and did not believe in the doctrine of mea nod increment. Lands for settlement tenants should the option of the freehold at the original valuation. He advocated banking reform on the Canadian system, and he supported the visit of the American Fleet-.

Dr. Chappie (Tuapeka) followed with a lengthy speech on the industrial situation, contending that the Arbitration Act had not broken down, but had prevented universal strikes, and had substituted combination for competition. The House adjourned a*; 5.30 p.m. The House resumed at' 7.30 p.m. Dr Chappie, continuing his.speech, said that the Arbitration Court, should/make an award on piecework only. Individual effort must be paid for as uniformity in wages was lowering the efficiency. * Mr W. Herries (Bay of Plenty) said that it was quite refreshing to listen to the new member, who spoke with such candour and quite regardless of constitution. He declined to believe that anybody had deliberately atte-npted to misrepresent the Dominion. The railways had not done well, and the cost of running had increased. The Hon. J. McGowan followed with a speech in which he justified the administration of the Government and replied to the Opposition criticisms. Taxation had been reduced, and the apparent increase per head had Q'lly showed that the people were so prosperous that they could spend ir.ors on dutiable goodfi. He contended they had spent over £300,000 per annum on roads in the past five years. Hie State Coal Mines were run without loss to the community and had cheapened coal. The House rose at 11.50 p.m.