PARLIAMENTARY

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10448, 13 October 1911, Page 5

PARLIAMENTARY

1 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. By Telegraph — Association . WELLINGTON, Last Night. The House of Representatives met \ at 2.30 p.m. MILITARY AND NAVAL PEN. SION6. Replying to Mr Luke, Sir Joseph Ward said the whole of the petitions from military and naval veterans for ' pensions, would come before Cabinet for consideration before the Supplementary estimates were completed. The Government would carefully consider all the petitions sent in. The old soldiers' claims dealt with by the Magistrates would be considered, but whether it was possible to go beyond that he could not say. RAILWAYS AUTHORISATION. ' The Prime Minister stated that tho Railways Authorisation Bill would be brought dow.i before the end of tthe session; */"-■».■■?. u .-■! , .. RAaNG:.COMMisSiON...V': ; '■■: Ming to-Mr eph Ward he .would have ? om S unicate ' with the Ciairmm of the Racing Commission before h© • could state when the Commission would sit to consider its report. THIRD READINGS. Tvn h r*? ea r f £ ot ? Cbunt y' Boundary Bill, City of Chnstchurch Empowering ■Bri , Mosgiel Borough Empowering Bill Awatere County Bill, Ashley • Subdiyision and the L WaimakarirtAsh£y. Water Supply Board BiU, an df Franklin and Manakau Committees : Bill, .were read a third; time, and ' wellington empowering ' bill; - • + u The „??v ?e went into c on the Wellington Cjty Empowering Amendment Bill. s Mr WiJford moved (o re-rnsert a clause struck out by the Local Bills Committee, which' gives the Wellington City. Council to make charges, for entrance to sports grounds and zoological gardens on thirty days in the year. . . The clause was subjected to strenuous opposition, on the ground that the public should not be asked to pay v t^go^ottAbeir^wfrn'reserves? - >v* ."-*....- After considerable debate,"the-Bill was reported with amendments., \* , MOUNT HUTT. BILL.i (Left Sitting.) .