PARLIAMENTARY

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10456, 21 October 1911, Page 5

PARLIAMENTARY

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. By Telegraph—Press Association. n WELLINGTON, Last Night. The Legislative Council met at 2.30 t P ' m ' >-■ AID TO PUBLIC WORKS, 'f The second' reading of the Aid to s Public Works (loa-n) Bill was moved 'f j by Sir John Findlay. The Hon. Mr Jenkinson suggested t tiiat the Government should jput it in--0 to-practice by applying it to the new railways to be constructed, especially P in regard to the Gisborne line. Sir John Findlay said tests would be - first applied on the Lyttelton-Christ-church line. , The Bill .vas rut through all its- * stages. j SECOND HE APINGS. The Education Reserves Amendment Bill was read a second time and reported, with minor amcrdinents. The New Plymouth' F!o;h School x Amendment Bill-(Mr Kellv) was read' a second time. PUBLIC WORKS BILL, j The Public Works Bill was passed. I WIDOWS'PENSIONS.* J The Widows' Pension Bill was coxnI mittcd. I The Attorney-General proposed an j amendment to the effect that the pen- • J sion payable, plus the earnings of the j applicant, must not exceed £6O. " ' j.. It being doubtful if the amendment * : I could be dealt with by the Council, . ; j the Attorney-General said he. would I' have the- matter dealt with by message | from the Governor. HOUSE OF I?EI;ItE9ENTATIVES. Tlie House met at 2.30 plm. , THE PUBLIC SEE VlC®.' i The report of the Public Service • n ; Classification Board, which recom- • , mended that a nominal roll 'should be prepared by the heads of Departments/ was presented. ; Sir Joseph Ward said he hoped to i lay the roll on the table before the end vi of the session. , WORKERS' COMPENSATION BILL < In Committee the Workers' Compensation Amendment Bill was considered. A new clause; as explained by the Minister on the second readinir. Was added to the Bill. / A new clause making provision for ' thei wife and children of a worker killed by accident was also added. s . Clause 3 of the Bill, was altered on the motion of .Mr .Poland, to provide that any manual worker may obtain compensation for 'accident no matter wihat his wages are, but the compensation was limited to clerks, etc., whose ' income does pot exceed £2OO per annum.; ; , . The Minister moved an amendment •' to provide that the Act should apply to domestic| .servants whose term "of engagement is for a period of not less than "seven days. . , Mr Allen urged there should be 'a J definition of domestic service. It \Vould not do to include all in the clause, who were, in reality employed m domestic service, whether they were '-paid; servants, pr or relatiofta of the employer. ? The amendment was. carried on the voioea. ;; - ■ ' - : A new. clause moved fey Mr Wright to_give sbiuiiitors the right to: appear: Billj which.was reaif ' v „^dijpa)ssed.' ? ,-V j ; . ..,1 .■; ■

liEGJSLM^ _ The. Legislative Amendment ,BUI No. 3 (Sir Joseph Ward) providing that names appeairing om the elector,roJls fee not objected' to because they Are not included in the electoral 'census of the district, was read & second time. . , ;-(t6£ti .'Sitting.)''