PARLIAMENT

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10719, 13 September 1912, Page 5

PARLIAMENT

LISEASE IN FRUIT TREES. I Hu l aeuiKtpii. —trt*s Assoctatton.) WELLINGTON, Last Night. The House met at 2.30 p.m. In reply to Mr Poland, tlio Minister. of Agriculture said that the Jjopartineut was uiqi'.ring into tlio gjrevalence of "root knot" disease among fruit trees in tho- Aucklaaid district. Ho expected information t from tho Department to-morrow, and would communicate same to the House when it was received. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BILL. Tli© Legislative Council Bill, introduced oy the Hon. W. F. Massey, was read a first time. THE MIDLAND (RAILWAY. The Hon, W. Fraser drew tlie attention of the House to a letter nppearing in a Southern paper, adrifeing workers to keep away from the Midland Railway works, at the Bealey, as tho wages psii<J by the present Government were lower than paid by previous Governments. He pointed out that the conditions were «xaotly the game now as they had "been previously. The Government lad made no alteration whatever, ex•cept in the direction ,of bettering of the conditions of the men, such as tlio suppkfng of timber for tho floors of

the men's tents. Replying to Mr Davey Mr Fraser said that he did not believe in the co-operative labour .system, as carried on in this country for some yeans past, and lie intended to have an alteration effected. He believed' in the email contract system, but he d(:d not want that statement misconstrued into ■making him say that lie was opposed ■to the Iwge eontraot system. The Hon. W. F. Massey, reverting to the "root knot" disease, said he would fiend an officer to the Auckland district to inquire -linto the state of -affairs. It was alleged, he said, that orders had been issued for the -destruction of over a million fruit trees, valued at £20,000 t : n one year. The House went into committee over a nTimber of Bills. GOLD DUTY AMENDMENT BILL. On the Gold Duty Amendment Bill the Hon. F., M. R, i,F'isher moved •to amend tho Bill by including- dentist,« and other people's sweepings witW'n ,its scope. The, motion wafe~carried and the Bill reported. WANGANUI BRIDGE BILL.

" Th« "Wiittganui Bridge Amendinent Bi)J was then considered by thei committee. Tlpo Bill provided for the apportioning of maintenance. The Wanganui Bridge Bill was reported with a minor amendment for the of the machinery and ' appliances of' the bridge from the ■provisions of the Bill. ■ , Th"! Wnihou nnd Ohinemnri Rivers Improvement Amendment Bill j was reported without the amendment, j A. ANT) P. SOCIETIES BILL. j The Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Amendment Bill wae amended to TtroTt.de that the Governor may I>y an Order-in-Council, on tlie receipt of a resolution requesting him to do so, and passed at a general meeting of the Society, change the name of any incorporated society, and such alteration shall not affect any lights or obligations. The Bill was report<h! and the House adjoiirned LOCAL AUTHORITIES SUPERANNUATION BILL. The House resumed at 7.80. I The Hen. A. L. Herdman moved the second reading of the Local . Authorities Superannuation Bill. He wuci tup prroosal was that local bodies should be given fuller powers than they at present possessed, to biMl their successors, and generally to make the scheme at present in operation more workable. ■ Sir Joseph Ward suggested the compulsory grouping of local bodies for the purposes of the Bill. He considered that by combining local bodies could achieve much better results, | than if they worked single handed, more especially if jfche system weie made mandatory. " I Mr Witty contended that either the scheme should bo made compulsory or that the funds should be subsidised by j the Government, so as to put them on ( a financial basis. Mr Buddo said the difficulty was that the majority of the people concerned were servants of small pubi;~ 1-in'liPH wM were" not able to ap- I ply the principle of the act on their j own limited finance. I Mr Dnvev urged that it was only j reasonable that the State should; subsidise a scheme of super annua tion tor the employees of local authorities, w» as to reduce the amount otherwise payable by those employees. He suggested that the scheme should J>e worked in conjunction with the Actional Provident Fund available to the employees of local bodies. The Minister, in reply, said he was. prepared to give consideration to the proposal of members'. The suggestions in connection with the National Provident Fund appeared to him to be perfectly reasonable. The Bill was readi a second EDUCATION RESERVES BILL. The Hon. .Tames Allen moved the second reading of the Auckland Education Reserves Bill. In the course of the debate Mr John Payne urged that an effort should he made to establish one bie technical college in the Dominion, and -bo do away with all smaller institutions of that description, and carry out that branch of education at a great saving to the community. Mr G. HI Thompson suggested the establishment of hostels in towns for the use of those who had gamed (scholarships, and eomo to the town for the purpose of taking advantage of tWn.

Mr Russell inquired whether tTie money to be obtained from the endowments would bo applied in addition; 'to the capitation Secondary i" stitutions received, or was the amount to be deducted. A lot of money, be said, ■ was / 'being wasted in some of the Secondary schools, money that eirald be profitably employed on primary (Mention.

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