PARLIAMENT

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10718, 11 October 1912, Page 5

PARLIAMENT

j LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. I \Y ELLINGTON, Last Night. ! (Bv Telegraph—Press Association.) CEMETERIES BILL. Tho Legislative Council met at 2.30 p.m. Die Cemeteries Amendment Bill finally passed. PUBLIC SERVfCE BILL. The. Council resumed the debate on tho Public Service Bill in committee. At Clause 6, providing that the Commissioner or Assistant-Commis-sioners should not be approached directly or indirectly with a view to securing appointments or promotions, the Hon. Mr Anstey moved to strike out the first word, with the object of | killing the clause. J Iho Hon. H. D. Bell declined to > accept the amendment, a;nd after an hour's discussion it was withdrawn. A 1 urther propose I'with a similar object was negatived by 31 vc.tcs to 6. On the motion of the Hon. H. D. Bell, sub-section 3 of clause -6 was altered ; to read "any officer who directly or indirectly solicits or endeavours to influence the Commissioner or Assistant-Commissioners for the purpose of obtaining promotion or increase of salary shall be deemed to be unworthy of such promotion or increase, and it shall not be accorded him. and he shall be liable to immediate dismissal." The original clause applied to all "persons" applying for appointment, . and the alteration now permits applications to be made to 'the Commis-. I sionors for 4 appointments, but prohibits I officers applying for promotions. J On sub-clause 3of clause 7, which provides that the term of appointment of the Commissioners should be for 7 years, the Hon. J. Paul moved, to substitute 54 for 7. The discussion ori the amendment was postponed. In the House of Representatives last night the JNative Land Amendment Bill was read a second time and ..referred to the Native Affairs Committee. The Land and Income Tax Bill and Legislative Council Bill were read a third time and passed. The Hon. J. Allen moved; the second reading of the Defence Act Amend-imen-t-Bill, which provides for military 1 detention instead of imprisonment, the taking of Junior Cadets out of the defence scheme, the dealing with religious objectors, 'the substitution of extra days in camp for attendance at drills, the exemption from service in special and remote areas, etc. The debate on the second reading was proceeding when the telegraph office closed.