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, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. • (By-■ Telegraph—yPresti Association.} "''• ■r Last NightJ The Legislative Council met at 2.3® p.m. , ■ . - A committee considered the Land Agents Registration. Bill. , . ; The Premier accepted the amendment proposed by the Hoii H. Statham, which provides "that licensed auctioneers carrying on private business as land agents should be .heard on any appeal, but the appellants shstU appear in person, or by another member or by the secretary of any s«ci» society authorised, and the defendants shall appear by some member appuinted by the Minister in that behalf. 1 * The clause was agreed to and the Bill passed. The Public Reserves and Amendment Bill, and the Government Insurance BilJ were also passed in final stages. The Council then adjourned.
house of Representatives. The House resumed at 2.30 p.m. PUBLIC HEALTH REPORT. The report of the Public Health D**partment wa9 presented by the I-fon R. H. Rhodes, who stated that th© death rate for the Dominion for the year was 9.9 per 1000, as compared with 9.7 for 1010. The lowest rate est record was in 1896, when the were 9.1. The birth rate for the-year was 25.97 per 1000. MT. LYELL DISASTER.. Mr G. W. Russell asked the Pr«mier what steps the Government intended to take in connection with ws lief forf'the relatives of those killed in the Mt. Lyell mine disaster. The Premier replied that tlio Government would consider the nia'ttor tomorrow . They had to remember thai £IOOO had had to be : transferred tci the niiros relief fund,, which was in a bankrupt state, and also that the Govern went .'had practically to take or®* | the maintenance of the Waihi Hos- | pital since the strike had commented ! , BARMAIDS BEGISTRATION. The House then "went into commitI tee on the Barmaids Registration Bill. I A new clinse was added on tho motion of the Premier providing that every person was, on the massing of the Licensing Amendment Act of 191 ft entitled on application to be rogiste-r----;ed under the Barmaids Registration Bill, but within the scope of the Bill LAND AGENTS BILL. Another amendment made to the Biß extended the period within which Jarre! agents could call tenders on accountof a sale to a vendor from 14 to 28 days. The clause providing that la#d shall pay a- fee of, 10s .every,; time they ciiange their address Was Btruek v out., ; , ~ The. Barmaids jßegistratioii Bill aifcrf Lan<J Agents 'R<?gistr*ticm : ®TI' wofC then read a- third time a.n<l ' PLUMBERS 'RE^SmATTON. The Plumbers Registration B*I! was committed, - ,and the House adjourned. RAILWAYS AUTHORISATION BILL. The Hon. W. Fraser moved the Rewind reading of the Railways Authorisation Bill. The idea of the BiE, he said, was to enable the Department to make surveys and estimate the probable cost of contemplated lines. In most of the lines proposed, fte that light lines would 1«» found suitable. Sir Joseph Ward said the Bill was. to be commended because it did not authorise any expenditure on proposed railways. If light lines were, adopted the 'present gauge would haveto be adhered to; and the whole matter would have to be gone into eapefullv. The experience of New Zealand was that eight lines were ultimately the most expensive system ef construction. If private people wece> to be allowed to construct light lines there would be a great deal of political jobbery. The estimates this vear provided for £600,000 more than wa3 spent, on public works last yeaF, ;yet it was rumoured that work was to be stopped on several lines. Mr W. C. Buchanan declared tfiafi there were three lines, at Pit'ton, Nelson and Ktnvakawa, on which n million sterling had been lost. Mr Anderson advocated! the betterment of the system on light lines. Mr R. McKenzie said that soum of the lines were political lines «f the worst description.
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