PUBLIC TRUST BILL.
READ A FIRST TIME. SOME OF ITS PROVISIONS. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Last Night. In the House of Representatives this afternoon, the Public Trust Amendment Bill was introduced by Governor's message. The Bill effect to the recommendation# of the Commission that two members outside the service be appointed to the Board, at a salary of £250. The appointment of advisory trustees is also provided for, and Custodian Trustees, the latter provision being taken from the English Trust Act. Power is given to investigate and audit trust'accounts. When damages are recovered in Court, on behalf of an infant or person of unsound mind, such damages are to be 'paid to "the Public Trustee-, ' The Minister said it would be seen that the measure aimed at . making the Public Trust Office more popular, and it was also in the interests of poor people. The Bill was read a fimh time.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 1 August 1913, Page 5
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151PUBLIC TRUST BILL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 1 August 1913, Page 5
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