PARLIAMENT.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 41, 27 November 1937, Page 10

PARLIAMENT.

house of representatives. CONSIDERATION U'F BILLS. , (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Nov. 26. In the House of Representatives tor day the Amendment to Whangarei Air T port Bill by the Legislative Councilwas disagreed to, and the House decided to transmit the disagreement and reasons for it to the Council forthwith. The Mining Amendment Bill Was introduced by Governor’s Message, the Minister of Mines (the Hon. P. C. Webb) explaining that the measure was a consolidating one which contained four or five new provisions. Steps had been taken to safeguard the health of the men. The age limitations of youths engaged in quartz mines had been advanced to 18 years, but youths of 16 would be allowed to work in alluvial mines, as there was no dust menace there. The Bill provided for medical examination of men before they were allowed underground, and also made it a criminal offence to “salt” a mine. The Bill was read a first time, also the second time pro forma, and referred to the Goldfields and Mines Committee. Moving the committal of the Auckland Electric Power Board Amendment Bill, the main provision of which is to extend the municipal franchise to elections of the Board, the AttorneyGeneral (the Hon. H. G. R. Mason) said that the Auckland Power Board’s franchise was different from that of the remainder of boards throughout the Dominion. It was antiquated and inadequate, and belonged to times of the past.