PARLIAMENT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 171, 19 July 1907, Page 3

PARLIAMENT.

-HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

m Telegraph-ParUamentarx Reporter.)

. '■-. ' WELLINGTON, Thursday. TgE MUSICIANS BILL -.r fldev (Cavershami moved the Mr- %. of his Musicians Bill, a - second T eal ""f OTOvidino- for the constiincorporated society of tution oi a Zea i an d. the members hill, said : & went out of the L#i|l examination fees, a considerable "'Kn of which could be retains in ~" gfe « incorporated society of mu- '*/" s created to conduct esaminapioans e<r i s tration of qualified mvwould "be a guide to the public, " S Tdo away with the overlapping of exISS^frifbodies, some of which only '••Stette Profit they made out-of -£fci He wished the bill referred to \ select committee. Mr T. McKenzie (Waikouaiti) and Vt Barber (Newton) opposed the bill, 4anse it proposed to add another to Itte already overcrowded list of examraaFisher (Wellington) declared that tie hill was designed to stop a monopoly - Its powers were to establish a benevoSat fund, and surely this was satire of the biggest order, saying that nearly member of the profession was al'•leady so impoverished that he required a benefit fund. Mr.- T. McKenzie moved that the hill be read six months hence, and this was 'seconded by Mr. Fisher. ' Mr. Stallworthy (Kaipara) stated that le had received the following telegram:— "Auckland Society of Musicians approves , generally of the Musicians' Bill, hut considers it practically useless unless clause 36 be amended to restrain unregistered maacians.from teaching." This telegram, .slid'the member, made it clear to him .that h) was intended to form a close corporation, and that his duty was to appose the second reading of the bill. Mr. Mackenzie's amendment was lost, end thebill was read, a second time, and referred to the Education Committee.

: ACCOUNTANTS' BILL. The Accountants' Bill, introduced by

jit A.-L. D. Fraser (Napier), seeks to incorporate an institute of accountants, opes wio axe exclusively engaged in attsautancy or any person who, after the coming into operation of the Act, shall pass an Karnination in general knowledge and the professional examination ftr.scconntants prescribed by the council of (be institute. The latter shall consist o/sineen representatives from the various parts of the colony, elected by ballot The duties of the council shall be to register the names of persons applying ' , for membership of the society and to .keep 4 special register of persons who - lave passed an approved examination in accountancy, such persons to be entitled .to describe themselves accountants by examination." Power is given to the institute to hold examinations of persons who •wish to qualify for inclusion in the spec- "-. ,ial register, to deal with professional mis- . conduct and other matters. No person . other than a registered public accountant ; shall, after the passing of the Act, per.iorm for hire any auditing or other accountancy work in connection with any public company or building society, ,- .while disclosure of information secured by -?4 acconzitent obtained during the course . .of his professional work renders him H--1 ,abls to a penalty of £50.

H Mr Eraser, in moving the second readying of the bill, said its general principles were approved by the existing organisa--5 .tions, including 500 or 600 accountants. * :He was not in favour of creating a close corporation, but incompetent men should .be kept out of a profession which had so important'a duty to perform in relation :"- to those who invested their money in -public companies. ( The bill was read a second time after .*'brief discussion. -'TRUSTEES AMENDMENT BELL. The Trustees Act Amendment Bill, Mr. Sidey (Caversham), passed its committee stage unamended. The Farriers' ,®U (Mr. Mayor), was also put through its committee stage practically without Knendment. PURE POODS. ". ' Consideration of the Pure Foods Bill '.(Hon. Geo. Fowlds) wa3 continued in . coaunittee. There was a considerable of debate upon cLiuse fourteen, ■which provides that a written warranty p held by the retailer protected him from .prosecution for sealing an adulterated - article, so long as the warranty was given by, or on behalf of a person or coapany carrying on business in N/ew -Zealand. It was suggested that retailers by storing various consignments of an article purchased under different | •warranty would never know the warn which referred to a particular ! Package. Eventually the Minister agreed to amend the subclause which was adopted as follows:—"No warranty or the written statement given or made by a person resident outside New Zealand •Wl.be"any defence under this section, mess the defendant proves that he had reasonable steps to ascertain, and m in fact believe in the truth, of the I matters set forth in such warranty or statement." -"?: to ilr. Herries, the Slinister .;.:; plained that the power to make stand- | ||gp Of purity in regard to foods, exist.«a in the Adulteration Prevention Act Wucb.. would be repealed if the present bill became law. Therefore, it was iw?" 7 tha,t P ower sncm to be g ive n to I tie Governor in Council to make regu- |. taious fixing the standard 0 f pu rity. bis motion a new clause was Mucu to the bill lesalising for twelve I %0M ne M-le of adulterated articles ; winch had been purchased or had been l«« of the stock of the merchant at I lae.tnne of the gazetting of the regu- I ' mm under the Act. ' - , The bm w? 3 thejQ reported _

' PUBLIC TRUST AMENDMENT. ypi&_ Puhlio Trust Amendment Bill mt Joseph Ward) was considered in tonumttee. -' Slasse y suggested that the main "Wse,. which gives the Public Trustee 1112 P ° WerS of takill S possession crates or property of persons whose sSTv "* -™known, should be puncdby a provision that before IST WSi takea < the proposal 'J*g» be advertised in a local news-

I ikhtu v Prenuer undertook that this S e { U ifc «■ not already - P ?£ ded fo . r ' in the main bill. * Se hK (Bay ° f Hent r>' descrit - Is! 11 * s Ter y usefuk and likely to Vshbi 6sslllß to country districts if KB? TtoS* 6 d be added - ! !This w« vV c "qmred of an owner.. many weed-ridden '-$^.&t a *?i hpinz deared of

Mr. .Tanner; (Avon) declared that if Mr. Herries' statement was correct, it appeared as if there was Some degree of laxity on the part of the Public Trustee's agent in Auckland, seeing that he already had power to deal with absentee sections. ■ -

The Premier replied that the Auckland agent was a good man, who carried out his duties well, and was most attentive in every way. Where there were sections, such as the unclaimed lands of old soldiers, the local authority should call upon the trustee to deal with them.

Mr. Massey supported the Premiers statement, declaring that the Auckland officer earned his salary just as well as any other in the colony. The difficulty was that there were, many unoccupied sections, the owners of which were known. Therefore the Public Trustee was powerless.

At 11.25 p.m. the hill was reported without further material amendment, and the House adjourned.