PARLIAMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 177, 26 July 1907, Page 3

PARLIAMENTS.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

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Vraa-LINGTOy, Thursday.

LOAN BILL.

- T_ the House of Representatives this i-ften-oon. a bill making provision for &c raising of a million loan was mtro- :__£__• by the Governors message, and • -,_ a first time. The measure is en- :,__„: Aid to Public Works and Land 1 <_t_eiae_t, and provides for a rate of '•• _ter_fc no' exceeding 4_ per cent. The Koposed allocation is as follows:—Rail- ■ _vJ_-at present under construction, ;H375,600;" additional rolling stock for "oW'lines, and such, other works and .-nnrposes in connection therewith as may £-200,000; in respect of ; Itnd settlement and goldfields' develop"m_dt, "the construction of roads, tracks -'and bridges for the purpose of opening ~- OT hack blocks, and such other works ___ purposes in connection therewith 'as may be authorised. £350,000; for • _te : parpose of developing the goldfields, .j>_sooO; in respect of telegraph exten- : _bn,' ; £so,oOo; total, £LOOO,OOO. \ _#P____NT'S RAPID PROGRESS. ' parliament has made rapid progress 'dnring its opening days, and the comple'iionof the debates on the Address-in-Eeplyrand financial statement vathin the grst four weeks, leaves an unusually ' _jire amount of time in which to deal with the important questions brought forward by the Government. It is expected that the Land Bill will be seat " to the Lands Committee to-day, and its - nio-re-3 thereafter should not be pro'tracte-,' seeing thai the great fight in .'; the' committee last session upon the ■ endowment proposals, and the area to be [ affected cannot be renewed by the present Lands Committee, because the contentions point has been embodied in a 'separate measure, the Endowment Bill. .fortnight is prophesied as the ftipth of time likely to be taken by the lands-Committee in dealing with what _u"t_t be termed the "star" item of the session. Events have moved rapidly dur'jng the opening month of the session, for, in addition to disposing of two debates, the House adopted an important and comprehensive Government measure, the Pure Foods Bill, - ..lfhieh might reasonably have been expcted to take longer in its passage through Parliament than turned out to ' ts' the case. - JOTTLVGS. The Local Bills Committee has reported that the Auckland Hospitals and . Charitable Aid Board Empowering Bill ■(ilr. Kidd) has complied with the standing orders, and recommends that it be allowed to proceed. , The member for the Bay of Plenty stood up for the dignity of Parliament . yesterday. "Is it competent for the - member for Rangitikei to refer to the proceedings of this House as a scandalous • waste of -time V he asked. The Hon. Sir 'iWilliam Steward, who was presiding in the committee, said: "I rule against you. , It has already been said on several . occasions," k sadly admitted the veteran -. parliamentarian.