BUSINESS OF THE SESSION.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 229, 24 September 1908, Page 3

BUSINESS OF THE SESSION.

' a BIG PROGRAMME. j.elegrapi-rarllamentnrr Reporter.) WELLINGTON', Wednesday. This evening the Prime -Minister an™«>d his promised profrrammp, diseJos- •° thf SU for the remainder of tho. There were. Sir -Joseph Wixd SSed. - number of Mils w-hirh could Preferred to as of special importance, „* iriiieh he would ask tho House to put SjTtLs session. OrlK-r bill,, tfaouprb would have to stand over £tiUcrt scwinn. The Arbitration and Condition Bill m well upon its way. j 4r one of the most important Zsures the Hmi* would be asked to ™t through. The Mining .Amendment vxn wonld be gone on with, likewise the foal Mines Amendment Bill. The Wairatsß'wt J?oad Ke-vestin ? Bill was one should not be held over and the ' inierior Court? Procedure Kill and the fisierie* .Amendment Hill -ho.ild he put ttou"h. A measure which would not take "very Ion? was the Local Bodies Amendment Bill. T«ip finvernffi ent idrances to >eti-Jers Bill, giving tho Mucr to increase the mnximnin anumnt of borrnwiiig to on,- million per annum, Tould be put through, and likewise the Second Ballot Bill. The l. ; uid Settlement jinajicf Bill would lie allowed to stand ver Tile Secret Commissions Bill would sot take lon-, and the House would be asked to put it through. It was not proposed to zo on with the Public Holidays S-srae thirteenth on the list. (Hear. 3lrPoland: Yes. drop if. and don't take jway St. Patrick's Pay. ContinuiM. the Prime Minister said the fourteenth measure od the list, was the Law Practitioners Amendment. Bill. Sir Joseph, amidst considerable laughter. sad that he would let the bill drop until next session. The Education Bill, the Prime Minister M nonneed. would N , ror>e on "'irh. (.Applause.) HI? colleague, the .Minister for Education, would go on with the hill. provided there was no attempt to insert a clause which was foreign to the bill, and he hoped members would offer no opposition to that provision, as it was de- • ared that the measure should be put tlroujh. MrYniford: T will not agree to that. fir Joseph Ward added that the Minister in charge of the hill would ohject to any policy matter being included. Continuing with his business programme, the Prime Minister said that the Acts Interpretation Amendment Rill uroald require to go through, wbile (he consideration of the Joint Parliamentary Buildinj Sites Committee's Report would goon in the ordinary way. The Maori Land Laws Amendment Bill. : le said, would come down in the course of a day or two. and he would ask the Bouse to put it through thus -session. The Government Advances to Workers Bill would be struck out. since provision tfoold be made to cover it? objects in another bill. Other hills -which the House would he to pass included a measure providing for water power and a Heavy Traffic Bill, which took the place ef the Model By-laws Rill.

The amendment to the Old Ag-e Pension Bill, he hoped to circulate in the course of a few days. It. would not be a big hill, hut ther" were one or two important alterations, and he would ask that this bill he put through. Another jnEasure would be an Immigration Restriction Bill, dealing with Chinese. Its provisions had been before the House upon a previous occasion, but had been withheld pending the R.oyal assent. The Ml would be brought down with the Eoyal assent, providing that Chinese at present withhi the Dominion were exemptei A measure aeafing with public service superannuation wa.s one which they would not have much difficulty in .disposing of.

There would, he said, hr no washinfflq> bill this session, but a number of snail bills required dealing with. There iwmld lie the Hauraki Plains Bill, dealing with the financial requirements of ttie Piako drainage area. The Hamilton Domains Bill was a. small hill, which they would be asked to put through. Provisions in connection with the Jaw lArarr. some small amendments to the Defence J*t. and a measure dealing ■nth some Wellinjrton land would he jot:through. The Xational Provident ■Mil he proposed leaving over until next tenon, so as to give the electors an epportunity of becoming conversant with its provisions. A Railway Authorisation Bffl required to be put'through, hut Acre would be no provisions for any if* lines, beyond one or two nomssary Wteffijons. The Fire Brigades Bill T° uld P° trough, and a Stamp Art. -Amendment Bill igirinc the right of appal in deceased estates X The Work - os Compensation Bill the House would bni° a ked *° "tve <o - A small r- d ? lm ? wlth fire insurance. Foposmg amalgamation with another Wnait. would he brought down. It E™ h u P , nw«ary to put through a M enablms the Auckland University ,7?'' ™ kp pood a fitlfi. and also iLonstchurch Racecourse Bill ZhT^ Sncie,ips- Bil, ™* thp Ho? - CT Fll, . ,le holdinp over till TZI?* ion - Tll(> *«m" would apply 1 st Audit Bill, since hr undefttood there was likely to be some cri™sm upon -that measure vanned up. tIK ten hills which could *vl T? T to '• ° f mn * importance Aito ♦• Indusfrial Conciliation and & -V et - thp «M»«ti«m Bill, the £S, Co T naation Rin - ih " c ™' BntW--Tr,i Prnmrnt Advanppß to &l£ EhW 6 Xi "- ° M p TVn " tilb ,7 m UtPr P " w, ' r Bi "- These UV, b ; T ,13^1 ' ! » thl. sequence. Arb,lrati "n Rill w« goi out Nic wort; ?' COuUI P , nn with thn of the P ", Ot ron »pletr. the Wt S1 " n ly Frida - V UPpk - Trie. nf "SSSM, T" c A rt »t«ti«n Bill ai-it C ■ t . hrnu " h - llf, thought they ■Wt aiect in the mornings next week WlSir ,1 t , Le - v 1 ( -°" Jd not p-t" through WotLcrlU BeSSiOn extpnrfin o over fe£ Sflff 3a , id he h no desire to tWr^ ,0 . fflo ™n ? : it would mean *«-tdtW "T 5 n " ho wantwi to do jus-■f-ihe t n T' OUS mo P r te n t bills. Many ; WCI mpOrtont bil]s seemed to «nsu.r? What of the inSr Tv s »^'dy? ,or Jn'tW ard: lhat * m be provided say:n g that the ■"* ••«" L , x wouM all n>, doubt B " ou,d n °t shirk it. " of the «Ii '•anafeder of tie ses"•■that fifSether unanimous in the