PARLIAMENTARY GOSSIP.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 274, 18 November 1910, Page 6

PARLIAMENTARY GOSSIP.

NOTES FROM THE GALLERY.

(By ; Telegraph.— Parliamentary Reporter.)

WELLINGTON, Thursday.

LABOUR HILLS TO HE DROPPED.

, The Labour Bills Committee this afternoon reported the Industrial Concllia- . tion and Arbitration Amendment Bill , and the Workers' Compensation Amend- , ment Bill-back; to the House of Repre- ; . sentativeg. with the recommendatipn. that , they should.be held over till next session. There is",good reason' for. stating" thajt [. other lah_i_r;:hUl3'yon the Order Paper . TvilJ be dropped... . ■ : ; .R.EQUESTS FOR THE FREEHOLD: ' On.tb.el request of: Mr. Russella return was this afternoon, laid upon the tablie of...the Representatives showing 1 the nur__-r-o--'lea__ .h-perpetuity bold'efjs'j in - each provincial district who have' made application for the right to pur- ; chase the fee-simple of their lands under section 20 of the- Land Act of 1907 or the Act of 1908. The information supplied was as follows: — Auckland.49 applications, Hawke's Bay 8, Taranaki 11,.' Wellington 24, Nelson 41, Marl- ' borough 15, Westland 40, Canterbury 4, Otago 8, Southland 40, total 240. EXPENDITURE AT ROTORUA. On the motion of Mr. Mackey, the Hon. T. Mackenzie this afternoon presented a return showing (1) the total expenditure by the Government in the Town of Rotorua since taking over control of the town in 1907, and (2) the total amount of revenue received from all sources during the same period. The expenditure since 1907 totals £81,858, consisting of £35,360 voted out of the. Consolidated Fund and £46,498 out of the Public Works Fund. This is exclusive of payments out of the Rotorua Town Account. The total amount of revenue received from all sources during the same period was (exclusive of the Rotorua Town Account) £25,317. THE TONTINE PETITIONS. -As the outcome of numerous petitions for legislation to afford protection and relief from the" methods of the Colonial Mutual Life- Assurance Society in regard .td tontine policies the Public Accounts Committee this- afternoon recommended .the Government to take steps to ascertain what legislation has been passed by other countries regarding life insurance policies, with a view to protecting the public in order that legislation for the same purpose may (if considered advisable by the Government) be introduced into Parliament nest session. .-