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Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 79, 3 April 1911, Page 9

The Plumbers' Registration Bill was introduced ln to Parliament last session/bit not further proceeded with. There »p, pears to be opposition by. the various Drainage Boards of the Dominion to swne of ite provisions. The Ihinedin Drainage Board, in response to overtures made by the Christchureh Drainage Board, decided to join with other similar bodies in New Zealand in opposing the bill. Mr. Marlow sas he thought this was not only a justifiable but a wise step, as the bill proposed to take away from the Drainage Boards the control of sanitary work, for a plumber who did not succeed in obtaining his certificate from a Drainage Board could appeal for registration to a magistrate: The suggestion was'made that if legislation dealing with the registration of plumbers is to be attempted there shoiild be a system of reciprocity between the Drainage Boards of at least the four centres in regard to the recognition of plumbers' certificates. At present a plumber licensed by the Dunedin Drainage Board would, on going to, say, Christchurch, have to pass the plumbers' examination prescribed by the Christchureh Drainage Board before he could do sanitary work in connection with their system. Mr. Douglas pointed out the disability of plumpers in this respect, and Mr. Christie suggested a universal examination applicable at least to the four centres. Mr. Small declared that it was the want of some such system that had mainly led to the introduction of the Plumbers' Registration Bill. He advocated one certificate applying all over the Dominion wherever sanitary, work was being done.' • The meeting favoured this proposal, and probably step* will be taken to get outer Drainage Boards to support its inclusion in the bill next session. It was mentioned that the plumbers' examination in Dunedin is a stiffer one than is set in any of the other New Zealand centres, but the drainers' examination set in Christeaurcb. is said to be tae most searching,