LATE PARLIAMETARY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 184, 4 August 1913, Page 2

LATE PARLIAMETARY.

THK BUDGET THIS WEEK. fS- Telegraph.— Parliamentary Reporter.) WKIXINGTOX. this day. The -Hon. iTa?. Allen states that the Budget will he hronght down on Wednesriav or Thursday at the latest. JdUNKIPAIj CORPORATIONS 811.T.. The Mnriieipal Corporations Amendment Bill proposes a, novelty in tlie shape at ai <-l(!Ciion of mayors hy coundlJors on thp J'trst Wednesday of May in every year. The new scheme, if adopted, will come into operation in. IHIS. •T'"or the consxitution of now boroughs it js proposed, >.rpoii -one-fourth of the electors peiitioningj to appoint a commis-sion-composed of the Lands Commissioner 33x1 Valuation Officer of the- district, -who shall investigate the claim--, for the ion&atkm of a. borough. If subsequently a poll is taken ar.d lost no fresh ■petition, is to >>c presented within two years. The bill includes provision* for! alMraiion of baro37frh. boundaries, and j for power oil the part of the new council xo rarse- by special loan any moneys payable on adjustment of the boundaries, £ttps councils power to cell and excbaafrp land -verted in the Corporation, •preyiding the proceeds are devoted to the purchase -of larul for the same purposns. and also gives power to muke sir-eels forty feet wide to connect -blkid streets with" others. An important proTiskja is .1 proposal to jrnrc councils power lo sell coal and coke, power to maintain trjnstt services for passengers .and. goods within a borough, or contribute t-o service, maintained by a company t.r other local authority, bat does Bou* authorise, construction by a connc.il o! a trd.mv.-ay or a raihvay. A council may in time "of flood or emergency Jcad jirrv snrplns water from waterways into htiv Biitnril stream. Tho bill authorises council; to par out of their funds fums for music in parks, Libraries, music hall-, etc.. jrves power to gr-.vnt or -wilhhoid billiard-room licenses, make by-laws for licensing, ins-pecting. and repulaf.n? bonrdinfrhouses. _ sports !TOU32-- sne. zoological collections.