HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 225, 21 September 1915, Page 8

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

QUICK NIGHT'S WORK. A SMALL BILLS' CLEARANCE. SURPRISE IMPREST BILL. •T.J Tclecraph.-Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, Monday. A thin Mouse settled down to-night to the quick dispatch of a pood -deal <i( small business on tile order paper. Seven local bills were put through different stapes in about half an hour, one "I them HciriK the I'apakura Heai-h Vesting Hill, wliii-h »va» committed and vead a third time. The House then gave it* attention to Government bilie. sever.il minor measures poing through one These included the Savings Ilank* Amendments Bill, Fruit Preserving In dustry Amendment Hill, Svencry Prefer vation Amendment Hill. Swamp Drain ace Bill, ami National Provident Fund Amendment Hill, ail of which were read a pooond time. Sir .Joseph Ward then surprised the Home by brinjrinjf in an imprest Supph Hill. The astonishment of members nt an Imprest Hill with only 'two thirds nl the month pone was voiced by Dr. Newman, who naked why such an untmia! nnd out of reason course had been adopted with an Imprest Bill. Sir Joseph Ward explained that the la.st Imprest Supply Hill was not ex peeled to tin for o "month's expenditure At that tune tin' session wan not e\ pected to Inst till t!ie preen: date. »o another imprest for exactly the same imount was mirmiitted to carry on the ordinary expenditure of the country. Die total amount of the bill wa« £05.1,500. The only other member who rose t" -peak was Mr. Payne, who said he de ■.ue I to say a few words on the cost of. i\ iTin question. ■Why not wait till the hi!! come-' down?" mip(rei>teil the I'rime Minister. "All right." agreed the member for t'Jrey Lynn, and tlie Imprest became law s,l fir 'a- the Loiter House was CM, -rned without .nio-.her woi 1 ~f discus The II .n. Mr. Hcrdman then move.! •he se.-nnl reading .if the War Fund-1 j!i.;, which niH a'«o carried withou! t.ilk. and f.ie lTou-e r>me .it 0 44 pm .mother exceedinjlly rjuick ni n 'h!'s work riR \!\ \C.¥. OF S\V VMP ARE \.<. T!ie S«iimp I)ram.i-e Hill was ri-il .i ec in .l time. I Ihe Piinie Minuter explnine.l th.v | t'e measure !in I been introduce! on n j mint of the «ur<-rs« tha: had atten le.l ••r [..mds Department op,-r.i •i->n«. nartieularh in the ~nr| <li< ■ ri-.-t. It :n- the Cinrernmrnt po«e' !i jo on with i , ie drninape of larL'i' • iv.i.lip areas, the «nanips .it Knit.ir:'. nd Ilikiiranji (North ~n4l. Pou iTlinke't H.-iv. nn I that n«-»" W uhi beinc -i iatlv mrntinrwd. Fo. ■\r purpo«e of e.rrvinff on this «w»mp Irninarc the hill nuthori«ed an expend •mc of £;.-..f»)0 per y.. n r. won! ci ImL' w«s carrie) without ilivutsion. •WIXUS BANKS \( T \MF\DMKNT In mm ins the se-ml read::itr of th" -iMnps Hanks Amendment Bill. Si I isenh Wa.d explainel thit the nhjerl >f the bill w.i« to brii-B the provuions .->' •ie «a\ins» Rink Vet in; < line so fnr a> -ol.ete ls enncernH with the Post Office •ivrncs fiank. It enables i n .Wt ru.tees ..f M vin?. bnnlrs to p, lv nut up . Cino. in.re.i.l , ' c>n, in r,-. r ~-t ~f • eoounU of di»T*»ed prrsnrs. the o>iie.-' •einc to a!' p-.v t'u< nnn.,n. to h,, , ini r "il I" r.eiri an 1 leg.itrp« nf rierea«-I T'-e .ec.-n 1 rea nj. rarri' 1 w ; th lit di-rno-i .n