PEEPS INTO PARLIAMENT.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 186, 6 August 1923, Page 8

PEEPS INTO PARLIAMENT.

| NOTES FROM THE GALLERY, j j■is - Tel. _r..|,h. !-.irlii'i:-iu..'y llcpi-irtcv.i ] \\ i:i.I.INUTf'N. Saturday. I I.F.VIEW l'i|-' WEEK'S WORK. ! I-11 ritiir I'i. past .vol. there has liei-u i pleulv i.i v.'.rictv in the subjects di.- , u-jsrd m P:i:lia'.ni HI. and -"mc impor- ■ i'lcuse. ' Tii- n-.0-t iv porian! bill, which ' j1- now lir... w:i.- the His.-h.i.e d Soldiers' : i Settlement lii I', illtrodiued late on Ti-«•«- ---; ,|HV evellil,-. I'll.' Chief 1.-alllles of tins ' : m..-1-uie !,...! hcen fully explained, and ' member.. generally lii 1,,e.| to elucidate . the 'Prcmici. ' : MEN I AL I'AI.S. Various i.1...-. sol iiicin.il ho-j.il.il ad mini-trnlo'ii have been bi.iugbl up. (Inc point which Mi. M. .1. -av-,0,. , Auckland , .v.-t 1 ninth' wa.- thai i-eit.h, 'I.L. .-.,-,., had U'cu adir.illeil lo a mental ui-tilti--1 T i"i:. Tiie Mm st.o of lle.ilih ■ >ir Maui F'oiuarei promised to nuikc imiuiiie* iv;,. such case- 11 li.. "ot the riililos. .\ u t only was the standpoint of treatment ol patient- emphnsi.-od i it also the conditions under which Mall's in u.vltnns Lave to .loth; :i work. It wa. appaiou; that some i.iemhei. at bast were not .iiiito satisfied with the present state of atlairs. BRITISH STATI'S. I ! Labour members were not content with ! amending the legislation contained in the 1 British Nationality and status ol Aliens i '■ Bill, despite the tact that -the Hon. ' 1 Dovvnie Stewart explained that its object i was to hring our law into harmony with ; the British law of P.l 14. Mr. H. E. Hol- : land's contention was that the bill con- j taiued an objeclional idea that a woman ! ] was the property of a man. The English ■ ' wife of a Herman must apparently be a ! Herman, and his l-iiti-sh-horn children i must lie Herman. The lion. Downie I Stewart pointed out that the Hovernor ! had power to discriminate in the matter. . I rm.'HER WAR PENSIONS. I Another important bill introduced was ■ ; the War Pensions Amendment Bill, I adopting the economic pension scheme, j . and granting the soldiers' request for an j appeal board. The expression "economic ; I pension" means a supplementary penj sion granted on economic grounds, and in . addition to any pension already payable. ' In considering an application' for" the ! economic pension, the Pensions Board is i authorised to consider the ability of the .applicant to obtain and retain "suitable ' i wrrk. personal earnings, and other , income, property and other factors of ' i economic significance, that may lie ' ; deemed relevant. The board may'grant jan economic pension of not more than ! .'lO/ a week in respect of total or partial ' j disablement, but. so that total pension 1 payable, together with any personal j ! earnings shall not exceed £.. 10/ per j I week, this will take the place of the ! j supplementary pension granted by the I i 1-17 Act on account of loss of living. I I NEW ZEALAND BUTTER. ■ The announcement made by Mr. T. M. , .Wilford, Leader of the Opposition, that' lit was reported in the Sydney "Daily : I Telegraph" that New Zealand butter; had been seized for bearing a false ! trade description may not cause surprise jin some quarters in dairying circles. [It has been long realised that certain. j risk is run in the margin allowed for 1 • moisture. Not many months ago this ' I was mentioned a; t.ie North Auckland' dairy conference, and it was suggested j [that the overweight might he further, j increased so as be on the safe side. Mr. j Massey hinted it was possible tiiat poli- I j tical influences were at work iv Aus- ! ! tralia in an attempt to discredit our I butter, and that Australians were mak- i j ing the most ~ut 01 a .-mail matter. ■ j WILD RABBITS. j I iie wild rabbit was almost run to death iv the House the other evening, i All interesting contribution in tiie di— : ru-siou on the pest was given by Mr. i E. A. Hansom 1 Pahiatuai. who pointed out that in eradicating one pcs; there I was danger of encouraging another. By i I way o; illustration he told tin. House j limn, after his land had been completely I (cleared of John Bunny, he lost over, ja hundred young lambs liv the ravages' jof weasels and stoats. The.-c vermin! j attacked the lambs immediately after; I birth, sucking the blood from the head' just back ol the brain. Iliat sort ..;' [thing, said Mr. Hansom, did not occur where rabbits were plentiful. A QUEL WEEKEND. Tiie Parliamentary buildings presented , a somewhat deserted appearance over 1 the week-end. and there was little doing. I The explanation was the trip lo the I Otira tunnel, which attracted the major . ity of member-. Originally it was intended to conclude the week's work at 1."., p.m. on Friday, to allow members Ito attend the opening ceremony nt. ! [t'tira, but when news of President Haniing 's death came shortly after ..311 the ! House immediately adjourn;.!. SI WARI!OW ISLAM), .(••plying to Mr. E. .1. Howard iClui-t----clnireh South I. who asked v. hat the 1 f.overnment was doing- in regard to the Island of Siivviiirow. Sir Mnui Poniare j said that there was pra.-ticallv no mi. living 011 Snvvariovv- Island, which had i been leased by the Hovernment. to A. 1!. j [Donald. Ltd..' for £7. a year. It was! ; swo.pl by a hurricane iv I 111.., but was; j now being replanted and improved. Mr. j I Howard expressed the opinion 1 lut -.civ ■ [day the island would be used f. ■„• defence ' I purpose.. i