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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 262, 29 July 1908, Page 9

PARLIAMENT.

DEBATE ON DEFENCE. STATEMENT BY THE PREMIER. ' THE NAVAL CONTRIBUTION, '< ENCOURAGEMENT OF VOLUNTEERINC. MR 'GILRUTH'S RESIGNATION. i In'v the; Council- yesterday, the Incorporated Societies;; .bill .wasput>, throvs! l .-po'hniitteq witir-'Ministcriiil amendments tending cliielly to make incorporation easier.- ' ; V .. Al't'of.. ; 'repcated .adjouhiments tho:',C'ouncil ( at.;half-p'ast : /eievcn, jrecoived' > the-; hnp.rcst bupply .; Bill i'rom .''.thp'n; House' and nut .--it thrbughlflll ! 'stages.' The House of ■ Representatives .started the -weefi'i work by indulging in,a protracted dis-cus«ou"/:jnitiated/-by/the'| l J rimo Minister, regarding'' tiic 1 propriety of ' roadless .. ..back-' blockers , in petitioning Parliament, for,grants for':, roads -"and,-.bridges Ciinstead', of - foruaid-, ing "their . applications ..direct jto the Government. ;Mcussion, v which resulted in leaving matters as thoy wore, was merely a repetition of tho - arguments and counterarguments .-adduced- in . two-..similar, debates last.; session." .After this -preliminary skirmish .the remainder of ,thd:afterriopn was;spent in a: discussion; regarding Taumarunui school ailfalrs. The evening sitting was mainly .occupied iwith'--tbo' : passage -of the 'monthly Imprest Supply Hill, 'dcfcnce , and financial; matters 'bulking'; largely' in' the 'discussion. . A. number of; Bills-were..read a sccond, ,time i pro forma,"; and the; Cproners Bill. passed; its final stage./,- vNlr.-lGilnith's^Tresignation was cussed during',tho evening., r; , -