PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 64, 13 September 1911, Page 11

PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

, The Soitfe of Representatives continued its sitting after The Post tvent to press yesterday, HAURAKI PLAINS, The Haliraki Plains Amendment Bill, which proposes to enable til© sUrti of £120.000 to be used for drainage of the Piako S^amp^ instead of £80.000, «t? under tho original Act, was coneidered in committee. Considerable discussion arose ovei the proposal that the Minister of Lands shall be given power to rate the lessees of land reclaimed from the swamp for the_ purpose of maintenance of the drainage works, the opponents of the ', proposal urging that the lessees should ' be given representation on a. body con- i stituted for the purpose so that they j should have some voice in th© expendi- j ture of their own contributions. _ ] A sub-clause was added at the instance of the Minister providing that no rate should be struck Until $214. With this and other amendments, the Bill was reported. ADMINISTRATION AMENDMENT. The Hon. A. T. Ngata moved tho second reading; of the Administration Amendment Bill, which seeks to give effect to a representation of the Imperial authorities in regard to the execution of bonds and letters of administration by the Public Trustee. Later oil it was proposed to add two further^ clauses to tho Bill (at the instance of the Public Trustee) dealing with the administration of wills. Tho Bill was read a second time without discussion. TRAMWAYS BILL. Tho Hon. R. M'Kenaie moved the second reading of the Tramways Amendment Bill, which; he explained, con* j tamed no contentious matter. After the Minister had briefly ex plained the Bill, Mr. Herl'ies raised the point that clause 2 wae an appiopriaticiu clause and that the Bill should have been introduced by a Governor's Mcc- ! sage. Mr. Speaker said that clause 2 wa* I certainly an appropriation clause. At the same time, ho did not Ihink it wais ! Recessa.rv to arrest the program of the Bill at that stage. When the Bill was I in committee it would be the duty of the chairman to rule the clause in question out of ord^r if in the meantime it i had nob been brought down by Go- I vernor's Message. ! Mr. A. li. Hcrdman said he wa« itti clined to eiispect the Hon. R. M'Kenzie in dealing with any matters relating to | | tramways. t ' I I The discussion was interrupted by the I j 5.30 p.m. adjournment, ai«l --<hen '/he ] House rufumed at 7.30 p.m. the debate was adjourned in order to allow tho debate on the Budget to tsk« ptace. i The Sou.se ro^e at 9.30 p.m.