PARLIAMENT TO-DAY'S PROCEEDINGS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 75, 25 September 1912, Page 8

PARLIAMENT TO-DAY'S PROCEEDINGS

\ LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL The Council met at 2.30 p.m. The Minister of Internal Affairs (the I Hon. 11. D. Bell) gave notice to intvo- ! duce ths Cemeteries Act Amendment I Bill and the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act Amendment Bill. I The committee, notice of the appointment of which was given yesterday, to enquire into the petilio^ of Mr. Joshua Jones in conjunction with n similar I committee of the House was set up. The Hon. J. T. Paul moved the second reading of the Dunedin District Drainage Sewerage Acts Amendment Bill (already passed by the House). The second i reading wae agreed to without discussion. The Hon. 0. Samuel moved the see* 1 ond reading of the Mokau Harbour Board Empowering Bill (also already ptssed by the House). The Hon. G. Jones protested against the introduction of plural voting on the (Left sitting ) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The House met at 2.30 p.m. PETONE POST OFFICE. Mr. Wilford gave notice to ask the Postmaster-General if he will give instructions that the Petone Post Office be opened from 9 a.m. to 9.30 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. on Sundays, and that facilities be given to the public in cases of urgency for the telegraph office being opened on Sundays. EASTBOURNE POST OFFICE. | Notice was also given by Mr. Wilford 1 to ask the Postmaster-General if he will consult with the Minister for Public Works as to the erection of a post office at Eastbourne, where a site has been acquired. DEFENCE POLICY. Notice was given by Mr. Ngata to ask if the speech of the Minister of Defence (Hon. J. Allen) at the conference of the Navy League might be taken as outlin- ' ing the policy of the Government on the subject of defence. LEAVE OF ABSENCE. Mr. Campbell was granted seven days' leave of absence, on account of sickness. NEW BILLS. The Counties Amendment Bill and the Public Trust Office Amendment Bill (Hon. A. L. Herdman) were read a first time. NEW- ZEALAND AND JAPAN.. A message was received through the Secretary of State from the Emperor of Japan, m acknowledgment of the sympathy extended by New Zealand on the death of the late Emperor. THE ATWOOD CASE. The Petitions Committee strongly and unanimously recommended to the Government the petition of Captain Atwood, praying for compensation for the injury inflicted on him in connection with the wreck of the Elingamite at the Three Kings," which, after the Court had brought in a report against his navigation, had been found to be wrongly charted. 1 Mr. Wilford said he felt sure the Cabinet would do the right thing in connection with Captain Atwood. The Hon. A. L. Herdman said the Government would give serious consideration to the recommendations of the committee, and if an injustice had been done would see that it was remedied. (Left Sitting.) '