TO-DAY'S PROCEEDINGS

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 79, 30 September 1924, Page 8

TO-DAY'S PROCEEDINGS

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

1 ( The Legislative .Council met at 2.30. . : p.m. "to-day. . '■■ T '/. .;' . f': The Hon.. "A. ,-S. Malcolm asked the ■_;', "Attorney-General what was the latest; '.. information they had about the confer-* T. ence which the Right Hon. Mr. J. H. p Thomas proposed to call, and whether, :~ if thexonferenoe was called, the Governt* ment"jntendedjthat New Zealand should 7.1 be represented, and, if so, by whom. \Z Sir Francis Bell referred Mr. Malcolm "Z to tv~ statement made by the Prime >j* Minister,"and^ said that' no further-in- ~» formation had been received as to the .;' proposed: date and place of the conter-

,;.■ Replying to a question asked by the "I Hon. E. Newman, as to whether the -^ Government was fully satisfied that ~,t evisi-y precaution was being taken to p'rez£ vent the introduction of foot and mouth ■disease into New Zealand, Sir Francis -s 801 l said it was believed that every -T: precaution was being taken. The Health . Department was taking all necessary .] steps. . . ■ The Wellington City-Mangahao En- .»; dowment Sale Amendment Bill was in- ~ traduced, from; the House of Represen- '; tatives and read a first time. .».' The Post and Telegraph Amendment Z Bill was read a second time pro forma; ■£ and referred to the Statutes Revision ~ Committee^". . 7- The'Duhe'din City Corporation Em- % powering Bill, tho Opotiki Hospital Dis- .' trict Bill, and the Rangiora Borough 7; '"Valuation of. Farm Lands for Rating ~" Purposes Bill were put through their •-; final stages and passed. V. (Left Sitting.)