THE DAY IN PARLIAMENT

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 49, 26 August 1926, Page 8

THE DAY IN PARLIAMENT

After what was nearly an all-night sitting, members of the House of Representatives wero in tired mood yesterday and did not attempt to overwork themselves. There was a fairly long debate on the principle of disposing of certain national endowments involved in the Land Laws Amendment Bill, but the second reading of the measure was agreed to after it had been explained that the object of the Bill was to invest to better advantage the proceeds derived from the sale of the endowment areas. The Waimakariri Eiver Improvement Amendment Bill, the Lights on Vehicles Amendment Bill, the Hauraki Plains Bill, and the Local Elections and Polls Bill, which makes provision for striking out names at local body elections instead of marking them with a cross, were each read a second time, and the House rose at 11.20 p.m.

The chief contribution of the Legislative Council towards making history was its treatment of the Summer Time Bill. The third reading was watched with much public interest, and there was not a little excitement in the galleries when the division resulted in a tio. There were gasps of disappointmont from the ladies when the Speaker adopted the only constitutional course open, tp him and gave his easting vote against the Bill. In the evening the Council passed several Bills, including the Fisheries Amendment Bill, the Pell Forest Bill, the Guardianship of Infants Bill, and the Family Allowances Bill. The latter provoked some hostile criticism against - the principle it involves, but as it means an appropriation it was not competent for the Council to do anything to alter it. The Council adjourned at 9.28 p.m. < until this afternoon.