TO-DAY'S PROCEEDINGS

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 7, 8 July 1931, Page 12

TO-DAY'S PROCEEDINGS

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

1 The Legislative Council met at 2.30 p.m. to-day. . The Reprint of Statutes Bill was introduced and road the first time. ; Replying to tho Hon. Sir James Allen the. Leader of the Council (tht Hon. Sir Thomas Sidey) said: "There was no formal order of reference drawn up and given to the Committee set up' by tho Government to inquire into and report on tho position and matters affecting the Superannuation Funds. It. is _ not the intontion of Government to limit in any way the scope of inquiry to any particular phase of the Funds by a formal order of reference. The constitution of the Committee was as follows: The Public Service Commissioner {who was to act as chairman), the Financial Adviser to the Government, and three others, one appointed by each of tho three superannuation boards concerned. Tho Committee has met on four occasions. The various service and other organisations, as well as the individual officers of the several Departments, have been communicated with by circular and asked to submit any matters for consideration. 'Many-repre-sentations have been made with respect to" anomalies existing as between the State Funds and also the National Provident Local Authorities Superannuation Fund, and the Local Authorities Superannuation Scheme. "The intention is that a complete .review of the whole matter should be made. Pending, further investigation and report by the Government Actuary, no further progress can be made at present." Resuming the debate on the Address-in-RepJy debate tho Hon. W. Earnshaw referred to the work which• had been carried on by tho Prince of Wales in building itp trade of the Empire and tho industries of Great Britain. Ho said ho had been proud to be one of the nine Legislative Councillors who last year voted against the provisions. of the Unemployment Bill. When the Unemployment Bill was before the' Council last year, he had predicted that there would bo soup kitchens in New Zealand, and that prodiction had unfortunately come true. He ventured to say that in another six months they would have 70,000 unemployed in New Zealand, for they had to remember that they had only started so far as the slump was concerned.

(Proceeding.)