TO-DAY’S PARLIAMENT

Evening Star, Issue 20322, 2 November 1929, Page 14

TO-DAY’S PARLIAMENT

TRANSPORT BILL TO BE MODIFIED [Pen United Press Association.} WELLINGTON November 2. „ The House of Representatives meß at 10.30 this moral ,g. Replying to Mr Nash, the Hon. W. A Veitch stated that it was intended to go on with the Transport Bill this session, hut it would be necessary that there should be some modifications in the way of eliminating certain contentious portions. The Local Elections (Proportional Representation) Bill (Mr M'Combs) was introduced and read a first time. Mr M’Combs stated that the scheme.of Proportional representation advocated in the Bill was much simpler than that operated by the Christchurch. CityCouncil at .the present t‘ ne. The count would take a shorter time than the “first past the post” system, the cost would be less, and there would be fewer informal votes. Ho added that’ very many elections were now conducted under Proportional Representation in different parts'of the world, and the system outlined in the Bill was the most up to date. _ . The House went into committee to complete that stage of the Local Legislation Bill and the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment (Washing Up) Bill and the Reserves and other Lands Disposal (Washing Up) Bill. A number of matters of local interest were debated.The Local Legislation Bill and the Native (Washing Up) Bill have been put through.