PARLIAMENT.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 9 August 1928, Page 7

PARLIAMENT.

lIOU-SE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NEW BILLS INTRODUCED,

(By Telegraph—Press Association.)

WELLINGTON, Aug. S. In the House of Representatives, replying to Mr YV. Jones .(Marsden), the H0n.,,0. J. Hawken said the Government was prepared t,o give 'a subsidy of £3 5s per ease of eggs exported. That would amount to about Is fid per dozen here. v The following Bills were introduced and read a first time: Summer Time Local Empowering Bill (Mr T. I\. Sidey), Judicial Proceedings Regulation of Reports Bill (Mr P. Eraser), Wellington City Empowering Trades Employees’ Tools of Trade Insurance Bill (Mr P. Eraser), Ashburton Water Supply IJagmhor Creek Bill (Mr E. P. Lee), Buller County Leasing Empowering Bill (Mr 11. E. Holland), Tumu Kaituna Drainage Board Empowering Bil l(Mr C-. E. McMillan).

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. % WELLINGTON, Aug. S. The Methodist Theological College Edson Trust, Extension Bill was put through the final -stages and passed when .the Legislative Council sat today. ’The Ha inner Crown Leases ißill was received from the House, read a first and second time pro forma and referred to the Lands Committee.

The Church of England Empowering Bill was read a first time.

Replying to a lengthy question by Sir James Allen, the Leader of the Council, iSir Francis Bell, said that a series of questionnaires from the League of Nations in regard to the 1 feasibility and desirability of 'codifying international law on subjects of nationality,, territorial waters, diplomatic privileges and immunities, responsibility of ‘States for damage done in -their -territories -to the person or property of foreigners, procedure for international Conferences and for the conclusion and drafting of treaties, had boon received by the New Zealand Government on May 5, 1926. A reply Was despatched in February, 1927, that the New Zealand Government desired to associate itself in the matter with the replies forwarded to the League by the Imperial Government.

A motion by 'Sir Robert 'Stout that in the opinion of the Council it is contra bonos mores for 'a high officer of State such as tli.e Public Trustee to carry on the business of a manufacturer, vendor and cneourager of the - use of alcoholic liqiufrs, and that if any I rust he lias accepted calls upon him so to act he should take the earliest opportunity to discharge himself frortt the performance of such a trust, was defeated by 31 votes to five.

After a brief discussion th'e Captive Birds’ Shooting Prohibition Bill was read a -second time by 19 votes to three.

The Education Amendment Bill of the Hon. G . M. Thomson, proposing non-sectarian religious instruction in schools, was withdrawn. <s^ The Orchard and Garden Diseases Bill was put through the final stages and passed without amendment. The 'Council adjourned at 4.10 p.m, until 2.30 p.m. to-morrow.