PARLIAMENT.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, Issue LXIX, 30 September 1915, Page 8

PARLIAMENT.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

BY TELEGRAPH— M».EBS ASSOCIATION.

WELLINGTON, Sept, 29 In the Council this afternoon, the foJlowmg Bills were passed :—Lights on Vehicles: btate Advances Amendment, factories Act Amendment, Military Manoeuvres,. Census and Statistics Amendment Bills.

The Discharged Soldiers Settlement bill was referred to the Statutes Revision Committee.

The War Funds Bill was read a third time and passed. Hon. Sir Francis Bell moved the second reading of the Finance Bill. He explained the purport and scope of the Bill. t

Hon. J. T. Paul thought the bulk of taxation should have come from those who hal made huge profits out of the war. Too large a proportion of taxation was levied on the wage-earners. Hon. \). Samuel said that for the first time they had in the Bill the elements of a graduated tax applied to revenue derived frorr. mortgage. He questioned whether this was- a wise step. He referred to one or two other matters which, in bis opinion, required consideration. He did not refer to the policy feature of the Bill, as he recognised that money for war purposes must be i aised.

The Bill was passed