HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 11 October 1922, Page 5

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NEW BILLS INTRODUCED

The House of Representatives met at 2.30 p.m. The following Bills were introduced and read a first time: Crimes Amendment Bill (Hon. E. P. Le e ); Cemeteries Amendment Bill (Hon. W. D. Stewart); Rating Amendment "Bill (Hon. W. D. Stewart)^ Dairy Industry Amendment Bill. On the motion of the Hon. W. Nosworthy, the Dairy Industry Amendment Bill was read a second time pro forma and referred to the Agricultural Committee.

LAND LEVIES. The House went into committee to consider the Land Levies Amendment Bill.

Mr. T. M. Wilford (Leader of the Opposition) asked the Minister if he proposed to make any provision for th« granting of the freehold to holders of land on the Cheviot estate. The Hon. D. H. Guthrie replied that a clause had been prepared, but in view of a possible lengthy discussion it was not proposed to bring it down this session. Mr. Wilford suggested that if the clause was ready it should be "brought down this session with a view to seeing what the attitude of the House would be towards it. If it could not be passed it could be withdrawn.

I The Minister made no promise on the point. The Bill passed the committee stag* with minor amendments moved by the Minister

BILLS PASSED. 1 Amendments made in committee in the Land Laws Amendment Bill and the Pharmacy Amendment Bill were agreed to, and these Bills were read a third time and passed. i JUDICATURE BILL.

The Hon. E. P. Lee moved the second reading of the Judicature Amendment Bill (No. 3k He explained that the Dominion being somewhat short of Judges it sometimes became necessary to ask retired nJudges to occupy the Bench, ter-

porarily, and it was proposed in the

Bill that the time so served should be

counted for superannuation. In the second place the Bill provided that the quorum of Judges sitting on the Court of Appeal should be reduced from three to two, this having been asked for by the Judges. The Bill was read a second time , without debate, and was later passed.

A MACHINERY MEASURE. Mr. Massey moved the second reading of the Incorporated Societies Amendment Bill, which he said was a small machinery measure asked for by the department. The Bill was passed. The House rose at 11.30 p.m. till 2.30 p.m. to-morrow.