County Councils Powers

Northern Advocate, 24 August 1943, Page 2

County Councils Powers

County councils are authorised to undertake destruction of wild pigs and control and eradication of nasseiia tussock. Postal Voting AI present a poison who will not. during polling hours, be within five miles by the nearest practicable route of any polling place may vote by postal voting procedure. A Bill reduces this distance to two miles. Fair Rents Act

It has been held that if a tenant dies and tenancy is determined by notice, the widower or lenanf does not have the benefit of protectwn afforded by die Fair Rents Act. That protection is now given under the Bill. Another clause gives the same advantages to ihe wife or widow ol a serviceman in cases where the family home is in her name, as were given by the Fair Rents Amendment Act, 1942. to a landlord who is a serviceman and who requires a dwelling house for his own occupation. t Helm hilitni ion The definition of the term “serviceman" for rehabilitation purposes is enlarged to include every person who, while ordinarily resident in New Zealand, has at any time during the present war seen service in any capacity in a British inter-colonial trading ship. The second reading of the Local Legislation Bill was passed with litile discussion and the second reading of the debate on the Social Security Amendment Bill was interrupted by the tea adjournment.