Session Ended

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 23 December 1933, Page 8

Session Ended

' REVIEW OF WORK DONE LEST OF BILLS PASSED •STATEMENT BY PRIME MINISTER (From “The Mail's” Parliamentary Reporter). WELLINGTON. This Day. The third session of the twentyfourth Parliament concluded yesterday afternoon with the usual valedictory speeches. • A return presented by the Prime Alinistor showed that the House sat on 57 days, the sittings occupying 382 hours 13 minutes. Alembers were asked to sit for only 24 hours 9 minutes alter midnight. Forty-three divisions took place' during the session—ls in tho House and the remainder in Committee. The list of Acts passed by Parliament during the session is as lollows :

PUBLIC ACTS Agricultural and Pastorial -Societies Amendment, Appropriation, Arbitration Clauses (Protocol) and the Arbitration (Foreign Awards), Canterbury University College, Card Tournaments Regulation, Coal-mines Amendment, Coinage, Companies, Co-operative Pigmarketing Companies, ’ Dairy Industry Amendment, Education Law Amendment, Egmont National Park Amendment, Finance, Finance (No. 2), Harbours Amendment, Immigration Restriction Amendment, Imprest Supply, Judicature Amendment, Land and Income Tax Amendment, Land and Income Tax (Annual), Land Transfer (llawkes Bay) Amendment, Law and Libel Amendment, Licensing Amendment, Local Authorities Interest Reduction and Loans Conversion Amendment. Local Legislation, Marriage Amendment, Money-lenders Amendment, Mortgagors and Tenants Relief, Motor-spirits (Regulation of Prices), Municipal Corporations, National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum Amendjmeiit, Native Purposes, Nurses and Midwives Registration Amendment, Orchard Tax Amendment, Poor Prisoners Defence, Post and Telegraph Amendment, Poul-try-runs Registration, Rent Restriction, Reserve Bank of New Zealand,, Reserves and Other Lands Disposal, Royal Society of New Zealand, Sales Tax Amendment, Scenery Preservation Amendment, Small Farms (Relief of Unemployment) Amendment, Summer Time Amendment, Trade Agreement (New Zealand and Australia) Ratification,- Trade Arrangement (New Zealand and Belgium) Ratification, Transport Law Amendment, Trustee Amendment, Valuation of Land Amendment,’ Victoria University College, Weights and Measures Amendment.

LOCAL ACTS Auckland and Suburban Drainage Amendment, Auckland Harbour Board Empowering, Auckland Metropolitan Milk, Auckland Transport Board Empowering, Bay of Plenty Licensing Committee Enabling, Bluff Harbour Board and Bluff Borough Council Empowering, Bluff Harbour Board Empowering, Ovoymouth Borough Relief of Unemployment Loan Validation, llawkes Bay Rivers Amendment, Napier Harbour Board and Napier Borough Enabling, Napier Harbour Board Empowering, Napier Harbour Board Loan, New Plymouth Airport, New Plymouth Borough Council’ and New Plymouth Harbour Board Empowering, Petone and Lower Ilutt Gas-lighting Amendment, Waimakariri River Improvement Amendment. Wellington City Empower-

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ing and Special Rates Consolidation Amendment, Wellington City IVlilksupplv Amendment, Whakatane Harbour Hoard Vesting. PRIVATE ACT New Zealand Branch of the British Red Cross and Order of St. John Empowering. , Bills dropped or otherwise disposed ot were as follows : PUBLIC BILLS LAPSED Bank of New Zealand Amendment, Banks .Indemnity (Exchange) Repeal, British Nationality and Status of Aliens (in New Zealand), Commercial Trusts Amendment, Distress and Replevin Amendment, Electoral Amendment, Expiring Laws Continuance, Family Allowances Admendment, Fire Insurance Companies Liability, Gaming Amendment, Hire of Filins. Invalid Pensions, Judicial Proceedings (Regulation of Reports), Juries Admendment, Land Auents Amendment, Local Government Officers. Meat Export Control Amendment, Mining Amendment, Motor-cabs, National Credits and Currency, Orders in Council Confirmation, Rating Amendment, School Committees Facilities. Stock Remedies, Summer Time Amendment, Tomato Gardens Registration, War Pensions Amendment, Works Compensation.

LOCAL BILL PASSED Wellington City and Suburban Highways Construction and Hutt lload Amendment and Empowering. PRIVATE BILL LAPSED Waikato Water Supply Company limitod Empowering.