PARLIAMENT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12991, 7 October 1905, Page 6

PARLIAMENT.

P 'V>. '< * . ' . • 1 v' V ' • [»Y TKUSGRAPH.—FRESS ASSOCIATION.] LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. 1 -• < Friday. ■ {This Council met at half-past two p.m. FIRST' READING. The Offensive Publications Bill was re• • beived from the House and read a first time. ELECTORAL BILL. The Electoral Bill was further considered in committee. At clause 77 (providing for penalties for misfeasance by the registrar) Mr. JENKINSON moved to amend the ft- clause so as to limit the hearing of cases v of misfeasance to magistrates, and not : magistrates or justices of the peace. i' The amendment was lost by 16 votes to 9, and the clause passed tend. <v - At clause 97 (nomination of candidates), Mr. JENKINSON moved, .'•That the word ' person' be inserted instead of ' mail" v.. in the phrase,- * Any man qualified as proyided may with his consent be nominated.'" His object was to test, the feel|f§§ ing of the Council as to whether or .not ■women should be-.permitted, to-sit in the - / House. : - ' " Mr. RIGG pointed out that Mr. JenkinIV ; bon's amendment would not- achieve the end he desired, because an earlier clause f"' f :• disqualified all persons except male per- ' sons. . _ - k':-f The amendment was withdrawn after \ Some discussion, and the clause passed. ; The clauses were parsed one bv one, till clause 188 Was put through, and then the remaining 45 clauses were passed en bloc. vV; , Tho postponed clauses were then taken. .' [At clause 15, vf ' % . Mr. RIGG moved an amendment to exclude from the definition.of "contractors'* •' « I (who are disqualified from being candiV"'.; ,' dates) any person, -not being a Civil servant, who lias been employed by any office or Department of the General Government, mm and who is not so employed at the date of jus nomination as a candidate. 1 .. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL .aid the amendment was unnecessary, as the " contractor" disqualification only applied when Sfw » person'was a "contractor" at the date of nomination. The mere fact of being a creditor of the Government did not amount jto a disqualification. Progress i was reported, and the Council rose at. ten minutes to live p.m. ■ V £OUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Friday? The. House met at half-past two p.m. if IE TARIFF. Mr. MASSEY gave notice to ask the Government whether they will this session . bring down an amending Tariff Bill, so as jo place on the free list all articles required an the manufacture of agricultural implejnents and machinery. ' CRIMINAL CODE BILL. Mr. McGOWaN gave notice to introduce the Criminal Code Amendment Bill. THE ORDER OF BUSINESS. The SPEAKER intimated that for the remainder of the session lie would permit [Bills to be put through all their stages at one sitting. . , „ '{* Vl 'In .reply to various members, Mr. SllSli BEDDON said It was intended to give members good time to get. their local Bills through He proposed to resume the delate on the hind resolutions on Monday " eight. . If members continued in the work- - -' l ing trim they Were in on the previous even- ' ing, there would be no difficulty in' bring- »""" ■'.* ing the session to a close on the 20th inst. The Premier further indicated that the Bills which are to have preference include r* A " Workers' Dwellings, Teachers' Superannuation, Timber and Flax Royalties, Advances ' .'to Settlers, Excessive Rates of Interest Prevention, Lands tor Settlement Act Ex* V , tension, > Fire brigades,i Slaughtering and Inspection Act Amendment. Second Ballot, /,.Workers'; Compensation for ' Accidents 'Amendment,"Arbitration Act Amendment, ' Maori Land Councils, Gaming and Lotteries Act Amendment, Animals' Protection, Fisheries Acts Amendment, Sale of -Food and.Drugs, and Referendum. CONVICTS FORFEITURE ACI. In committee on the Convicts Forfeiture - Jkct'i ■ ■ >..V -Mr. Taylor • moved a new clause, setting out that in the opinion uf the House J. J. Afeikle was innocent of the charge pref !-• ferred against him. The Chairman ruled ' , this out of order. Mi. Taylor then moved i to report progress, with a view to take the v , ruling of Mr. Speaker on the subject. This ' i was lost by 33 to 27, and the Bill was reported. ' • DESTITUTE PERSONS BILL. . The Destitute Persons -Act Amendment '• , Bill passed through • committee without f" , '/amendment. It provides that a man may ; be summoned for the maintenance of- his u ' V illegitimate child after six years, if within - in-sr months pi seeding the issue of the sum- . mons he has made any payment towards 11 the maintenance of the child, or co-habited . , with its mother. At present no claim can ./" be made for maintenance after the child lias ; reached the age of six years. PROPERTY LAW BILL. *' '' The Property Lav.- Amendment Bill, - a highly technical ■ measure, which has already paWed the Legislative Council, was considered. Several members said they did not understand the Bill, and urged that it | •-; should be held over till next session. After considerable , discussion a moiion b\ Mi. j Buchanan to report progress, was lost by , 58 to 17. Eventually, after nearly five hours discussion, the Bill was reported without material amendments. TEACHERS' SUPERANNUATION BILL. I®! The Teachers* Superannuation Bill was committed. Clause 2 was amended to provide uiat »• service" and "education service" shall t ' ■ mean service subsequent to the coming into operation of the Education Act, 1877, under an education board or the governing body of a secondary school, or the managers % of' associated classes under part V. of the iC |-Education Act. 1904; or. in the case of in- .• spectors of school?, teachers of native schools, ; and .-.managers and teachers of industrial .school?, under the Education De- ' partment. "length of vice" means the \ number of years completed in the service of j one oi more of such bodies, whether sucti V service be txniinuous or not. • _ In clause 12 the retiring age of female v * ' teachers was altered from 55 to 50- years. In the . same clause. Mr. Seddon moved the following new proviso, which had been re- ' commended by the Education Committee ■ . " Provided that <«.u . original member sha.ll ji>,»V la® entitled to receive trom the fund an adySifv" ditional annual allowance,-computed as fol- ; lows, namely, one oik* hundred and twentieth part of the total salary received by C him during all the years of his service bef?i fore the commencement of this Act." Clause 20 was amended by inserting a v %■ provision that retiring allowance shall not toe capable of being alienated from the grantee, either by his own act or by opera- : > tion of law. '■v ' -At clause 21, providing that, the State i > shall pay to the fund £5000 before March . SI, 1906, ' . . ' Mr, FOWLDS urged that the House should adopt the Education Committee's suggestion, and pay to the fund £17.000 a year, so ts to put it on a solvent. looting. |«a He considered the only honest course j ,: f' was to face the payment required right, from the beginning. * He did not, believe there would be the deficit that the acjtuaries predicted. Experience showed that they took too pessimistic a view, and that " 7, • their calculations were sometimes based on mm false premises. The £5000 provided for in f , , the Bill would suffice until next session, and Parliament could then, if it so desired, review the whole question. Mr. MASSEY' said the best friends of the scheme were those who were willing to put - it on a 60und basis, and the best intellects i the ' Education Committee urged the ' necessity of the payment into, the fund of j£17,000 yearly. ' * ■ i—/ Sir JOSEPH; WARD said 5 ' that on the |^ ! /« basis of the proposal of the Education ComiiA,jV mittee they Would never have a superannuation scheme for the whole of the Civil Sev-. . vice. The action of the Education Committee had prejudiced the scheme. ' The discussion was still proceeding when the telegraph office closed at two a h), |