PARLIAMENT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15685, 12 August 1914, Page 5

PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

PUBLIC REVENUES ACT.

AMENDING BILL.

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Wellington', Tuesday. The House of Representatives met at 2.30 p.m.

The Prime Minister read a lengthy list, of further contributions to the expeditionary force fund.

Whatever might be fair) about the war, he said, it certainly brought out some of tho best qualities of the race.

The Public Revenues Act Amendment Bill was brought down by Governor's Message. It has been introduced in view of the crisis. It makes provision forspecial authority to borrow £2,000,000 during the current financial year on the security of Treasury hills.

As a result of a protest from the Opposition that Sir Joseph Ward had not been apprised of the Bill, it was delayed.

Hie House went into Committee on the Local Elections (Proportional Representation) Bill. In reply to Mr. Wilford, tho Hon F. M. B. Fisher stated the Bill was purely optional so far as local bodies were concerned, It could be brought into operation by a special order. Mr. J. McCombs (Lytteltnn) moved two new clauses designed to meet the case of casual vacancies, which the Minister would not accept, and they were rejected on the voices. The Bill was then reported without amendment.

The House went into Committee on tho Civil Service Officers' Guarantee Repeal Bill, which was reported without amendment.

The House went into Committee on tho Immigration Restriction Amendment Bill, which also passed without amendment. The three Bills were then read a third time.

The House adjourned at 4.40 p.m. until 7.30, p.m. on Wednesday.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,

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Wellington, Tuesday.

The Legislative Council met at 2.30 p.m. The Hoii. H. D. Bell said that he hoped to go on with non-contentious measures in the Council if the House concurred, and he would ask the Council to sit at night, as it was physically impossible for him to deal with tho committee work in the mornings. No business was transacted.