PRIVATE MEMBERS' DAY.
WOMEN AS JUSTICES,
HOUSE PASSES MEASURE.
MINISTERS ANSWER QUESTIONS.
[BY TELEGBAPH.—SPECIAL REPORTER-]
WELLINGTON. Tuesday. It was private members' day io the House of Representatives, and members took full advantage of perhaps the last of their special days this session. The Minister for Education was given leave to introduce the Canterbury College and Canterbury Agricultural College Amendment BilL The afternoon was devoted to the consideration of Ministers' answers to questions, and in the evening private members' Bills were considered. The Motherhood Endowment Bill, introduced by Mr. M J. Savage (Auckland West), came up for its second reading, but was eventually ruled out as an appropriation measure. Mr. Wilford's Justices of the Peace Amendment Bill, which makes it possible for women to be appointed to the office of a justice of the peace, was passed. The State Control of Licenses Bill led to a spirited debate on the prohibition question when Mr. R- McCallum (Wairau) moved the second reading. The Bill was eventually ruled out by the Speaker as being an appropriation Bill. The Fencing Amendment Bill (Mr. V. H. Reed) was read a second time and tho House rose at 11 p.m.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18189, 7 September 1922, Page 8
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