PARLIAMENT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18235, 31 October 1922, Page 8

PARLIAMENT.

\ ■ —■ —~«*-— -—• •■■ OEDEE PAPER CLEARED.

MANY MEASURES PASSED.

MAIN HIGHWAYS BILL.

CONFERENCE WITH COUNCIL

laX TELEGRAPH.—SPECIAL REPORTER.] WELLINGTON. Monday. Considerable progress was made by tho Houso of Representatives! to-day in dealing with the important business left on the Order Paper. Tho House met aii 11.30 a.m., and local Bills were taken. The Thames Harbour Bill, tho Whangarei Borough Empowering Amendment Bill, and the Paeroa Water Supply Transfer Validation Bill were passed. The report of the Defence Committee, which investigated tho charges made by Colonel McDonald respecting defence stores, was presented and laid on the table without discussion. The report of tho Special Committee, which took evidence on the prevalence of venereal disease in the Dominion, was also laid on the table. Tho Chattel)) Transfer Amendment Bill, tho Native "Washing Up" Bill, the Legislature Amendment Bill (No. 2), extending the franch so to the residents of tho Chatham Islands, and tho Scaffolding and Excavation Bill were passed. A resolution ratifying a reciprocal tariff arrangement with South Africa was approved. • When tho House met in the evening ■tho Supplementary Estimates were presented and passed without comment. A message was received from the Legislative Council insisting on the amendments which it had made to the Main Highways Bill and with which the House had disagreed. Tho Houso decided to contest the amendments, and the Hon. J. G, Coates and Messrs. H. Atmore and O. J. Hawken wore appointed managers on behalf of the Houso at a conference with representatives of tho Council- Further additions to tho Finance Bill were introduced, arid tho main Bill was put through the Committee stage and finally passed. Tho House adjourned at 9.50 until the rinsing oi the bell", pending the decision of the- conference on the Main Highways Bill. Eventually the representatives of the House reported that they had agreod to increase the number of members on the Hiehwavs Board from four to six. The House rose at 12.10 a.m. until 11 a.m. to-morrow, when the Appropriation siiil will make its appearance.-

THE CIVIL SERVANTS. STANDING FOR PARLIAMENT. COUNCIL REJECTS BILL. £s* telegraph.—tress assocuhox.} . WELLINGTON. Monday. In the Legislative Comvlil to-day, Sir "William Fraser moved the committal of ! tho Legislature Amendment Bill, giving j conditional political* rights to Civil servants. •' Th* Hon. G. M. Thomson said he did not ttank Civil servant should have the right to become candidates for Parliament, and if defeated resume their former positwms. The Bon. W. Earnahaw also opposea the Bill on the ground that it gave irigiifc.l to Civil servant* not granted to others. ■ Tho Hon. W. H. Tnggs stressed tho need for Civil servants keeping clea? of active partioipation in politics. The Hon. O. Samuel alfio opposed the Bill, and criticised the method by which the scheme was to bo worked. The Hon. J. MacGtegor suggested ihe Government should ask Parliament ior power to remove the Amalgamated Society of Rr'dlway Servants from affiliation with lie jU!ia,nce of Labour. Sir Thomas Mackennie expressed the opinion tfiat the Bill would result in a condition of affairs Bimilai* in mtm respects to the worst form of American party politics. j Tiio motion to commit the Bill was lost j on the voices. \

PENSIONS FOB NUISBS. ; MODIFIED PROPOSALS. i , i (BY TELEGRAPH. —SrECIAI, BZPOII.TEB.J WELLINGTON. Monday. Tho Minister for Health, Hon. C. J. Parr, was ashed in the House to-day by Mr. G. R. Sykes (Masterton) whether the department had yet evolved a scheme making provision for the superannuation of nurses in public hospitals. Mr. Parr replied that as a result of en actuarial investigation it had been estimated that a payment of £30,000 from tho Consolidated Fund would bo required to establish the system of superannuation. Tins was quite impossible in view of the present t-orditions, but the secretary of the department had suggested a scheme which vras not so ambitious. It did not call for such a large contribution, but would still benefit the nurses considerably. Toifl proposal was now under consideration. DENTAL NURSES. REDUCTION IN SALARIES. [BY. TELEGRAPH. —SPECIAL REPORTER.] WELLINGTON. Monday. In answer to a question by Mr. D. G. Sullivan as to dental nurses having their I salaries reduced in accordance with tho j *'cut" made some time ago, the Minister I for Health. Hon. C. J. Parr, stated that] the nurses' had been appointed under a regulation and Hot under any specific I agreement. Their appointments were | made at a recent date and the cost .of living wa3 taken into account. The nurses received £90 a year and £40 lodging allowance- They received free tuition and were being trained by the State to enable them to take up positions in which they could earn from £195 to £225 a year. The case had been referred'to the hardship committee,, which under tho circumstances had no recommendation to make.

DAIRY POOL SCHEME. EVIDENCE FOR PRODUCERS. j>Y XBtUGBAP^.— SPECIAL BKPOETEB.] WELLINGTON. Monday. In order that all " v ho were interested Tnirht have an opportunity of weighing .-the pros and cons of the dairy pool question before next session, tho Leader of the Opposition, Mr. T. M. Wiiford, | to-day suggested to the Prime Minister > that copies of the evidence tendered to the gpeoinl committee on the Dairy Pro-1 dv:e Export Control Bill should be supplied to all the dairy factories in New Zealand; ~ , '. ~ The trim© Minister replied that the printing and circulation of so much evidence would bo very costly. Moreover, he did "Ot know whether the people concerned would require the evidence. The Hansard reports of the discussions on the Bill vould go a long way toward eupplving the information reared by "the producers. In. any case, ho underseveral conferences on the dairy pool scheme were to be-held, and.he ex-, pected that 'before the House met again the producers would have come much • nearer to unanimity. He would he prepared to consider the printing of a condensed report of the evidence, but the consideration of expense was the cMel oiyj tbßl weighed with him. ■ ,