PARLIAMENT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19124, 16 September 1925, Page 14

PARLIAMENT.

SIGNS OF THE END, PUBLIC WORKS STATEMT. APPEARANCE IN HOUSE. REPAYMENT OF THE DEBT. [B3f TELEGRAPH. —SPECIAL REPORTER. ] WELLINGTON. Tuesday. The event to-day when the House of Representatives began another week's work was the presentation of tho Public Works Statement and Estimates. The latter were submitted to the House by Governor-General's Message and tho former was laid upon the tablo shortly afterwards by tho Hon. J. G. Coates. Its appearanco is ono of several signs that tho end of the session is drawing near. In reply to a question by the Leader of tho Opposition, Mr. G. W. Forbes, the Prime Minister said ho proposed to take the. debate on tlu Statement next Friday. Alter a limited amount of formal business had been put through, the House proceeded to debate a motion that the Repayment of the Public Debt Bill be committed. The Minister for Finance, Hon. W. Nosworthy, read a detailed explanation of the scheme embodied in tho bill, t The motion was debated for the rest of the afternoon and in the evening until 9.20, members of all parties having much to say on borrowing and taxation. The House then went into Committee on the bill and two others. All tho clauses of the financial measure went through in a few minutes without amendment. The Eloctoral Wiremen's Registration Bill was considered with amendments proposed b> <the Labour Bills Committee. P-'hesd were accepted together with a further amendment moved by tno Prime Ministe-' and accepted by the Labour Party. Tho Child Welfare Bill was also dealt with and amended in minor details. All three bills were reported at 11 p.m. and passed. Tho House rose at 11.15 p.m. RAISING LOAN MONEYS. DUNEDIN DRAINAGE BOARD. COUNCIL PASSES THE BILL. TELEGRAPH. —SPECIAL REPORTER. ] WELLINGTON. Tuesday. The recommendation of the Local Bills Committee of the Legislative Council that tfao- raising of money by the Dnnodin Braittage arid Sewerage Board should • otily be permitted with the authority of ' the ratepayers as. at a poll was ruled oat by the' Council this afternoon. The general principle of the committee's recommendation, however, was approved, The ; .chairman of the committee,, the Hon. R. Moore, moved a proviso that the moneys should only bo raised under the ternjs prescribed in tho Local Bodies Loans' Act. . ' The Hop.' E. Earnsliaw protested that the committee should have produced moro evidehce, in support of its'recommendation. The principle of a bill was always affirmed on second reading and the amendment was really a negation of the' affirmation I of the second reading. On several occasions the Council had approved of the board raising moneyi without a {rail and -no reason had been advanced for any departure from that precedent on this occa--8 < Tbe Leader of the Council, Sir Francis BelL expressed the opinion that the commHtee. only done its duty in bringing the before the Council. He agreed that every attempt \o exclude ratepayers ' 1 should be carefully considered. . The board had made a - clear case for the right to raise money in the same way as it had done in the past, He believed the Council would not ratify the amendment proposed by' the Local Bills Committee. The committee's recommendation was defeated' and' the bill was passed withamendment. , lEGISUTIYE COUNCIL. i ' .ii. TWO MEASURES PASSED. ,>V:r- ■■-■O:.'' TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.'] ' . i WELLINGTON. Tuesday. In- the Legi slative Council to-day leave Of absence for, the remainder of the session: on account of illness was granted the . Hon. jW. J..Geddis and Sir James Carroll, aud stwo days' leave of absence was granted &e Hon. E. Newman. The'...National Provident Fund Amendment Bill and the Land for Settlement Bill were passed without amendment. A debate on a motion by Sir Francis that the Council views with satisfaction the increase in the aTeas set apart as permanent and provisional State - forests, detailed in tllis year's forestry . report''. was, adjourned after several members had spoken. ■ MORTGAGES EXTENSION. ■i &pi&i .W> " 1 - % CASES BEFORE THE COURT. -f 1 *. .' - '- ■ [3* tELEOBAPH.—SPECIAL REPORTER.] WELLINGTON. Tuesdav 'A question regarding tho moratorium was asked in the House of Representatives torday by Mr. 0. J. Hawken (Egmont). Mr. Hawkon wished to know whether Mr. Coates would make a statement on the subject. He remarked that by this time the reports of the Judges on individual case 3 should be available. Mr. Coates replied that he could not state the exact position at present. He understood the inquiries were almost complete. He saw no harm in obtaining a statement of the number of cases dealt with so far and the course taken in each. ,THE PATRIOTIC FUNDS. I I"*,. ■ "— ; -h. MONEY STILL IN HAND. [Br TELEGRAPH. —BFECIAII REPORTER. J WELLINGTON. Tuesday. Some time ago Mr. A. Harris (Waitemata) moved that a rtturn bo laid on the table of the House o'i Representatives showing (1) the total patriotic funds held separately by each patriotic association, giving in detail how the money was invested, and (2) the total funds held by the' war funds council, also showing how the money was invested. The return, which was presented today, shows that the following are the total amounts held in Auckland funds:— Auckland Provincial Patriotic and War Relief Association, £158,650; Auckland Provincial Patriotic and War Relief # Association's veterans' home, £24,267; Auckland Provincial Na - ry Leasjue Relief Fund, £290; Auckland C Jntre British Red Cross and Order of St. John, £51,409; Cambridge District Local Relief Association, £1100; Hobson County Red Cross campaign, £3499; Msori Soldiers' Fund ' council; £12,446; Kawhia Sick and Wounded Fund, £363: North Kaipara Patriotic Society, £1057; Mercury Bay Soldiers' Memorial Committee, £l4 , Ngaljahi Patriotic Committee, £184; Paeroa uiitricti War Relief Association, £176; Te Aroha Patriotic Fund, £182; Te Kuifei , '.®i»trict Belief Fund, £74. The 'stini' held by the National War Funds Council is shown as £112,900. No ' % Dominion total is given.