AVIATION NEEDS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22247, 23 October 1935, Page 15

AVIATION NEEDS

FUTURE DEVELOPMENT LAND FOR AERODROMES LOCAL AUTHORITIES' POWERS PROPOSED LEGISLATION [BY TELEGRAPH. —SPECIAL REPORTER! WELLINGTON, Tuesday The importance of aviation development to New Zealand is recognised in the Public Works Amendment Bill, which was introduced in the House of Representatives to-night by GovernorGeneral's Message and read a first time. The principal section of the bill authorises the Government and local authorities to take or otherwise acquire under tho provisions of the Public Works Act any area of land required for an aerodrome. The .Minister of Public Works or the local authority controlling an aerodrome will be empowered by public notice to fix the maximum height of buildings and trees in the vicinity of aerodromes and to order the removal or lowering of trees and buildings within two months of the service of notice. The Minister will lie authorised to direct a local authority to serve such a notice. The term local authority as it applies to the bill will include an aviation authority recognised under the Local Authorities Empowering ( Aviation Encouragement) Act of 1929. The owner of property affected by the bill will have the right of appeal to a magistrate, and compensation must be paid for loss or damage. ELECTRICITY SUPPLY REVISION OF LEGISLATION INTERESTS OF AUTHORITIES [BY TELEGRAPH —SPECIAL REPORTER] WELLINGTON, Tuesday Some revision and consolidation of existing legislation relating to electricity will be achieved by the Public Works Amendment Bill, introduced in the House of representatives to-night. The bill is designed partly in the interests of simplicity and partly to meet changes which have* taken place in the industry. The principal alterations to existing law are in the fuller definition of an electric line, making clear that it includes all generating plant; in making it clear that the Government lias power to refuse a licence; in exempting; from the necessity of obtaining separate electric line licences all those whose premises are supplied by a licensed supply authority; in extending from throe years to live the term for which an electric light permit may be issued; inmaking a more detailed list of the subjects 011 which regulations may be made under the Act; and in ensuring the validity of licences already issued in so far as 110 special form of licence has ever been prescribed under the Act.

! The bill makes more severe tlio | penalties for wilfully damaging electric lines, and it protects the interests of J the supply authority in works which it ; instals on consumers' premises. SUPREME COURT BENCH AN ADDITIONAL JUDGE PERMANENT APPOINTMENT [BY TELEGRAPH—SPECIAL REPORTER] WELLINGTON, Tuesday The permanent appointment of Mr. Justice Xorthcrott as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Xew Zealand is'the main object of the Judicature Amendment Bill which was committed ami put through its final stages in the House of Representatives to-night, in moving the second reading of j the bill, the Prime Minister, Mr. i Forbes, said it was laid down in the j principal Act that there should be | eight Judges and the Chief Justice. | The appointment of Mr. Justice Johnston to the Court of Review of | mortgagors' liabilities had made a vacancy on the Supreme Court Bench and Mr. Justice Xorthcroft had been aj>poiuted temporarily to till that vacancy. It was not desirable, however, that his appointment should be a temporary one any longer than was absolutely necessary and provision had been made in the bill to overcome that position. Mr. Forbes explained that the bill provided also for six Judges to sit in one of the divisions of the Court of Appeal when available. The bill was passed without discussion. I ERADICATING RAGWORT ___ SAFE CHEMICAL WANTED [BY TELEGRAPH —SPECIAL REPORTER] WELLINGTON, Tuesday Iho desirability of using some safer chemical than sodium chlorate in efforts to eradicate ragwort was j emphasised by Mr. W. J. Broadfoot | (Government —Wnitonio) in an urgent | question addressed to the Minister of j Agriculture, Hon. C. E. Macmillan, in j the House of Representatives to-dav. Mr. Broadfoot pointed out that there ! bad been several fatalities and numerous | serious accidents through the use of i sodium chlorate which was recognised as ;i dangerous explosive. Some (JOO tons of the chemical carrying a Government subsidy of Id a pound was used in New Zealand annually. Recently a substitute for it had been perfected by a British chemical firm and tested by the Department of Agriculture, it had been found to be as efficient and as cheap as sodium chlorate and safe to use. It was noninUaminable and non-explosive. Mr. Broadfoot asked if it would be allowed ! to carry the same subsidy as that extended to sodium chlorate. The Minister replied that the relative merits of sodium chlorate and the new chemical had been the subject of experiment and inquiry by his department and it was intended to give further consideration to the question of subsidy after some additional trials on a larger scale had been carried out. These would include the use of the new chemical under field conditions as applied by farmers. WAR PENSIONS BILLS [BY TELEGRAPH—SPECIAL REPORTER] WELLINGTON, Tuesday Minor amendments to the War Pensions Amendment Bill and the War Veterans Allowances Hill were introduced in the House of Representatives to-night by Governor-General's message and added to the legislation. Their object is to make pensions and allowances payable on the first day of the month of application instead of on the first day of the month in which applications are granted. This concession was agreed to bv the Minister of Pensions, Hon. J. G. Cobbe, when the bills wero before the House. Another amendment to the War Veterans Bill makes provision for the payment of an allowance to the wife of a veteran living apart from her husband provided the Pensions Board 13 satisfied that she has good reason for doing so..