IN AND ABOUT PARLIAMENT.

New Zealand Times, Volume LVII, Issue 2583, 8 August 1895, Page 3

IN AND ABOUT PARLIAMENT.

INDUSTRIAL , CONCILIATION/ AND ‘ARIHTRA- , . (TION ACT AMENDMENT BIOL, "" Tho Bill of the Minister of Labour, to ;amoml! tho Industrial ' Conciliation and Arbitration Act proTidea that'thb iiiinimtitn' number of perspns'ctf which an industrial union of ‘einplo^ers J inay 'coUrtst'is five ;', that'in e'asfes of' ‘dispute' involving technical questions the parties to the dispute May eachhoinmate an ’ expert 'to sit with 1 ‘the Board J of Cdhbiliation‘‘'br Court of '^Lthitration ! 'arid 'act as ■ assessors V' - that where a dispute: relating to wages occurs t|)P !V ,of Cpurt 'may deal therewith even if the parties nfay noirat thp t|methe matter, is referred to: it ribo -in the relation of employer and employed, providing that such' dispute, sls ;,(f efflfredj brt Court Within three months of .the severance of thosp,, relations j that ■ in,-,cases-where there is failure to elect the members' 6f 1 a Board or Court , the, Gtovernpr-in-■£JbhJjcfl m a y fill: such .yapanoips as are left untiled. 'petition prom,village settlers. . .Twenty - four ~ village settlers in, the ,I'orty-rnilo Bush have' forwarded through *Mr Hogg,: M.H.E., a petition addressed to ■ the Minister of, LandS; m which they state that they-have-been relying -on-.getting-assistance from tho Government under the Advances.to Settlors Act, but,, their cations have .been refused, on .thp ground 'that the ,original' loans,.granted : by,'the State to, aid in improving their holdings,' have tho oftoot -of « encumbering < them as.- first mortgages, and the Lands i, Department has no authority to accept repayment. i The 'petitioners pomtout that they are urgently . m meed of money,to further.improve: their, holdings, and ito en-able.-.them to buy stock for,,the, coming dairy season -s.p that they may supply the butter; factories, which open ,on Ist; September. ;,Thoy, ask, that, a Bill,be passed authorising the Government'to lend on all i village sections,.apd-that thp/ititles.df-'the Villagers, ( should be made > free i from- on-: oumb'ranpea- p* rpsneot, of the; original-ad-vances by'merging such capital value of the landjI THE iTARIEP,: PROPOSALS,i v; ,i\ !m j * Mr G. J.. 1 Smith .gave; notice to move, ijyhe)} tfio, 'fla-rilt Bill was brought down; “ 'J?hat tho tarifpDprppesgls.'.do 'flot meet with tho approval ipr tlus'Hmtse, as they will not'lessen utho-burden-af'-taxation' now resting upon-the (people,'nor will the proposals In may t way i tend, to : foster and encourage the industries of the .Colony,” 5 ■ ‘ IN ’ BRIEF." ’ ' Sir Maurice dO’Rorko iwasy yesterday, interviewed by ■ fl, deputation' ffhin" the ■Women’s Social’and Political League, who urged that'a portion of the Strangers’ l Gal-( lery should bo set aside‘for women. Sir Maurice O’Rorke replied that the matter was under consideration, n Mrs Seddon'introduced the deputation.K ; , ,

i. Thoi Public Petitions Committee have rojjommendod the payment-of X 260 to'E. .IV ; Lil jii full settlement of his claims; this amount th' be Aiaed in wjujiing up his estate.' :■.■■■■■ • „ : A.deputation from the - Painters’ Union is to wait on the Minister for Labour at 5 7 o’clock tins evening with reference to nn-' employed painters ■ and ■ the 00-operativo syst-ei 1 : i, -.-Mr i Guinness' ig *tq ■ asjc tho'premier -whether tho Government will ta]je steps to,(amend tho Standing"' Orders so that whop a division is demanded in - committee of tbo pho}o flopte the Ghajrmag shafl at onco order tho flopps tp bp lpo]fpfl; ppd the division taken, so as to save time and allow only those members to vote -who have been present in the Honso and heard the debate on the question submitted for decision.