HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7264, 21 October 1910, Page 6

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

GOV.EKX-ME.Vr BIELS tTXBEK DiSCUSSIOX. A BiIEACH OF PRIVILEGE INTERLUDE, j The Ilou.c of Representatives mot at -!.-M p.m. yesterday. TONTINE POLICY GRIEVANCE. Tlif tontine policy grievance, which .ccupied thr» attention of Parliament a few week, :i'"i was again debated, tlio Public Accounts Committee reporting that m> further evidence had boo,, proi-;Vr.-tl upon 11..- petition referred back to I !,..,„. 11,,.,-,.10re they had no recommendn';iou to make. .Mi- llogau moved to again refer tho petition back, ilo and many other speaker-, dealt v.-ith the unsatisfactory results ~.{ tlio system, and advocated sumo control of private insui-anmet.mpaiiii.-s. .Mr .1. Vigor Brown (Napier), who had ■,iis own complaint to mala- against the tontino system, oll'ered to pay tlio expenses of'anv tontino victim who wished :,, visit Wellington to give evidence. Mr Russell (chairman of the committee) in ropiv, said that on Ihe petitions tlio committee could have eomo to no other hading, but he thought that tho whole ~..esti<m of tontine and endowment policies should bo inquired into. The Government might very well appoint :i I loyal Commission ot two or three members to -it during the recess, presided over ljj- a magistrate to. secure information that would be the basis ot ' The n.>pi>rt was referred back for further consideration.