PARLIAMENTARY NEWS.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume I, Issue 49, 13 September 1893, Page 3

PARLIAMENTARY NEWS.

By Telegraph—Press Association. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Wkllington, This Day. In the Legislative Council the Liquor Bill was further considered in committee. Clause 23. which provided that local bodies could supplement the loss of revenue from license fees by an increase of general rates, was struck out by 17 to 15. Progress was then reported. The Post Office Act Amendment Bill Empowering Bill and the Public Health Act Amendment Bill were put through their final stages and the Council rose at 6 p.m. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The met at 2.30. 1 lie gi ...c-r part of the afternoon was • • din a moo oo the of co-operative works, and ai questions took up the rest of tl. e till the dinner adjournment. Pile Hous r—aimed at 7.30. The Pub*!.. Lcvenue Bill was passed

through committee without material amendment, and put through the final stages. The Land and Income Assessment Act Amendment Bill was committed. In clause 4 that Land and mortgages of building societies be exempt, on Mr Ward’s motion it was decided that the exemption should apply to building societies whose mortgages were less than £50,000. In clause 7 the minimum penalty for non-compliance with the requirement of the commission to furnish a return was fixed at not less than £2 instead of £5. In clause 15, a motion by Sir Robert Stout that exemption of improvements be struck out was lost by 29 to 10. The increase in the graduated tax was affirmed bv 28 to 14. The Bill was reported and amendments agreed to and the third reading fixed for to-day. The House rose at 3.30.