HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Electric Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The War Risks Bill was read a second time and as a matter of urgency the Bill was put through Committee without amendment, read a third time and passed. The National Provident Fund Amendment Bill was taken in Committee. In the course of discussion Mr McCombs said the Bill seriously wanted re-casting. Mr Veitch also took objection to the provisions of the Bill as applied to workers. In reply, the Minister said that the machinery of the Bill would make the course to bo pursued quite plain, but there weie necessarily differences in individual cases amongst local bodies. The Bill passed its Committee stage with machinery amendments moved by the Minister. The House went into Committee on the Fire Brigades Amendment Bill, which passed without material amendment. The Hon. J. Allen announced that Mr Hunter’s Gaming Amendment Bill and Mr Wilford’s Factories Act Amendment Bill would according to promise be given preference to-morrow.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 4947, 23 September 1914, Page 7
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