THE COMING SESSION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 131, 26 July 1911, Page 5

THE COMING SESSION.

OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. According to tho “Dominion” the Government, judging by a statement recently made by Sir James Carroll, has sufficient Bills in a forward state to enable the work of the session to be proceeded with without d-day. Others have yet to be prepared by the Ministers. , A Local Government Bill will be introduced during the session proposing to reduce the number of existing local bodies, and giving extended powers of finance. These proposals, by the way, are by no means new.

A measure dealing with the patent laws of the Dominion, tho effect of which will be to bring our laws into line with those in Britain, lias been framed. The Mental Diseases Bill will seek to incorporate in the present legislation on this subject many of the Ideas that modern research has given to the world. The measure was presented by the Hon. G. Fowlds last year, but has since received additions. Its promoter holds that it will be the most advanced Bill of its kind in the Umpire. It will be in confer i mty with tho report of the Eoyal Commission which obtained data in England. A Town-Planning Bill will be submitted, which will be applicable to the whole of New Zealand. It will l)e based largely on the English law, though one difficulty in the way of a complete assimilation will be the greater powers given to local government in Great Britain. Amendments which the Pharmacy Board have asked for will bo included in a Bill which is being prepared. It will deal largely with the sale of poisons. A Seeds Bill, to regulate the sale of seeds, will be introduced by the Hon. T. Mackenzie. ' One important measure which has been held over from session to session for the past three years—the Public Service Classification Board—is not, it is currently rumoured, to be proceeded with this session, because of difficulties that Jmve arisen. A definite pronouncement on this matter will be eagerly awaited by the members of the Public Service. A number of smaller measures held over from last session are also to be re-introduced.