PARLIAMENT.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 26, 17 September 1914, Page 3

PARLIAMENT.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

[Pbk Pubs# Association.] Wellington, September 16. The Local Elections (Proportional Representatioii) Bill, and the Land Agents Amendment' Bill passed through committee without amendment, and were read a third time and passed. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. EVENING SESSION. The House met at 7.30 p.m. In reply to Mr Sidey, the Premier stayed that the erection of workers’ homes would be proceeded with as energetically as possible. In reply to Mr Coats, the Premiei stated that the Imperial Government had agreed ,to accept the services oi two hundred natives for service in Egypt. A further suggestion had been made to the Imperial Government, but he could not discuss that point yet.

lii reply to Mr E. Jicwinan, the 1 mier said he had been in communication with the Premier of the Commonwealth on the subject of the prohibition of wheat and flour export. He had asked that the prohibition be removed on existing contracts. His Excellency the Governor was also in communication with the Governor-General. Ho understood that the prohibition was not due to the war but to the drought iu the wheat-growing districts of Australia, in which a shortage was expected. He was glad to notice that the drought had since broken. This had encouraged him to make another application.

In reply to Mr Wiiford, Mr Massey said the Government would do its best to make provision for sufficient ships to carry our produce to London without any unnecessary delay.

In reply to Mr Witty, the Minister for Defence stated that where reservists with expeditionary forces had wives and relatives dependent upon them they had been placed on the same footing regard to pay as the volunteers of we expeditionary force.

In reply to Mr Escott, the Minister for Defence said that provision had been made to, supply the troops in Samoa with summer clothing. Discussion of petitions lasted until the supper adjournment.