A Parliamentary Note-Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 167, 5 October 1927, Page 8

A Parliamentary Note-Book

Something Done (THE SUE'S Parliamentary WELLINGTON. The Government canrot be ot- s than satisfied with the lesnlt of thi sitting. Tariff alterations, as well * the Customs Amendment Bill, * er / introduced and in the evening f ol Government Bills were sent throupj the second reading stag-?. The Prime Ministers differs*, with Mr. A. Harris, Weitemata, ventilated in the afterncon.The House rose at 12.50 this ffior -. ing. Qualifications for Bench Seeing that our judges and m afc. trates are drawn from the ranks ot barristers, Mr. H. G. R. Mason a a ,. the assurance of the that the reformation of deiinquean shall be one of the qua lilies tioas tor these positions. ir tic Hi Native-Land Puzzie Restoration of the right of annejm compensation claims before the v, five Land Court is askeu for br v* Allen Bell, member for Baycllslat, - who has asked the Minister M Xj,. 1 ’ Affairs to introduce legislation dum! the current session to give effect r, this wish. In a recent compensation case connection with the school site , Kaikohe in his district, he said >v valuers —Government and assessed the value of the land v £SOO. The Native L@ad Co.awarded nearly double that aaounand the position that had arisen as j result had caused concert amocs public bodies in the North. He Hi He National Provident Fund The intention of the Government !j to bring down legislation daring the current session to enable private firm to place their employees—ir-espectn. of age or salary—under the beneSti of the National Provident Fund. When the Minister in charge of *t« fund, the Hon. R. A. Wright, informei Mr. A. Harris of this In the House today, Mr. W. D. Lysnar, Gisborne, asked: “Where are you going to ;t| the money from?” Mr. Wright: That will be quite sj right. Private firms will not be ft such a good position as local bodie. They will arrange to provide tbi money themselves, and no exiri charge will be placed on the State, * -K * Praise For Mrs. Ferner High praise for the work of Ifn. N. E. Ferier, magistrate's associiii in the Children's Court in Aucklaai, was spoken by Mr. W. ,T. Jordan Manukau. in the House of Reprseentatlves thin afternoon. Mr. Jordan thought that Mrs. Fee ner’s work was of such value this she should be set aside by the Education Department as a public weltm officer, so that she could mure free!* carry on social welfare wo'k amou| the young people of Auckland.