NEW BILLS.
(Special to "The Colonist.")
Wellington, Oct. 6. Five new Bills have been introduced m Parliament. They comprise a measure to encourage the breeding of horses for military purposes,, amendments of the Workers' .Dwellings and Education iAcfcs,- a Bill to encourage the manufacture of iron and steel in New Zealand, and a Bill making provision for shipping in the Cook Islands. The lastnamed was read a second time and referred to the Statutes Revision Committee. - , The Workers' Dwellings Amendment ! Bill, according to the Prime Minister. ! increases from £600 to £750 the maximum advance for a worker's dwelling and allows the Government to dispose ©f areas of land which have been bought for sites for dwellings but have not been used. The present Act fixes the ! Kmit of workers' sections at half an acre in a town and five acres outside, I but this is to be supplanted by a -value standard of £250. ,' « A ■ i n:n In regard to the Iron and Steel Bill, the Minister for Public Works explained that it followed the idea of the New South Wales measure, providing a bonus for the manufacture of pig iron and steel.
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Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13598, 7 October 1914, Page 5
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193NEW BILLS. Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13598, 7 October 1914, Page 5
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