House of Representatives.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11060, 23 September 1903, Page 2

House of Representatives.

WELLINGTON, September 22. AFTEENOON SITTINGS. The House met at 2.30. ARBITRATION COURT. The Arbitration Court Emergency Bill (No. 2) was introduced by Mr Seddon, at whose instance it was treated as a matter of urgency. Mr Seddon explained that the original Bill did not contain any provision giving the Governor power to appoint an acting-member of the Arbitration , Court, and this Bill was to remedy that defect. The Bill passed all its stages without further discussion. FIRST READINGS. The Military Pensions Act Amendment Bill (Seddon), Public Domains Act Amendment Bill (Duncan), and City of Auckland Empowering and Reserves Exchange Bill No. 2 (Kidd) were introduced and read a first time. COUNTIES ACT. Mr Seddon announced that the conference between the managers of both Houses, on the amendments in dispute in the Counties Act Amendment Bill lmd arrived at a settlement. ' The report was agreed to. SECOND HEADINGS. The Poukawa Native Reserve Bill (Carroll) and Native Townships xVmendment Bill (Carroll) were read a second time pro forma, and referred to the Native Affairs Commitlee. The Shipping and Seamen Bill was further considered in committee. ' Mr Massey moved that the period for qualification as an A.B. should be two years As an ordinary seaman on a steamship or two years as an apprentice on a square-rigged ship. This was agreed to on the voices. A provision was added to sub-section 5, allowing |reasers, firemen, and Jtrimmers to be employed in other capacities in the same department when any of the boilers of a steamship are not in use. It was decided that this subsection shall not apply to vessels plying within river or extended river limits. Clause* 51* wag altered to provide a fine of <£10 for entering into ,an agreement with an unqualified seaman. Clause 53, "ships to carry prescribed number of seamen," was altered by giving the .Minister of Marine power to exempt hulks while being towed from one port to another from the provisions of the section. The House rose" at 5.30. EVENING SITTING. VThe House resumed at 7.30. In committee on the, Shipping and. Seamen Bill, at clause 187, provisions as to restrictediimit steamships, the Hon. HallJones said he intended to adopt the suggestion of last year's committee and set up a commission to go into the whole question of extended river limits in various parts of the colony. In regard to clause 219, the Hon. HallJones said he was anxious to get at any person who was responsible for the shipping of wool, flax, tow, or skins in such a condition from dampness or otherwise as to be liable to spontaneous, combustion Ihis clause, he considered, effected that object. , Mr Wilford moved an . amendment to provide that testing shall not bo necessary by tho shipper, "but merely that reasonable means be taken .to ascertain whether the. wool, etc., is in such a condition as to be liable to spontaneous comThis was accepted by the Hon. HallJones and • the clause, as amended, waa then added to the Bill by 27 ta 24 The next clause provided that the topmast be covered with hessian as a protection against the risk of fire from sparks. This was struck out on the voices. At clause 228, "application to foreign ships," Mr Jas. Allen wanted to knoV what was going to be done in regard to toreign vessels carrying cargo coastwise in New Zealand. The Hon. HallrJones thought it would be better to leave that' question over until the Coastwise Trade Bill was before the House. He thought that Bill would get through this session. " After the Telegraph Office closed, the Shipping and Seamen Bill passed through Committee, with amendments, and the House rose at 1.15 -a.m. **

Of reinforcements we have made a sne-i-ial study, and results have shown that We have correctly sn^d'this delicate problem. We employ tk 5 moat modern methods of uniting -the frame ami fork tubes, for tho increase of strength, namely, by the use ot socketed reinforcements. — Percy C ince, sole agent, A.venue.