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1936. NEW ZEALAND.

PUBLIC PETITIONS M TO Z COMMITTEE (REPORTS OF THE). (Rev. C. L. Carr, Chairman.)

Laid on the Table of the House of Representatives.

ORDERS OF REFERENCE.

Extracts from the Journals of the House of Representatives. Thursday, the 1(!th Day op April, 1936. Ordered, "That a Select Committee be appointed, consisting of ten members, to consider all petitions from Mto Z that may be referred to it; to classify anil prepare abstracts of such petitions in sucli form and manner as shall appear to it best suited to convey to this House all requisite information respecting their contents, and to report the same from time to time to this House; and to have power to report its opinions and observations thereon to this House: the Committee to consist of the Rev. Mr. Carr, the Hon. Mr. Cobbe, Mr. Coulter, Mr. Hargest, Mr. Holland, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Lyon, Mr. Neilson, Mr. Nordmeyer, and the Mover." —(Hon. Mr. Nash, for Hon. Mr. Semple.) Friday, the 17th Day of April, 1936. Ordered, " That all petitions not finally dealt with during the session of 1935 be again referred to the same Committees as they were referred to during the said session." —(Hon. Mr. Savage.) Tuesday, the 9th Day of June, 1936. Ordered, « That the Public Petitions Mto Z Committee have leave to sit during the present sitting of the House." —(Rev. Mr. Carr.) Memorandum for the Chairman, Public Petitions Mto Z Committee:— The following resolution from the Public Petitions Mto Z Committee was adopted and agreed to by the House of Representatives on the 6th August, 1936, on the motion of the Rev. Mr. Carr: — " That the proceedings of the Committee during the taking of evidence on the petition of the New Zealand Airways, Limited, and another, be open to accredited representatives of the press." G. P. Bothamley, Acting Clerk of the House of Representatives. Wednesday, the 12th Day of August, 1936. Ordered, " That the Public Petitions Mto Z Committee have leave to sit during the present sitting of the House." —(Rev. Mr. Carr.) Wednesday, the 19th Day of August, 1936. Ordered, " That the Public Petitions Mto Z Committee have leave to sit during the present sitting of the House." —(Rev. Mr. Carr.) Thursday, the 20th Day of August, 1936. Ordered, " That the Public Petitions Mto Z Committee have leave to sit during the present sitting of the House." —(Rev. Mr. Carr.) Wednesday, the 26th Day of August, 1936. Ordered, " That the Public Petitions Mto Z Committee have leave to sit during the present sitting of the House." —(Rev. Mr. Carr.) Thursday, the 27th Day of August, 1936. Ordered, " That the Report of the Public Petitions Mto Z Committee on the petition of W. S, Clinch and others be referred back to the Committee for further consideration." —(Mr, Moncur.)

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