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Locai Elections) and Polls Amendment Bill # The Local Bills Committee, to which was referred the Local Elections and Polls Amendment Bill, has the honour to report that it has carefully considered the same and taken evidence thereon, and recommends that it be allowed to proceed, with amendment as shown on the copy of the Bill annexed hereto. 31st March, 1944.

Hawke's Bay Crematorium Bill The Local Bills Committee, to which was referred the above-mentioned Bill, has the honour to report— (1) That it is a local Bill. (2) That the Standing Orders have been complied with, (3) That the rights and prerogatives of the Crown are not affected. (4) That the Committee recommends that the Bill be allowed to proceed, with the amendments as shown on the copy of the Bill annexed hereto. 4th August, 1944.

Free Ambulance (Lower Hutt Site) Bill The Local Bills Committee, to which was referred the above-mentioned Bill, has the honour to report— (1) That it is a local Bill. (2) That the Standing Orders have not been complied with, but were suspended by the House to enable the Bill to be introduced and proceeded with. (3) That the rights and prerogatives of the Crown are not affected. (4) That the Committee recommends that the Bill be allowed to proceed, with the amendments as shown on the copy of the Bill annexed hereto. 18th August, 1944.

Lower Hutt City Empowering and Vesting Bill The Local Bills Committee, to which was referred the above-mentioned Bill, has the honour to report— (1) That it is a local Bill. (2) That the Standing Orders have been complied with, except in the undermentioned respects, but were suspended in those respects by the House to enable the Bill to be introduced and proceeded with: (a) Standing Order 361 was not complied with, in that notice of intention to introduce the Bill was not published within the prescribed time; and (b) Standing Order 366 was not complied with in so far as it relates to the number of days from the commencement of the session within which local Bills may be introduced. (3) That the rights and prerogatives of the Crown are affected, in that the Bill vests in 'the Lower Hutt City Corporation as streets certain areas of land which are at present vested in the Crown as roads. (4) That the Committee recommends that the Bill be allowed to proceed, with the amendments as shown on the copy of the Bill annexed hereto. .18th August, 1944.

North Shore Boroughs (Auckland) Water Conservation Bill The Local Bills Committee, to which was referred the above-mentioned Bill, has the honour to report— (1) That it is a local Bill. (2) That the Standing Orders have been complied with, except in the undermentioned respects, but were suspended by the House in those respects_ to enable the Bill to be introduced and proceeded with: (a) Standing Order 361 was not complied with, in that notice of intention to introduce the Bill was not published within the prescribed time; and (b) Standing Order 366 was not complied with in so far as it relates to the number of days from the commencement of the session within which local Bills may be introduced. (3) That the rights and prerogatives of the Crown are affected, in that the Bill vests in the Corporation of the City of Auckland an area known as Lake Takapuna, which in previous legislation has been assumed to be vested in the Crown. (4) That the Committee recommends that the Bill be allowed to proceed, with the amendments as shown on the copy of the Bill annexed hereto. Ist September, 1944.