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1947 NEW ZEALAND

LOCAL BILLS COMMITTEE (REPORTS OF THE) (Mr. D. W. COLEMAN, Chairman)

Laid on the Table of the House of Representatives

ORDERS OF REFERENCE

Extracts from the Journals of the House of Representatives Wednesday, the 16th Day of July, 1947 Ordered, " That a select Committee be appointed, consisting of nine members, to whom all Local Bills shall stand referred after the first reading ; the Committee to report whether the Standing Orders have been complied with, whether the rights and prerogatives of the Crown are in any way affected by the provisions of the Bills, and to recommend such amendments as it may think proper, and to report, when necessary, on the merits of the Bills: the Committee to have power to confer with any Committee appointed for a similar object by the Legislative Council: the Committee to consist of Mr. Anderton, Mr. Coleman, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Macfarlane, Mr. Massey, Mr. Neale, Mr. Sheat, Mr. Smith, and the Mover." —(Hon. Mr. Parry.) Ordered, " That all petitions not finally dealt with during the session of 1946 be again referred to the same Committees as they were referred to during the said session." —(Right Hon. Mr. Eraser.) Wednesday, the 6th Day or August, 1947 Ordered, " That, with respect to the Wellington City and Suburban Water-supply Amendment Bill, Standing Order 366 be suspended in so far as it relates to the number of days from the commencement of the session within which Local Bills may be introduced, and that the Bill be allowed ho be introduced and to proceed."-—(Mr. Bowden.) Ordered, " That, with respect to the Dunedin District Drainage and Sewerage Amendment Bill, Standing Order 366 be suspended in so far as it relates to the number of days from the commencement of the session within which Local Bills may be introduced, and that the Bill be allowed to be introduced and to proceed."—(Mr. Connolly.) Thursday, the 21st Day op August, 1947 Ordered, " That, with respect to the Central Waikato Electric-power Board Empowering Bill, Standing Order 366 be suspended in so far as it relates to the number of days from the commencement of the session within which Local Bills may be introduced, and that the Bill be allowed to be introduced and to proceed."—(Mrs. Ross.) Thursday, the 9th Day of October, 1947 Ordered, " That, with respect to the Riverton Borough Empowering Bill, the Standing Orders relating to Local Bills be suspended so far as to allow the Bill to be introduced and to be proceeded with as a Local Bill, notwithstanding that the requirements of Standing Orders 361 and 366 have not been complied with in that notice of the Bill was not published within the time prescribed, and that the Bill is being introduced later than forty-two days after the commencement of the session."— (Mr. T. L. Macdonald.)