IN PARLIAMENT.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3337, 2 October 1911, Page 2

IN PARLIAMENT.

DISCUSSION ON THE ESTIMATES. HOUSE RISES AT 4 A.M. f i tPKE PBESB ASSOCIATION.! WELLINGTON, Sept. 30. After midnight on, Friday tho Mines vote was passed.. j] Department of Internal Aff.'U's: £325,118. ; U Air. Allen asked when the repoi| on the Public Service Classification- Bmrd would bo laid-on the table. _ , j "'The Hon. D- Buddo said it wasjnot ready yet. ; Mr. Massey wanted to know wheuier steps were, to be taken to instituti. a system of registration of deaths aipjmg khoNatives. . j. ; Mr. Field (Otaki) said ho had uiged theimatter for years. Native children dying off, and no steps were tajen to trace tlfe causes W to, combat ini'.ntilei, diseases which the ignorance tot Maori mothers _ was permitting to f]>ooume more prolific in results. j Tho Minister ‘admitted that the system was incomplete. It was a very difficult matter, but with the help of the Native Councils he hoped to bring about a system that would meet ip difficulty. / -fjjiri ] Mr. Herdmani moved' to reduce tjie amount fcr the ‘electoral item by £5 <s an indication' that the present methijd of compiling the electoral rolls wis entirely unsatisfactory- . .1 ( Tho motion was lost on the voices, i Mr. Massey moved to redu'ce the vote for ijie Higti Commissicner’s office l*y £5 as an indication that the annual report by the High Commissioner should b e laid on tllie table of tlie House, xn s lest by 24 to 16. I . i Progress was reported at 4 a.m., aHu the House rose. i