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1917. NEW ZEALAND.

PUBLIC PETITIONS M TO Z COMMITTEE (REPORTS OF THE). (Mr. DICKIE, Chairman.)

Presented to the House of Representatives, and ordered to be printed.

ORDERS OF REFERENCE. Extracts from the Journals of the House of Representatives. Friday, the 20th Day of July, 1917. Ordered, " That a Solect Committeo be appointed, consisting of ten members, to consider all petitions from M to Z that may bo referred to it by the Petitions Classification Committee, to classify and prepare abstracts of such petitions in such form and mannor as shall appear to it host suited to convey to this House all requisito information respecting their contents, and report the same from time to time to this Houso, and to have power to report its opinions and observations thereon to this Houso ; also to have power to call for persons and papers ; three to be a quorum : Ihe Committee to consist of Mr. Bollard, Mr. Craigie, Mr. Dickie, Mr. J. McC. Dickson, Mr. J. S. Dickson, Mr. McCallum, Mr. Poole, Mr. G. H. Smith, Mr. Statham, and tho movor." —(Hon. Mr. HanaS.) Tuesday, the 28th Day of August, 1917. Ordered, " That all petitions not finally doalt with during the session of 1916 be again referred to the same Committees as they were referred to during tho said session." —(Right Hon. Mr. Massey.)

INDEX.

No. Petitioner. Page. No. Petitioner. 1 fagc. I 44 215 328 362 415 4 254/16 411 412 66 95 228 2 377 97 Final Report McDonald, Jamos McGregor, D., and another Mclnroe, E. J., and another McKnight, G., and 2 others McParland, J., and 7 othors Maling, Helen I. Mandich, Elias Meiklo, John J. Meikle, John J. Mowhinney, Olivor Mowhinney, Oliver Minchington, F. W. .. Moore, Dorothy A. Murphy, H. B. Myers, John S. 7 2 4 5 5 6 I 2 6 6 3 3 4 2 5 2 186 470 293 Pointon, ()., and 6 others Poison, D. M. Pridham, E. P. 5 6 4 210 398 207 Richardson, Ellen Roberts, Thomas E. .. Rutherford, Walter .. 4 (i 3 309 107 247/16 86 216 255/16 195 278 Sanford Limited Shanaghan, James Sheeran, E. W. Shirley, Thomas E. Short, Ernest Skelton, Hall Smith, David T., and 16 others.. Smith, Henry H. Special Report (re Chairman) Stephenson, C. W. Sutherland, J., and anothor Swann, John 5 2 2 2 5 4 3 4 7 (i 3 li 141 New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) New Zealand Post and Telegraph Officers' Association (Incorporated) Newlyn, John H, Noakes, Oliver 2 465 111 426 295 7 106 62 3 3 430 449 389 Taylor, John S. Tonkin, Walter Trotter, N. G., and 127 others (and 4 similar petitions) 5 6 li 130 O'Neill, J. P., and 60 others 3 431 61 104/16 45 Poake, Herbert Peat, J., and another Pitt, W. T.i .. Plummer, Albert 5 3 1 2 253 464 370 246 Watson, Ruby E. Wilson, E. A., and 53 others Wilson, John Worthington, H. L. .. 5 6 4 3