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1937-38. NE W ZEALAND.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (AMALGAMATION SCHEMES) BILL COMMITTEE (REPORTS OF THE) (Hon. W. E. ARNARD, Chairman.)

Laid on the Table of the House of Representatives.

ORDERS OF REFERENCE.

Extracts from the Journals of the House of Representatives. Thursday, the 28th Day of October, 1937. Ordered, " That a Select Committee be appointed, consisting (by leave) of fourteen members, to consider the Local Government (Amalgamation Schemes) Bill, and to report generally upon the provisions of the Bill; the Committee to consist of Mr. Anderton, Hon. Mr Barnard, Right Hon. Mr. Coates, Mr. Coleman, Mr. Dickie, Colonel Hargest, Mr. Kyle, Mr. Munro, Mr. O'Brien, Mr. Robertson, Captain Rushworth, Mr. Thorn, Mr. Williams, and the Mover." —(Hon.-Mr. Parry.) Ordered, " That the Local Government (Amalgamation Schemes) Bill be referred to the Local Government (Amalgamation Schemes) Bill Committee." —(Hon. Mr. Parry.) Tuesday, the 30th Day of November, 1937. Ordered, "That the Local Government (Amalgamation Schemes) Bill Committee have leave to sit during the present sitting of the House."—(Mr. Thorn, for Hon. Mr. Barnard.) Memorandum for the Chairman, Local Government ( Amalgamation Schemes) Bill Committee :— The following Resolution from the Local Government (Amalgamation Schemes) Bill Committee was adopted and agreed to by the House of Representatives on the 2nd November, 1937, on motion of Mr. Munro, — " That the proceedings of the Committee during the taking of evidence be open to accredited representatives of the press."