[Wednesday. 21 October. 1964.1 141743 Progress page Progress reported and leave given to sit QUESTIONS ON NOTICE--coaiinsed again, on motion by The Hon. L. A. Logan Drudge "Sir James Mitchell "- (Minister for Local Government). Future Job .. 0.147 Period of Lay-off and Crew'ihid Off 1747 adjourned at 10.58 p.m. Education- House Bellevue State School :Provision of Staff Room.. ....... ... .-.. 1752 Hi1gh Schools : Ground Improvements 1747 Kindergartens :Government Subsidy for New Buildings .. ...1746 Muresk Agricultural College- Canteen : Sale of Cigarettes and Tobacco..........1752 Expulsion of Students:, Reasons.... 1752 Iti1rnidiativc Nm'eniblg Southern Cross State School : Tend- Wednesday, the 21st October, 1964 ens and Date of Completion .... 1744 Fertiliser- CONTENTS Fertilisers and Insecticides : Govern- Page ment Control over Aerial Spraying 1750 CAPITAL PUNISHMENT- Potash from Chandler- "Four Corners"1 Presentation of Eric Tonnage Recovered and Treated, Edgar Cooke Case ... .. 1762 and Market Value .. ...1744 Treatment Plant..............1744 CLOSING DAYS OF SESSION- Superphosphate Works at Esperanee-- Standing Orders Suspension.......1755 Establishment Cost and Capacity .... 1751 Financial Arrangements for Estab- BILLS- lishment ..... ............. 1751 Bibra Lake-Arinadale Railway Discon- Flour : Purchases by Government Institu- tinuance and Land Revesiment Bill- tIons--Quantity and Suppliers ........ 1747 Returned ... .. .. .. .. 1754 Clean Air Bill-Returned 1754 Health- Country Towns Sewerage Act Amendment Dental Treatment:- Facilities f or Bill-3r.............1756 Juveniles at Fremantle .... .... 1745 Electoral Act Amendment Dill-3r....1756 "P11l, The" :Availability and Cost 1745 Fremantle Harbour Trust Act Amendment Toilet Facilities- Bill-Returned .... ........... 1754 Availability at Surgeries ... 11749 Licensing Act Amendment Bill- Suburban Stations : Closure- Intro ; Ir .. .. .. 1755 Health Department's Approval Real Property (Foreign Governments) and Alternative Facilities .... 1752 Act Amendment Bill- Inconvenience to Passengers 1752 Intro. ; Ir...........1755 lire-purchase Payments :Issuance of Rights in Water and irrigation Act Amend- Receipts........... ......... 1749 ment DUI1-Raturned.......... .... 1754 imprisonment for Life ,Maximum and Supreme Court Act Amendment Bil-Sr. 1756 Minimum Terms.. ......... ..... 1740 Water Boards Act Amendment Bill- Insurance against Disasters : Scheme for Returned ...., . .. .... 1754 Submission to Commonwealth ........ 1749 Poisonings : Number and Type from 1961 ERIC EDGAR COOKE- to 1964..............1749 Alleged Offences ... .... 1764 Police Station at Albany : Erection on Mew Site, Completion Date, and Cost .... 1750 GOVERNMENT BUSINESS- Railways- Precedence .... .. .. ... .. 1755 Crossings at Bellevue : Provision of ...1752 LEAVE OF ABSENCE .... 1755 Overhead Bridge or Subways Dividing Fences on Railway Property: MOTIONS- Responsibility for Cost of Repairs 1750 Electricity for Country Districts : Subsidies Protection of Railway Property ...1752 Standard Gauge Railway- for Generation and Distribution .... 1756 Darryl Beamish : New Trial, and Defer- Merredin .Vehicular and Passenger ment of Eric Edgar Cooke's Execution- Crossings . ... 1745 Motion .. .. 16 Route-- Proximity to Southern Cross, etc. 1744 Defeated... ......... .......... 1798 Proximity to No. 5 Pumping QUESTIONS ON NOTICE- Station 1744 Station at Darkan . "instali'ation 'of Bridges- 3-ton Crane ......... ........ 1749 Arthur River :Provision of New Bridge....... ......... 1748 Skeleton Weed : Location of Latest Out- Beaufort River Bridge : Widening 1748 break...-....................v175 Dancing Schools and Ballet Companies- Timber for Bridge at St. John's Brook, "Peculiar Difficulties " : Professor Nannup : Right of Removal from Private Alexander's Reference..... .... .... 1751 Property..... .............. .... 1745 1744 -(ASSEMBLY.] CONTENTS-eonved SOUTHERN CROSS STATE SCHOOL QIUTIONS ON NOflCE-conlinued Page Tenders and Date of Completion Traffic- 2. Mr. KELLY asked the Minister for Lights :Walcott Street-Lord Street Education: Intersection ...- 1745 Mt. Lawley Subway Are Traffic- (1) Have tenders yet been called for Property Resumptions for Additional the work to be carried out at the lanes .. ... .. ...1746 Southern Cross State School? Relief of Congestion ... 1748 (2) Will the proposed additions be Unemployment- sufficiently extensive to raise Figures : Analysis ... ... .. 1748 this school to junior high Figures from 1955 to 1964 .. ...1750 standard? Natives Included .. .. 1748 (3) If tenders have not yet been ad- Water Supplles-Rletleulation for North- vertised, when will they be called? cliffe : Sume Allocated and Commence- (4) When is it anticipated that the ment of Work............. ..... 1748 work will be completed and the QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE- rooms ready for occupation? Dearaisl, Darryl- (5) Will this date coincide with the Appeal-Claim by Eric Edgar Cooks raising of the school status? Medical Report ... ...... 1753 Bus Stand in Mt. Lawley-Reslfta: Mr. LEWIS replied: Tabling of Papers ... .. .. 1754 (1) NO. Dancing Schools and Ballet Companies- (2) Yes. "Peculiar Difficutes ": Professor (3) Unknown at present, but prob- Alexander's Reference .. .. ...1754 ably during the first school term Eric Edgar Cooke~-75 in 1965. Alleged Offences .. ...1764 (4) Probably towards the end of the Requests for Psychiatric Examination: second term. Tabling of Papers ... .. .. 1753 Toilets at Suburban Stations : Closure- (5) The school becomes a junior high Arrangements for Staff ... .. .. 1754 school from the beginning of 1965. Whim Creek Copper Mining: Answers to Questions Tabled.. .............. 1753 POTASH FROM CHANDLER Tonnage Recovered and Treated, and 'The SPEAKER (Mr. Hearman) took the Market Value Chair at 4.30 p.m. and read prayers. 3. Mr. KEILLY asked the Minister rep- Presenting the Minister for Mines: QUESTIONS ON NOTICE (1) How many tons of potash were STANDARD GAUGE RAILWAY recovered from the Chandler ROUTE workings? Proximity to Southern Cross, etc. (2) What was the total tonnage of 1.Mr. KELLY asked the Minister for raw material treated? Railways: (3) What recovery percentage did this (1) Can he indicate the intended represent? route of the standard gauge rail (4) What was the market value at in- time of production? (a) its approach to Southern Treatment Plant Cross from Koolyanobbing: (5) What type of treatment plant was (b)iIts proximity to the existing used? station and marshalling yards (6) Was this a modern recovery unit? at Southern Cross: (7) What potash recovery process is ic) its course af ter passing currently in use in other countries through Southern Cross and where supplies are obtained for its siting at Moorine Rock, the Western Australian market? Noongaar, Boddalin, Wal- goolan. Burracoppin? (8) How long was the Chandler plant in operation? Proximity to No. 5 Pumping Station Mr. BOVELL replied: (2) Will the standard gauge rail Pass (1) 9,073.05 tons. adjacent to No. 5 pumping (2) 182,629.60 tons. station? (3) 4.91 per cent. Mr. COURT replied: (4) £215,669.72. (1) Location of route is still subject (5) A rotary kiln for calcinating the to Commonwealth approval. raw material at 800-Cc. A rotary (2) The intended route will Pass ap- cooler/air preheater for cooling proximately one mile west of No. the kiln discharge. Continuous 5 pumping station. leaching machines. air blown [Wednesday, 21 October. 1964.] 1'745 crystallisers and centrifuges for at the Perth Dental Hospital in the final production of potassium the interests of efficiency, econ- sulphate in the form of glasserite. omy, and specialisation; and so (6) Yes, but technological advances far as transport is concerned it have been made since that time. is necessary for Patients to make their own arrangements regarding ('7) Not known to the department. it, and this applies to all those (8) From January, 1944 to February, attending the clinics. I will how- 1950. ever, make inquiries and advise STANDARD GAUGE RAILWAY AT the honourable member further. M ERR ED IN Vehicular and Passenger Crossings "THE PILL" 4. Mr. KELLY asked the Minister for Availability and Cost Railways: (1) Has a firm decision been reached 6. Mr. FLETCHER asked the Minister in connection with vehicular and for Health: Passenger crossings over the (1) Is it a fact that patients with standard gauge rail through large families have to obtain "the Merredin townsite? Pill" where prescribed at King Edward Memorial Hospital rather (2) If so, where will these be sited? than at the ante-natal clinic. (3) Will the vehicular crossings be Fr'emantle? boom controlled or flashing lights? (2) If so. will he intervene to ensure (4) What form of passenger overways that "the Pills" are available at will be used? this and other suburban and Mr. COURT replied: country clinics or government (1) No. hospitals with a view to obviating travelling expense. Inconvenience, (2) Answered by (1). and wear and tear on mothers (3) Any level crossings in the town- with many small children? ship will be Protected by either (3) What flashing lights or boom gates. is- (a) the wholesale price of "the (4) Present indications are that Pill"; pedestrian overway will be by footbridge. (b) the retail price of "the Pill"? Mr. ROSS HUTCHINSON replied: DENTAL TREATMENT (1) "The Pill" may be prescribed Facilities for Juvnile~s at Fremantle either at the King Edward Hos- 5. Mr. FLET'CHER asked the Minister pital clinic or at the Fremantle for Health: clinic. (1) Is he aware that juvenile Fre-