Labour Reaffirms Right Of Inheritance

Chronicle (Levin), 7 May 1948, Page 3

Labour Reaffirms Right Of Inheritance

A further host of remits covering a wide variety of subjects, particularly those relating. to aspects of policy and finance, occupied the attention of the Labour Party Conference during the greater part of the session aithough such contentious subjects as Governinental control of breweries and other rnajor industries, the right • of inheritance and taxation suggestions, were all brought under review. The business of the conference proceeded with remarkable despatch. Optimistic predictions that the conference wouid be completed this evening were, however, not borixe out and the final sessioh will take place in the morning. A reinit which has appoared on the Party agonda at a previcius conference," that the Government should take over and/or control the Union Steam Ship Company," was disruissed with .a rcsolution that the national executive should request the Government to examine the advisability of acquiring the ferry serviee between the two islan-ds and report back to the next conference. A renxit that the right of inheritance be abolished, was reported by the committee to have been rejected, 8 JVlr. Nash, explaining the rejection, eaid that to deny tlie right of inheritance would destrov all savings and wouid mean the end of life insurahce, If a man died his wife and family .'wouiu automatically be deprived of the home

thoy lived in and that did not niake sense. He recommended ■ to the conference to approve the present systeni of death duties and reatfxrm the, right of inheritance. On the voices 'the reconxinendation was . carri'ed unanimously. Four of the ^.remits li'sted uix(Jer the general lxeadin^ wero, rejected when brought before the conference. They were that Birthday .aixdv' New year honours be abolished, thxxt the1 u'se oi all Ariny, f^avy, and Ai^ Porce tities in civilian life be prohibited, • that ai! Maori correspondence * be ' writteix 'in both the Maox-i and English Jaxiguages, and that a more suitable. day be* chosen for Labour Day. A suggestion that suitable playxlxg areas be made available ,'to those who desired to participate in Sundav sport, was rejected as the matter .was ono for local bodies.