QUESTIONS AND NOTICES OF MOTION.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 663, 13 November 1909, Page 6

QUESTIONS AND NOTICES OF MOTION.

• During the sitting of tho House yesterday afternoon;'.Mr.BuicK stated that-he: intended to ask- the Minister 1 , for - Infernal' Affairs whe. fchor it is true thai tho Sale of Food and Dnigs Act, 1907'has;nbt ; yet been bronght'into force; and, if not, why not?

Mr Mftssey intimated that he intended to ask the Minister far Justice whether it is a fact, as stated by a correspondent in Titp Doimriov of November 12, that one of tho recently appointed justices of the peace was soiuo time ago fined .£lO and costs for threat emng to shoot a ranger Mr Witty notified his intention to ask the Minister for Kailwiyo whether (a) it is cor r»ct that all casual hands at tho Addington Workshops have beenjrjOT; pre about to bo, (b) if this is correct, how is ho go mg to provide suificM nt rolling stock to cope with the largely increased amount of pio duoe that will have to be carried o\er our railways, seein,: thcro is cifton not sufficient tracks to do What is required at tho present time ' Notice was given by Mr Herdman of in tention to move thit here be laid before the House a return showing the names of the officers of tho headquarters staff and district staff at Auckland, Wellington, Chnstchurch, Dunedm, and Nelson who drew forage allowance m terms of paragraph 41 of the Defence force Kegu lations unnng the period commencing on Do cembor 1, 1906, and ending on March 31, 1909, also the sum paid to each such officer

It was stated by Mr Lawry that tobacco growing has proved a success in Australia, and 18 giving employment to thousands of people in the Commonwealth There is, in his opinion, every reason to behevo that the leaf could be cultivated With equal success )n the north ern portions of the Auckland district, and could thus be made, the means of giving em ploymeut to, large numbers ot people here In view of these facts he gave noinoe to ask the Minister for Agriculture whether, in view of tho great potentialities of tobacco leaf growing, the Goyernnent will take into its con sideration the piopnety of investigating the possibilities of eimmraging the development of that important product in tho Dominion