THE SECOND BALLOT.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1916, 26 November 1913, Page 4

THE SECOND BALLOT.

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v Tlij* Legislative Council - -sat at 2.30 ipvnif; '*>.>••»« .».••• . ... d ;; BEEtfAN asked-whe-ther 'the.. Couiicil; would adjourn to enable' members of' the Council to attend ,t)|e,- opening of. tho. Auckland Exhibition 'lUnnJlpndaxinext.. ,o"t:h<ii-Hiin. .Hi.b. BELL saiu.ho-had •■iuggested' to the Brinitv Minister that Tie-' lii'oVo !' in another ■ place for Supply _bu! Wednesday or Friday. ' Jf Supply "'ttbro'granted oil Friday; tho Council ' jrould' pass tho Imprest .Bill, and Councillors might go north by the- special ,/tmiu'''leaving''oii-Saturday. If tho Im-prest-Bill'were .passed on Friday he '.vWfrtl'd 'ffslv tho Council to adjourn until 'iWedt'icSday.' '■ Everything depended, on tho course of business in another place. ' ' ■' ■!.'The Local Bodies' Loans Bill (tho Hon. lt. D. Bell) was read a, third tinif-v ... ••*Y" FOOTWEAR REGULATION. Hpii. H. D. BELL moved tho ./second rending of the, footwear Regula'..tit'in.liiil. . * ';.;.rh o ; H'o.n:;''j. E. jenkinson said he ;tjiought ,tho period of grace allowed belore.tho .coming,into operation of the : Act w'as.too short. . He. urged that tho pqriod-might be lengthened for two or ■three months. ' .The Hon. W. C. F. CAENCROSS said jt seemed ; to him to- be well nigh impossible to devise and uso a legible brand that •..would describe , adequately the njnaiiy materials used in tho making of ■'•boot solcs not made wholly of leather. ,Me suggested that boot's .should rather be marked "all ..leather" or "pure leather," and 'that if boots not made ..wholly of real leather wero so marked ..the person offering thorn for sale might -bo" punished., , Tho Hon. H. D. BELL promised to matters under tl\e notice of the Minister who was the author of the 'Bjll,' Mr. Fisher. He pointed out, howthat there was this difficulty about . adopting Mr. Carneross's proposal—that toots made.of rubber and leather could' pit bo''marked "pure leather," and yet purchasers .might have no. objection to such a mixture, while they would ob- , 'icc.tto ' buying boots ' soled with leather ~and paper. The effects of such a proposal . as/that. of, Mr. Carncross was that the jibserico of any brand from boots would '■jhako'it impossible for a prospective .purchaser to know whether tho boots pre mado of'leather and or leather and paper. ; '" The Bill was read a second time on "816' vbides. P.OSt AND TELEGRAPH. H| SS|SA^I3GS|^POSITS. ! dii: The. Post • and TolegTapli Amendment -•-Bity.(the,Hon. H. D. Bell) was read !i :-{|i?co.nd',time..f .. • Hon. J. DUTHlE'suggested that r was-f danger in tho- -J'ost Office - Milafging.thc limit of : maximum deposits, vlij' .that tho: result would* he. that tho •Post-; Office would- be taking the money which other,viso would-.be -taken by tho ordinary, banks, and on which tho'y dc- . pn ,thq; prdjilarjvr .•|iiess--<}f{ho,.a>untry j'and'tho 'Post Oft ■6y''tdliiiigVticli!-a Va'rgo aiiiouiit "of 1 i^#dJ^jii - . l V:iiS'.'"ri6'\v; n'bb'ut' twelvo 'rnilpayable oil demand, was creating iiii; exceedingly iinsafo'position. If anything occurred to shake the. trade '.of . the country—it', 1 for cxa'mnloj a' European "\>'ar broke' out—a' 'largo' ■ iitnr.ber of 'peo : ''plo-would deman'd thoif'^Sayhi'^S!'' It' -'•ll'o'rf proposed' t'fiai'' !the Post Office Savings Bank should be expended, until it'seemed-likely to bo no •[longer merely a savings :-bank. For■"inorlyit had befii'a/beneficent institu;,tion/to .encourageithriftyi.i>ctiplo to propvido. forj'thell* .futu-rb neeclfiV Now the ;i'Bosfc' , .ollicotwas.:o)itpring' tho market .as a competitor,-foiv deposits. • AJarge debt, rjpayablo.on demand, .was being created, '!iiiid,]io'did^nolt'tluhk 'this was'/pi-udent . r t)oyeni.menj> compotijiqn for lnoney must "lie.'tjie .wltMra'Sfiiig of money' from 'trade, "'u'ild' HIM wblild'|]i(i.vc a'bad'Effect'oil" tho business Of'thtf tbtamuliity/ The H6nV-H-f-H.--'\BELL said ho was Rprrv. Jilr.-Dutliio .thoughi; the. proposal 'tSxs&Mtf-ihl' linW-W ifcpSsits'was dan-geMirs:;t'P-roltably'!thtl' rhoti. gentleman was better- ablo to. express an opinion on that subject than lie (Mr. Bell) was. Quite ptobflbj)-, iiow.qver, the initial error was made whcii the limit was extcndcd&o'm But tho fact ,! ivaß ! I;]l;it'*tlicv'tbiiiitry depended' very. 'jiSc of'moiiej's ill the it had happened ciiritliat what Mr. Duthic had as possible', liad'iiever liappeuj.'eil iiV'con'iicctioir'with the l'ost 1 Office ' Sayingsi. Bank to any large extent. There had been occasions'when the withdrawals exceeded.,deppsU.s, hiit these had been , only ,t,ciV\por'aryi. and there* co.uld be no fo.r- anticiphtini; disaster in tho * Jfuttfre. 1 After : all, the safety of • the ~' l> n St"Office'was assured, and'for this reas.qW'ther(v;jicver could bo a run on the ' -l'ost OlFieo-Savings Bank. It -differed in "• tliis'-'-respect from - 'all other banks. It "iVas'-'tjiiittf clear,' he. thought, that- tlm danger of a sustained'ran on the bank did not exist in-"the case of -tho Post Office Savings Bank. There might be many cade's" wli'nh it. w<iuld be fouud . th,il,,iiujn,ey-would be withdrawn because a better rate of interest was procurable ' elsewhere. Such .a* stale of things could ...be.ijorrcctcd.by raising tho rate of in-.-■t<ircst> • BFLLS'.'JM. COMMITTEE. :-'fite Oovernment. - Railways Amendnent -Bill was -committed and reported -.vitli amendments. - ---Tlie T/aiul Drainage Amendment Bill. !ihe:-Water Supply Aniendnient Bill, and ' r)H s lfi\'er Boards Amendment Bill were * ft-Vl• ptlt through Committee, and read a "" third time. '. The Council rose at -1.53 p.m.