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SHORTAGE OF PAPER

DR. TRACKER'S CONSISTENCY. Tho shortage cf paper was agaiu referred to in the House yesterday, and again by Dr. Thacker. .Mis complaint wag that he had been miatalo to get a copy of a supplementary Order and that on other occasions he had not been able to get copies of Bills to give to interested parties. Ho suggested that the Government should "curtail tho squander advertisements in the daily papers" in order to savo enough paper to enable the Government lo let members) liavo copies of Bills and other papers. Tho Minister of Internal Affairs (Mr. Anderson) replied: The honourable gentleman hod not tho courtesy to tell me that he was going to raise this question. It should be quite clear to the honourable member, as it is clear to me, why he cannot get the Bills he wants. It has been reported to this House that we are short of paper. He knows that we are short as well as I knew, and wo have to put up with the shortage. Wo have had large orders out for months for paper. Eor months we havo had paper at the docks in Lonelon, but we cannot gi.t it here. As to what he speaks of doing with regard to the .newspapers, he wants to throw a lot of worthy people out. of work by curtailing tho size of tho newspapers, and I may tell liiiu tliat the Government is not soing to do it. In conclusion, he asked the honourable member to put up with tJie inconvenience, which was telt by all members while the shortage of paper ocintinued.

In a later debate, this demand of Dr. Thacker for reduction in tho sue of newspapers was referred to by Mr. D. Jones. lie said that Dr. Thacker was verv unkind to the newspapers, seeing thiat he had a full-page report of his speee.li in the House published in Ohristchurch lost week. An lion, member: He paid for that.

Mr. Jones: Of course. Dr. Tliacker had another opportunity of referring lo this matter. Ho suggested that there should be some tax on the squander advertisements in the newspapers. Mr. Jones: What about your big speech ? Dr. Thacker: Yes, but I paid for that. An honourable member: That was a waste of paper.

SIX DAYS A WEEK HOLIDAY FOR HOTEL WORKERS. The "short title" of a private member's Bill, read a second time in the House of Representatives yesterday, is "The Hotel and Restaurant and Private Hotel and Boardinghouse Employees' Six Days .a Week Bill." This measure, 111tro'duced by Mr. P. Eraser (Wellington Central), proposes that the workers indicated in the title shall be granted one full day off duty in each week. Mr. Fraser stated that this concession had been granted already in New South Wales, France, and many parts of the United States. The Minister of Labour (Sir William Herries) did not oppose the Bill, which was referred to the Labour Bills Committeo.

TO RENDER GRAND JURIES , UNNECESSARY "This'is not strictly n Bill designed to abolish the Grand Jury," said the Hon. J. MacGregor in introducing his Crimes Act Amendment Bill in the Upper House yesterday. "It id a Bill to make provision that will in most cases render the Grand Jury unnecessary," Mr. MacGregor explained. Tho Bill was rend a first time . minlnTlaw A Mining Amendment Bill, introduced by Mr. W. E. Parry (Auckland Central), was roiul a second time in the House of Representatives yesterday, and referred to the Mines Committee. Mr. Parry stated that his Dili wis intended merely to put miners on the same footing in respect of claims under common law as workers in other industries. ABOUT ~SOHE WOOL Mr. J. V. Brown (Napier) has given notice to ask the Prime .Minister—(l) Whether during the period of the commandeer of wool and meat ho was awnro that a prominent fanner of Poverty Bay withheld his wool when oil other farmers submitted to the terms of the commandeer '< (2) Whether the Imperial Government Supplies 'Department took any, and, if so, what steps to see that the said farmer should bo. brought into line with other producers ? (3) Whether the sa.id wool is still :n the Dominion, and what is the legal position thereof in regard to shipping and disposal in view of the fact that tho commandeer was lifted on Juno 30 last, although the wool was clipped prior to that date.

MOUMAHAKI STATE FARM . A report that the manager of the Moumahaki State Farm had resigned, on the ground that tho farm had been "starved of funds for experimental purposes," wns mentioned in the House by Mr. W. S. Glenn (ttangitikei) . The Minister of Agriculture (Mr. Nosworthy) said that ho had not received official notice of ths manager s resignation, but ho had heard that the officer had bought a farm and might not remain in State employment. The operations at Moumahaki last year had consisted designedly of demonstration work, but in addition experiments in top-dress-ing with various fertilisers nnd in the renewing of clover on old pastures, had been carried out. In order to conduct these experiments considerably more working capital had been provided than in any previous year, and this had been more than returned in the form of revenue.

SHIPPING FOR THE DOMINION Colonel G. J. Smith yesterday gavo notice in tho Legislative Council of tho following question:— "In view of the great importance of providing the tonnngo necessary for dealing with the produce of tho Dominion, will tho Government enter into negotiations with one or more of the shipping companies, or combinations of shipping companies, with the object of securing the supply of the necessary tonnage on a reasonable freight basis, for a term of, say, three years,' with provision for extension if thought desirable? If it is found impossible to come to such a reasonable arrangement, will the Government favourably consider the establishment of a Dominion line to bo owned by the exporters and importers of the Dominion, and to be paid for in a term ,of years with the proceeds of 011 export duty and a primage on imports for which shaTPs (shall lw issued ho those from whom the duties aro collected P"

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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 255, 22 July 1920, Page 6

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1,038

SHORTAGE OF PAPER Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 255, 22 July 1920, Page 6

SHORTAGE OF PAPER Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 255, 22 July 1920, Page 6

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