THE WOOL CLIP
NEW SEASON'S PEOSPECTS. Tlio Hon. W. D. S. Mac Donald asked in the Houso of Representatives if the Prime Minister was yet in a position to make a statement regarding l the coming season's wool clip. The matter was of great concern to the farmers, and many, inquiries were being made. The Prime Minister replied that he would make a full statement on tho sublater. The womgrowers of the Dominion were entitled to tho fullest explanation of what was taking place. There was reason for great care in the handling of the new season's clip, but. he did not think that there was reason for any serious anxiety, It was true that thore had been a somewhat serious fall in prices,', and that very large quantities of .wool were stored in England. coal fromTewcasile POSITION STILL INDEFINITE. Mr.- J. P. Luke asked tho Prime Minister in tho House yesterday the Commonwealth Government had removed tho embargo on the export of Newcastle ooal to New_ Zealand, and whether he would .ascertain the accuracy or otherwiso of tho published statement that Sweden had contracted to purchase 159,000 tons of • Newcastle coal. Would the Primo Minister ascertain also tho price at which this coal was being sold to Sweden ?
Mr Massey Teplied that the statement that Sweden had purchased a large quantity of Australian coal was correct. He was not at the moment sure of the exact quantity. Mr. Luke: Do you know the price?
Mr. Massey said that lie could not remember it, but he would be glad to inquire. With regard to the other part of the .question—the embargo on the of Australian coal had not been lifted. He had told the House a. few days ago that in response to inquiries ho had made lie had -received a reply from Mr. Huahcs.. which was "satisfactory'as far as it went." It was satisfactory so far as the immediate needs of .the country were concerned. There were four stemners at Newcastle now for cargoes, of ooal, for New Zealand. He had teleeranhed to M>Hughes asking that these ships should be given their cargoes. He had arranged that a renresentative of the Railway Department should go to Newcastle to look into the position, and to endeavour to secure coal for New Zealand.
MASSEURS REGISTRATION
THE INCOMPETENT PERSON. The amendments made by the Legislative Council in the Masseurs Reaisfration Bill were considered by the House last night. The Minister of Public Health (Mr. Parr) moved to agree with tho amendments (of nn'nor importance) with the excention of one—a. clause proposed in the House by Mr. Vernon Reed, rejected by the House, and inserted in the Legislative Council. The effect of the clause would be, in brief, that unregistered masseurs might not be able to •collect hy legal process fees for'services rendered. There was discussion on another amendment which provided that no person should be allowed to describe himself as a masseur unless he had been registered.. With this clause the Minister nsk'ed the House to agree. The amend- | ment provided that unregistered poisons ' should not describe themselves as masseurs, although they might practice massage. It wis agreed generally that this was the effect of the amendment, and some members approved while others disapproved. Those who approved thought it proper that unqualified persons should not be allowed to prac'ice. for thev held that, if a man could not describe himself as a masseur it would be impossible for him to practice as such. The House in Committee had insisted on- the right, of ahy person to pi;actieo,_ but admitted that there should be special protection and recognition for the registered person. Several members agreed flint the House should.abide I>v its former decision. The Minister stood by the amendment, and it was retained after an hour of discussion, and a division, by 39 votes to 23. The Minister's other motion to disagree with' the other amendment was carried. TARANAKI IRONSAND ■ EXPERIMENTS IN ENGLAND. A cablegram reporting that the Hiffli Commissioner had visited Newcastle and Jearned of the successful smelting of some Taranaki ironsand was mentioned m tho House of ReDresentatives by Mr. S. G. Smith (Taranaki). Tho member asked if the Government had any further information on tho subject, and if it would secure a full report. The Prime Minister said that he had not received anv more information than had appeared in the cablegram. Tho Government was mnking arrangements to forward to a biir firm in Britain twenty tons of Taranaki ironsand and twenty tons of Parnpara iron ore. with the object of getting a definite report as to the value of the materials. CARRMOF HEMP Increases in tho railway charges on hemp were mentioned in the Houso of Representatives by Mr. Nash (Palinerslon), who said that 'the amended scale was a serious matter for many of the flaxmills. Tho chargo for the carriago of hemp from Shannon, for example, had been increased by rather more than £1 a ton. Hemp was not commanding a good price at present," and the cost of coal and of labour had increased. Somo of the mills might be compelled to close down.
Tho Prime, Minister promised to look into the matter. He had given instructions. when the new railway schedule was being prepared, that increases likely to causo hardship were to be avoided wherever possible. It was necessary, of course, to increase tho revenue in order to cover the recent increases in the wages of tho railwnymen,
A auestion about increases to be given to the staff of Parliament was asked in the House yesterday by Mr. Atmore. Bo asked whether the House officials, including the waiters and ushers, would recoive the JCSO bonus which was being given to Civil Servants. Tho Prime Minister said that it was intended that somethins should be done foe the employees of Parliament. Some resolution of tho House might, bo .required. What 110 proposed to do was to got tho Public Service Commissioner to make a recommendation, which might or might not bo accepted. It might not be possible to do as much for these officials as for ordinary mombers of tho Public Service, but certainly the staff of Parliament would not be .forgotten.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 290, 1 September 1920, Page 8
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