FUN IN THE COMMONS
ELEPHANTS AND WALKS. MEMBER’S STRANGE QUESTION. LONDON, June IG. The House of Commons enjoyed some respite from its coal worries in Sir Gerald Strickland’s strange f|iiestion whether, in view of the rediscovery by Belgium of the possibility of utilising the African elephant, and in view of the effort to breed elands in Western Australia, the Government would refer the utilisation of these animals ill the Dominions to the committee that was dealing with the exploitation of wholes. The -question provoked roars of laughter. Mr L. S. Amery (Secretary of State for the Dominions) replied that the experiments in the Congo were still inconclusive. and he doubted if the committee dealing with whales was ibe suitable one to take over tlie animals , mentioned.
Mr Basil Peto asked: Will the Yfin ister also consider the utilisation o: the Zoo’s white elephant?
Sir Harry Brittain: And that virile quadruped, the Maltese terrier? Mr Amery smiled and sut down. (The point of the interjection regarding tlie Maltese terrier is contained in the fact that Sir Gerald Strickland is a native cf Malta. He is also a member of the Malta Legislative Assembly).
THE GREATEST FAULT. “ AA'ere I asked to name the greatest fault possessed by the Government I would not hesitate to mention the tendency—it is more than a tendency; it is a policy—to continually bring in regulations which interfere with the imports and exports of the Dominion,” said the Hon. H. L. Alichel (AA’estland) in the Legislative Council on AA 7ednesday. “ This policy is having a most pernicious effect upon the cost of living here, and the general development of the land. These regulations have the supposed merit of helping to benefit the people. It does nothing of the kind. Afore of these regulations have been brought into force lately. “It is not only this Government that lias been guilty of this. It has been going on for 20 or 23 years, and we have in that time had far too much government by regulation in New Zealand. “There is a growing feeling that this continual interference with our trade by regulation is not for the betterment and uplifting of Hie country.” ,
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