PARLIAMENT

Hokitika Guardian, 16 August 1929, Page 3

PARLIAMENT

(By Telegraph—Press Association)

THE HOUSE.

WELLINGTON, August 15. The House of Representatives met at 2:30.'

The Financial Debate was continued by Messrs Munns, Barnard, Lysnar, Poison, Parry, and Harris. The House adjourned at 10.30 p.m.

REPLIES TO QUESTIONS. [ , Mr McCombs (Lab., Lyttelton) asked r the Minister of Justice “ whether if the law is that a man may beat, ill--1 treat, and starve his wife, and provided that she can run away, and does not do so, the husband cannot be convicted of an offence, he will have the law altered so that a plea that she could have run away from her own home will not defeat the ends of justice ? ” The Hon. Mr Wilford replied that he had referred the matter to the Solicitor-General in order that that officer might give his opinion as to what was the best method of meeting the case to which reference was made.

In reply to Mr H. G. R. Mason (Lab., Auckland;, Suburbs), Mr Wilford said he could not adopt the suggestion that the control of civil aviation in New Zealand .shoud he made independ'ent of the Department in control of military aviation.

1 l'ri to a further question by , JVPr : Masori, the Minister said the licensing of jiny company formed to exploit 1 aerial'transport in this country, would ' be carried out by the Defence Department, and ail care would be taken to ‘prevent the public from being imposed ; upon in any way. ,

The Hon. Mr Taverner, replying! to Mr G. G. Munns (U., Roskill) said P it was not proposed at the present tiriie to provide secoi\d-class sleeping carriages for the Main Trunk line, as all avoilable finance was required for what he believed to be the more immediate [ demands in the matter of rolling stock. [He would give the matter further consideration when circumstances were more favourable.

Mr R. Seriiple (Lab., Wellington ' East) asked whether steps would be taken to enable the Dominion to provide its- own newspririf. Mr Taverner (Coninrisisoner of State i Forests) replied: Tlie manufacture of riewsprint from wood pulp is a highly ' technical process involving heavy capital expenditure. The State Forest Seri vice has for some time past been gathering data and practical experience in thro manufacturing processes devoting 1 particular attention to determining the suitability of New Zealand-grown woods. The paper made from New Zealand-growri woods that was used by several newspapers recently was manufactured in the United States of America for demonstration purposes frbifa tawa and, irisignis p,ine by. the State: Forest Service in [conjunction with l the leading authorities there. Communications received; from' several sources indicate; that, private l enterprise is already interested in the possibilities bf the industry in. the Dominion.