PARLIAMENT

Hokitika Guardian, 12 September 1929, Page 4

PARLIAMENT

By Telegraph—-Per rresa Associ&tioiLj ‘ l V ’ .y' . ' v ;.' •.. . ■ THE COUNCIL... '/ , , WELLINGTON, September 12. 'ine Legislative Council met ,at 2.30 p.m. ( .' , ; ‘ ;. , < Hon. Thomson gave , notice''to>m6ve thnt the .Government be’ asked to take into consideration the desirability establishing a censorship /of talkies, with the object of preserving the purity of the English language, arid also the question of checking, as far as the presence of unattended children at cinema entertainments.- ••

Mackenzie gove notice' to move that on account of the‘ seribxis " damage being done to native forests ! and plantations hv deer, the Council > submits to the Government the ,'pro- ■' priety of- concentrating our'forest and . 1 wild life in one Department, -in sympa- - thy with the protection and preservation of. our-flora and'fauna, and'ndopt- ' ing ao vigorous policy in connection with these facts. . ' " < ■ • 1 The Council adjourned at 2.40 p.m. I until next Wednesday. ; ve; , i ■' THE HOUSE. - The House of Representatives’ discussed the annual refjbrts of the Prisons Board and Police* Force. Shops and Offices' Amendment A.ct (Mr McKeen)' was read a second time nro forma and referred to the ’Labour Bills Committee. 1 imprisonment for Debt Abolition Amendment Bill (Mr H. G.’ R. Mason) was read a second time and referred to the Statutes Revision. Committee." :■ Unemployed Workers’ Bill (Mr P. Eraser) was renda second time and referred to the Labour Bills Committee. The House rose at 10.30 p.m. v/' ; :