SECONDARY INDUSTRIES

Hokitika Guardian, 18 February 1930, Page 2

SECONDARY INDUSTRIES

SCOPE OF PARLIAMENTARY 'COMMITTEE’S ENQUIRY.

AUCKLAND, Fern. 14

The Parliamentary Committee which was .set- up to investigate the seooir.larv industries of the Dominion will start its operations in about six weeks’ time. The first sitting will Ik? held at Dunedin, after which the Committee will work northward, ending at Auckland.

The Committee will consist of Air A. Harris. M.P., Air H. R. Jenkins, AI.P. .Vlr D. G. Sullivan, AI.P., and the Alinister of the Department (the Hon. J. B Donald). Evidence will he taken at the four principal centres of New Zealand—Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, ami Auckland—hut if anyone from any other -part desires to give evidence he may do so b.v travelling to wherever the Committee is sitting.

Representative factories of all the secondary industries in New Zealand will be visited hv the Committee, bid evidence in all four centres for al! kinds of industries will not- he taken For instance, evidence concerning the motor industry w*. 1 probably he ta’ '■

only in AYellington, and for the rope and twine industry only in Dunedin. This will prevent any unnecessai" overlapping and waste of time. It expected that a huge amount of evid ence will be recorded during the sittings of the Committee, This will later he amalgamated in a report and piesented to the House of RenrosentnUv"‘ probably during next session of Parliament.