PARLIAMENT

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 20 July 1929, Page 5

PARLIAMENT

BUSINESS YESTERDAY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (By Telegraph) (From ‘‘The Mail’s” . Parliamentary Reporter) WELLINGTON, 19LI, July. The House of Representatives met at 2.30 p.in. Mr W. 11. Field (Otaki) gave notice to ask the Minister of Industries and Commerce whether lie was aware that shoddy clothing, produced by cheap labour, was being retailed in New Zealand at four times its cost, and whether protection. would he given to the hi a] clothing industry. Mr J. O’Brien (Westland) gave notice to ask the Prime Minister, whether, seeing it- was through the action of the previous Government that the sawmillers of New Zealand lost the whole of the Australian timber trade, lie vculd take steps to assist the saw Tellers to regain that trade.

Replying to a question asked by .Mr R» A. Wright (Wellington Suburbs) the Prime Minister (the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Ward) stated that lie could not grant the increase in the maximum amount of intermediate rural credit grants from £IOOO to £2OOO, in accordance with his announcement on 1/th July, without legislation, and lie proposed to introduce an amendment of the Act to enable this to bo done. Colonel T. W. McDonald (Wair.uapa) raised a point of order. He referred to references made to himself by Mr A. M. Samuel (Thames) last night’, and 'denied that he had been turned out by the Reform Party and the Labour Party. He desired to give a most emphatic denial to Mr Samuel’s statements as they were contrary to fact. He intended to place the whole matter before the House. l at the first opportunity. Mr P. Fraser (Wellington Central): It mav lip necessary for several of us lo do that." ([ a lighter).