PARLIAMENT

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 25 July 1929, Page 9

PARLIAMENT

BUSINESS YESTERDAY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (By Telegraph) (Frocn 'The Mail's" Parliamentary Reporter) WELLINGTON, 241 h July. The Legislative Council met nl 2.30 p.m. to-day. The lion. ii. &I. Thomson gave notice of his intention to introduce the Caplive Birds Shooting Prohibition Bill. Four days' leave of absence was granted the lion. E. 11. Clark on account of illness. The Leader of the Council (tho lion. T. K. Sidey) gave notice in eonneviio i villi the selling up of Select Committees for the session. A message, was ri'ceived from the On-vernor-General appointing 10.15 :..m. lomoirow as the tune and dale lor the piesentation of the Address pr< pared by the Council in reply to tho ffpr-eeh from the 'Throne. The Associated Churches of Christ Church Properly Hill (the Hon. .1. ii. Gow), the Wellington Cilv Mission (Church of England) Bill, (the Hon. J.\ S. Weston), and the Wellington Bishopric El (lowmeiii Trust (Church of England) Bill, (the lion. T. S. Weston) were read the second time, and referred to Committees of Selection. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The House of Representatives met at 2.30 p.m. Mr 11. G. Dickie (Patoa) gave notice to ask the Minister of Defence whether he would take, steps to provide Maor: War pensions to- those men who fade 1 lo : pplv in I'JIG. The lion. W. Downie Stewart, (Dunedin West) gave notice to move for .'. return setting out the.copies of all correspondence and cables between the Minister of Finance or his predecessor in cilice which would lend any colour lo the suggestion of the Minister of Finance that ho had been prohibited from going on the Loudo.i mo.iay mark 5 ! for two vears, and, in particular, any correspondence which suggested that the Finance Minister was embarrassed in loan transactions by his predecessor Mr 11. E. Holland (Bailor) asked the Prime .Minister whetluv the United Stales had made an offer of help for the Earthquake Fund, and whether the offer had been required. Sir Joseph replied that he had received a communici-tion from a. Canadian editor asking whether moneys wero required. He had sent a reply staling that he was not in a position to indicate what funds were required. Tn reply to Mr A. M. Samuel (Thames) the Minister of Railways stated that the railway workshops were able to carry out the building of engines and the execution of railway repairs. In regard to the construction'of railway petrol tanks, there was no question of interfering with private enterprise. Messrs A. and G. Price, Ltd., Thames, had built petrol tanks, but it had since, been found that the Railway Department could build them. An order had since been placed with a. private firm for the construction of three tank waggons. There was no intention of withholding work from Messrs I Price.