PARLIAMENT

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 2 August 1929, Page 3

PARLIAMENT

BUSINESS YESTERDAY JiOUSli Oi'- REPRESENTATIVES (By Telegraph.) (•from 'Tho Mail's" Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, Ist August. '['lie House of Representatives met at 2.30 p.m. to-day. Mr C. A. Wilkinson (Kginont) gave notice In ask Hie ..\liuisier of Agriculture it lie proposes lo give piled lo iniyty .strong representations which have been nmile concerning the. spread (if noxious weeds, which, it not checked, will .seriously hamper the efforts of farmers. Mr .1. Linklaler (Manuwafu) gnvo notice of his intention to introduce, the Aianawatn Urciia River Board Amendmciit Bill. LIQUOR IN KING COUNTRY Air ft. A. Wright (Wellington Suburbs) asked the .Minister of Customs whether (lj a licence had been granted a brewery erected oh the Alain. South road, Auckland; (2) 11 so, was the Minister aware that the site was on the main highway to the Waikatp and King Country; (3) if a brewery 'was established on this highway, would n not be an easy matter for travellers to purchase liquor in small quantities and distribute it in. the King Country tw tho serious detriment of the Native population t "Approval has been given to the granting of a licence tor a brewery on the ilam South road, Ouihu.hu, near Auckland," stated the Minister (tho Hon. W. B. Taveruer), in replying. "Under the licence which will be issued beer cannot be sold except in quantities ci two gallons or over. There appears to be less likelihood of beer for distribution m the King Country being purchased from such a brewery than troni breweries and wholesale licensees in Auckland, Hamilton, and other large towns en route, hi any case it is a breach of the > law to- attempt to dispose of liquor in the King Country." In introducing, the l'olice Offences Bill, Mr (!. C. Black (Alotucka) explained that the object was to give the House aii opportunity of reviewing that section of the Act, passed in 1926, permitting the arrest without warrant of a person deemed to have no lawful or visible means of support. A Reform member: "A bookmakers' Bill!"

In outlining the effect of his Education Amendment Bill, Air .1. S. Fletcher (Grey Lynn) said he sought to do away with the making of regulations whicii over-rode Parliament. If that was able, lo be done the power of representative government ceased. Mr H. E. Holland (Buller) congratulated the mover on following up on a . matter that had been previously pressed • for by the Labour Party. Colonel 'J'. W. McDonald (Wairarapa) said be intended to support the Bill. Luring the election he had strenuously objected to any regulation over-riding Statute law. Mr R. A. Wright (Wellington Suburbs) said not one member would support the regulation dealt with in the Bill, but the circumstances in which the regulation had been introduced should be taken into consideration, ft was a question of expediency. The Education Act was in such a hopeless muddle that no lawyer could unravel it, and the regulation was necessary on that score. The regulation bad never been abused. Air Wright said the whole Education Act would have to be thoroughly overhauled. Air 'P. Eraser (Wellington Central) raid Mr Wright had given no reason why the clause should have been embodied in legislation. As th» late Alinister of Education, Air Wright should have effected a consolidation. There would be no harm in wiping out the obnoxious provision in the Act whereby the regulations could be made. He suggested that if the United Party was in earnest in advocating much-needed reforms, they should make themselves responsible for seeing that those reforms were brought into effect. The Minister of Education (the Hon. H. Atmorc) said that the matter of overhauling the Act and consolidating it had not been overlooked, as it was in a hopeless slate. The matter, however, ; would take time. He recognised (he I urgency of the matter, and it would be I attended fo as soon as possible.