PARLIAMENT.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8896, 16 August 1907, Page 3

PARLIAMENT.

fi? House of Representatives. |» Per Press Association. H 'Wellington, Align s * lt> - U The House met at 3.30. . • II The Premier gave notice or 1 ■ Ktf Podcnce BO- *»- ■lowering Bill, MBiar, t]jo Local Wrst time and referred Bills Committee. taken np i The whole ami tli? ■u discussing _ tQ £(llow jfionso adjonrnoo reception to jlnembors to atte c | irjm piou sculler. :it 7 - 80 - Tho wZitara Harbour District ami S £o Bill was read a second ti ii?win" the afternoon petitions JfltViniug Bfi.ooo signatures were touted praying for tlio abolition p f the totalisalor. Several petitions °* 1 Hso pro ented praying for tho lintiauanco of tlio totalisatoi. The Gere Streets Bill and tlio v-el-iiwtou City Empowering Bill were rv\d a second time. • rt Ou tlio motion to go into comjftce of supply, Mr Barclay moved iiHiueudmcnt tliat in tlio opinion ot ?iHouse the time lias como when government should take control of food and clothing supply of tho 1 onlo Ho said that the evils winch P®,j‘existed for so many years past "“j readied such dimensions that -omethiug should bo done in the _inLJests of the people, as tho rich 1 re becoming richer and tlio poor poorer A state of things D “pted in which tlio producers ot fnlrh received the least and lived !n imminent danger of distress and etarvtioii, whilst tho rich became ±ro wealthy. Tiierc was not a member in the House who was not pnuvcrsimt with tlio wretclicduoss, nnvertv and despair of tlio poor Loplo'in all countries, liio AroitTTtiou Act bad done a certain amount of good, but it stopped too ‘ ou It provided a certain wage tor ■i man in work, but did not provide itr the man who had no work. If American Trusts could produce for nersoual gain at a cheap rate, how much better and choaner could not rnverumeut undertake the control and supply of necessaries for tho benefit of the people.' Mr Arnold seconded tho nraoudm<Mr tiiat Mr Barclay should include l imber in his amendment, as the existence ol a timber "L» in this colony had increased tho cost of this necessary building d'ivison tho amendment was negatived by 00 to 10.