A Parliamentary Notebook

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 121, 12 August 1927, Page 8

A Parliamentary Notebook

Racing Discussed (THE SUE S Parliamentary ! WELLINGTON, £?*l One of the subjects discusses ’ 1 Financial debate to-dav kato racing dispute and 7L e *4 of the Racing Conference * turned by Mr. A. M. Farmers’ problems and 1 financial affairs were touchJ'N bv members. ne< i . Many notices of nuesthm. tabled and the Government sem question of the appointment of 2Hams, Vastemata, to the inland Commerce Committee. 4 The debate dragged on'nnim I ingly until 11.45 p.m.. journment was moved by v, , 1 1 McLennan. Franklin. 1 4 Kauri Gum Industry Notice of intention to i ntrnA , I Kau r j Gum industry has been given bv the : Agriculture, who is acting “’Sf* | tion on behalf of the Mb"'”: Lands, who is indisposed. t Travelling Expenses The member for Wanganui v. - i A. euch. is anxious to v,, *’ much money Sir James Par! -M§ Commissioner in London travelling and other expense,' X I his term as Minister of Educ«i o -'vß Government will be asked h ' Veitch to prepare a return „ Shipping Facilities The names of Mr. J McC rw and Mr. M. J. Savage have be,4 ! I to the committee which is to into the shipping facilities' kgj South Island pons and Australh -1 other members of the eomaiS».;i The Minister of Lands, the H™ f Mr. J. A. Nash, Mr. T. K. sij Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Ward. j Another Eden The Minister of Education, tiegj* R. A. Wright, unwittingly refe™': Mr. H. G. R. Mason as "Meat*- ■ Mount Eden” while speaking a* If House of Representatives to-aigi-spite of the general laughter y j greeted this mistake, Mr. WrlghTpeated the title, which prorobLabour ■ member to say “he •<- there yet.” Mr. J. A. Lee pt. I “They don’t get the vote up then.'t Racing Dissension There is no love lost beiwets j L racing people in Auckland and u, f in the South Island, declared It. ' M. Samuel, Okinemuri, in the E i | of Representatives to-day whet a I ing with the Waikato Hunt Club t, I pute. Mr. T. Forsyth, Wellington Ea 1 But they are sports, are they no#’ | Mr. Samuel: I will leave jtti I judge that. It has been said tha.a |: Auckland people would like to if-. 4 from the Racing Conference and i* 1 a conference of their own, te: j§ creating two racing parliament; in the North and one in -the >■: K Island. This merely goes to sho*: far they will go to further ther ends. It is just possible that present strife has been created hi ■ other purpose than that which ai*. on the surface. xsis A Long Lane _Mr. Wright was replying t» 5 W. E, Parry on his reference »J j§. Government turning the conte- , Mr. Parry: The Prime Ministebeen telling us since 1920 tlx ' : were turning the corner. Mr. Wright: Well, yes, it is i : lane that has no turning, and tha-I long corner to turn, i Laugh: e I Mr. J. A. Lee: It must be a ’r screw. Mr. M. J. Savage: The Govern: has turned a good many conn late years. Mr. Wright: Well, I belie"; Government Is turning this kat ner slowly but surely, and in a* ft while will be all right. Mr. P. Fraser: Then there*! l another corner to turn. Mr. Wright: No further tea will be necessary. Police Uniform Again Because of the humiliating # | which the uniform has on pris®’ l Mr. W. A. Veitch, member for Vc* * nui, has addressed a question t Minister of Justice asking that 1 policemen are travelling vW ” oners they should wear plain I This question raised a laugh r House to-day, when Mr. Veitch 11 ® j his notice of motion. it

Choosing His Words References to *ome of the legislation before Parliament this session caused Mr. W. E. Parry, Auckland Central, to be rebuked by the Speaker, the Hon. Sir Charles Statham, during the Budget debate this afternoon. “Order! Order!’’ boomed the Speaker when Mr. Parry spoke of the Religious Exercises in Schools Bill as “that miserable little document.” “Well,” persisted Mr. Parry, “If we are to have to depend for the morals of our people in the future on a measure of that description •” “I am afraid the hon. member is out of order,” warned Mr. Speaker. Mr. Parry was still anxious to say something about the measures under

consideration. “I believe two of them are nothing more nor less than commercial cannibalism— —” he began again, when the Speaker told him that he must not stray so far from the subject of the debate, and he was compelled reluctantly to leave his further remarks unsaid. Atlantic Salmon A supply of Atlantic salmon for the Motueka River is being asked tor by Mr. R. p. Hudson, member for the district, who says that experts have decided that the river is specially suitable to this fish. Soldiers' Pensions Cut The removal of returned soldiers’ economic pensions by the amount they receive from their friendly societies has caused Mr. H. T. Armstrong, member for Christchurch East, to table notice of a question to the Minister of Defence, asking if his notice nad been drawn to the fact that those who were members of friendly societies had their pensions reduced by the amount of the sick pay they received from their lodges. He wished the Government to rectify this injustice. • • * Service-Car Licences vi , ew of a recent decision in awke s Bay, Mr. J. Mason, member or a Pier, has suggested to the Govrnment in the form of a question that egislation be enacted allowing ser-ce-car owners to procure one licence y *° cov er the area traversed on tneir regular service runs. In the J? e which Mr. Mason mentioned an f Pr ner , Woul< * have to procure 14 diflicences, as well as pay heavy traffic fees. Public Works; Vote * as t l* ea r of over nr ’ on P ub lic w'orks has "psj- the Hon. D. Buddo to sugla ln the House that a Parliaments n cc > mr nittee should be established Thit° ntro * pu blic works expenditure. DpnH> Was Practically the largest exanri any department of State, over > ** ouse itself had no control frnrv. 1 ’ DO su ggestion being accepted was Panthers on this subject. It naMira°?k mucll to expect of human a v f that a man should vote against vote, j a apecific district lest the n his own districts be vetoed.