A Parliamentary Note-Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 172, 11 October 1927, Page 8

A Parliamentary Note-Book

Good Working Mood

(THE SEE S Parliamentary WELLINGTON, J*oada, Further of the Amendment Bill in .ommttt*. occupied the House o’ Repr.J!!* tives this evening. .Members , er . a sood working mood and tour ho * saw the clauses of the urn J nn items of the first schedu? * through- wt One important clause, relate clearances of goods from bond » withdrawn by the Minister of r and a new clause dealing with” 3 creased prices of good*. moved hv Leader of the Opposition, jected. 48 «■ The House rose at 1L45 pm The Prime Minister intimated ik. tariff proposals would again t* sidered to-morrow after formal g,? t ' ness had teen disposed of. Tariff Revenue A promise that a statement w c ,.ia be issued showing th? effect on ih. customs duty of the increases and creases in the tariff was given in tj* House this evening by the Min ste-'J Customs. Hon. W. Downie Stewar- a reply to a question by Mr. Allen R»jT Bay of Islands. Marriage of Infants A proposal to confer on magistral*, the power to give the necessary aZ sent to the marriage of infants is nud. in the Guardianship of Infants Ameja. ment Bill, which has been read a j--time in the House. It was intended a do this in last year's amending Bill but the intentions of the Legislate, in this respect were defeated by a pr*. vious clause, which restricted the jurisdiction of magistrates with regt< to applications under the Act to case* where the children were under 15 years of age. Hi * * No Duty on Pig-Iron The imposition of an import duly™ pig-iron was sought by Mr. R. p. Hii*. son, Motueka, who made the requnt to the Minister of Customs, the Hen W. Downie Stewart, in the House of Representatives this evening. Mr Hudson asked for a duty similar to that imposed in Australia, and he believed in every other country in tin British Empire. The Minister said that there »u no provision in the tariff, as it stood, and it was not proposed to make any such provision. Controversial Clause Dropped Much w'ind was taken out of tin sails of members of Parliament this evening when, in course of d sctissioo upon the Customs Amendment BiJ, the Hon. \V. Downie Stewart, Minister of Customs, intimated that he trouH drop the clause regulating excessive clearances of goods rom bond is ■> ticipat ion of increased Customs futiet Mr. Stewart said that he wouil save discussion by asking that Up clause should be dropped. Voices: Hear, hear. It introduced a new and lar-meb ing principle into the law, and etasbers of commerce and the eonmerciil community generally had no: had a opportunity of cons’derng it* eject. After several m. . ibers tad pretested that they would ha'e be# saved a considerable amount of correspondence if the clause had ben left out in the first place, it TO dropped. wi tv -I- -j- -I- -r -1- -r -I- -1- v -