A Parliamentary Note-Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 210, 24 November 1927, Page 10

A Parliamentary Note-Book

Delaying Tactics (THE SUEZ'S Parliamentary Reporter I WELLINGTON, To-day It. was obvious in the House that the Labour members were no idle threat when they promised th Government a fight ou the Arbitral iT Bill, and reports were talked ujon the afternoon, and the Bill kept ofr Labour did not need to Stoner,-ail i the evening, because the Goveram.m members had as much to say a* Opposition, if not more. 1116 The House did not go on with th committee stage, but adjourned at **-- a.m. The Railways Amendment Bill and the Education Amendment Bill, th latter likely to be more contention,' were reported back from the commit tees. *’ The Stamp Duties Amendment Bil! was introduced and read for the fipT time. Sir Arbitration Bill’s Fate Now that members of the House m Representatives have had an opnor tunity of talking themselves out o, the Industrial Conciliation and Arht ’tration Bill, it is more than likely th,. the measure will quietly drop to a lov position on the order paper and h. overlooked in the final end of the sion rush. Farmer members doubt less will have a lot to say about this" but the Minister of Labour, the Hm G. J. Anderson, probably has sew enough of arbitration legislation hthis year. Warning on Piecework “Piecework is going to do things for this country,” said Mr An. derson in the House, “but if LT ployers seek to take advantage of thk system they will deal the worst sible blow to industrial progress h New Zealand. Piecework is .e right, but it must not be taken advan tage of.” 411 Still Hoping In spite of the dictum of the Prim. Minister that the Government worii not provide in its legislative nrtv gramme for the Nelson system ol Z ligious instruction in schools tit Education Committee of the House of Representatives apparently j a bj, ficientiy optimistic to hope that met bers will rally around and give their support to a clause going into tbe Education Amendment Bill. It pro!, ably will amount to false optimum, however, as there is almost certain to be a great deal of opposition to the proposal. The Education Committee, which reported upon the Bill to-day, inserted a clause to provide for the Nelson system in State schools. Just how far the Bill will go depends largely upon the Prime Minister, because there are other contentious clauses it it. and there is likely to be a hold-nt if the measure is pushed ahead. K might be among the legislative castoffs of 1927.