Session Incidents Queries and Asides

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 398, 5 July 1928, Page 1

Session Incidents Queries and Asides

(THE SUN’S Parliamentary Reporter) WELLINGTON, To-day. rPHE Address -in - Reply debate A started in the Legislative Council and the House of Representatives yesterday. In the House Mr. F. Waite, Clutha. began the discussion and Mr. Allen Bell, Bay of Islands, seconded him, , Four days’ leave of absence was granted Mr. Uru, member for Southern Maori district, on account of illness. A number of public papers wero formally laid on the table. The House adjourned at 9.20 p.m. In the Legislative Council the Ad-dress-in-Reply was moved by Sir Robert Stout. After the Hon. G. Witty and Sir J. R. Sinclair had spoken the debate was adjourned until to-day.

Everything Must Wait Although Mr. Holland’s amendment of no confidence in the Government has not the slightest chance of success, the long debate which it will occasion will hold up the ordinary routine business for at least another week. Committees, for instance, will not be appointed until the Address-in-Reply motion has been disposed of. Mr. Holland is expected to move his amendment this afternoon, and, following him, there is likely to be some heavy artillery in action for a day or so. To-night’s sitting is expected to be a late one. Local Bills Appear

Local Bills read a first time yesterday were the Sumner Borough Land Vesting Bill (Mr. J. McCombs), Lyttelton Harbour Board Loan Empowering Bill, YVhakatane Harbour Amendment Bill (Mr. F. F. Hocklv), and Christchurch Hospital Bill (Mr. E. J. Howard). These have been referred to the Local Bills Committee. Freight-free Fertiliser Fertiliser brought to New Zealand free of the burden of freight is an election present which Mr. Allen Bell, member for the Bay of Islands, wishes to see the Government give the farmers of New Zealand. Mr. Bell has proposed to the Prime Minister that half a million pounds be lifted from the Consolidated Fund so that fertiliser from Nauru, Britain, and other over- ;* as sources may be able to reach New freight free, or at least, with the freight paid by the Government. According to Mr. Bell, the Prime Min!*as Promised to have the scheme tully investigated. Methodist College Organ

TNhen John Edson, of the City of AJHSKIand, gentleman, died in 1918. and apart portion of his estate, to accumulate for the purpose of acquiring , organ for the new Methodist Theo-‘-sical College in Auckland, he did not ; esee that the stock set apart would h»H aSQ in va lue more rapidly than in eVer k een contemplated, nor that Wp° r^an Would he given to the ColdonA ln ri he meantime, by a separate will a< *J ust the situation a Bill befo . re Parliament this session, tion object of setting aside a poranpAf I? 6 fund toward the maintenstent; i he P rese nt organ, while a suberectiir Sum will be devoted to the and furni shing of a library at the college in Grafton Road, and acauic^ ue left to accumulate for the ablft of a new organ when desir--Mr the . future . A bust of the late rary. SOn is to be Placed in the lib-

No T ax on Relief Contributions Su , !t of representations reforAvH?d«? by Mr * D - G * Sullivan, M.P. for fi, Uls established that receipts u nemuw S collected for the relief of ZV nt are not subject to 3 f epl y>. th e Minister says: “On that rfo^ n< J Uiri . es 1 h ave ascertained ury f or p * s Slven by the city treasfobd Jments to the unemployment Section as comin S within Act iqoo A v the Stamp Duties bfha r bei "B receipts given by or on Th- t a . local authority.” save ,h^ llnister ’ s interpretation ’,.U stajjHa? e unem Ployment fund a subikese reee^ t ° £ u money ' as hithe rto tjl stamp duty PtS have been taxed for P ost office Mr T. K. Sidey, the not inL P^ b J c Morks said that it lay down the f°unlabour wk 1 ? S nevv post offlce by *as i n was being done now the ground l wh? an investi & a tion fo , bicb ' vas to carry the as a sene the buildln * might be -ase t L contraet - but ln any de lajr ia nutting'fi, be no avoidable the work in hand.