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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 720, 20 July 1929, Page 1

Mr, Speaker. . .

l Session Queries and Asides

5 (TE! SUN'S Parliamentary Repoflw) ' \VELLINGTON. Friday. 1 Like. the well-known brook, lht‘ ‘Address-ianeply debate seems destined to go on forever. At least. it appears to those who listen to out» jpouring after outpouring. The Hon. Sir Apirana Ngaia. Minister of Satire Affairs. made an eloquent appeal for his race, and provided something: worth listening to; Mr. “I D. Lysnm(Gisboruel provided light comedy; land Mr. A. M. Samuel iThames) isimply bubbled over with good humour land proved that he was in top-gear as ‘a phrase-maker. Those were the lhigh-lights of the week. . t :K ‘ One day's leave of absence was granted the Postmaster-General, the iHon. J. B. Donald, because of illness in the family. a i ’ But wait. The Hon. E. A. Ransom. Minister or Public “’orks, may not have fenced cleverly with words in his speech this afternoon, but he cer» tainly made the best fighting speech for the Government so far in the session. 8 v w Labour evidently has sickened of making a plea for the House to get on with the business of the session. Reform, however, is chipping into the debate now with gusto, and it seems that Mr. D. Jones (Mid-Canterbury) is holding himself back for the speech of the Hon. H. Atmore. Minister or Education. These two are old sparring partners. is L; k: Mr. R. “I Hawks asked the Minister of Agriculture, the Hon. G. W. Forbes. for a sum to be placed on the esti» mates to provide for a Government poultry expert to be sent to the London poultry conference next year. A visit would be of great value in lln: industry in New Zealand. in reply to a question by Mr. K. A. \Vright (Wellington Suburban thc Prime Minister said that he could not grant the increase from £I,OOO to L£2’ooo in intermediate credit loans. iannounced on July 17, without legislar tion to provide for it. He proposed to introduce legislation this session n. Ithat effect. Mr. McDonald Explains Before the Address-in—Reply llt‘ bate was resumed today. Colonel T. W. McDonald (“*airarapa) rose to a point of order, desiring to make an explanation to the House. While he had been out of the House during the. latter portion of the speech of Mr. A. M. Samuel (Thames) last evening, Mr. Samuel- had been reported to have stated that he had been turned down by both the Reform and the Labour Parties. He wished to deny the state ment emphatically, and intended to place the whole matter before the ‘House at the earliest opportunity. . Need for Air Bases“ [ The need for air~bases for every .country district in case of disasters ’such as the recent earthquake was stressed by Mr. G. C. Black (Motueka: during the course of his Address-in-Reply debate speech. . He said that a base at Golden Bay would be a key one to the isolation of the West Coast. The Southern iAlps were a barrier. He paid a Itribute to the work of station ZYA in Isending messages and ‘mainmininz Icommunication with the Coast dur—--ling the ’quakes. . c g: »: An Enjoyable Time A very bright remark was lmsed by er. A. M. Samuel (Thames) at the lexpense of the Minister of Health, the ‘Hon. A. J. Stallworthy, whose prohibition principles are well-known. “ the Minister of Health,” he said, “for whom I have the greatest respect. He was in my district, and we had a very enjoyable time together. [—l needn’t say anything more about that." The significance with which ‘ Mr. Samuel made the last remark sent [the House into roars of laughter. i o s: -‘ 1 How Long? ‘ Before the House rose today at 5.30. the Leader of the Opposition, the Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates, inquired of the .Prime Minister, Sir Joseph W'ard. lwhen he expected the Address-in? ißep'ly debate to terminate, and what 3 business he proposed to take after the Idebate was out of the way. ; The Prime Minister replied that htcould not be held responsible for 1 those who might want to speak in tho idebate, and he did not know how *many more members desired to partl» .clpate. He hoped the termination i would be reached on Tuesday or VVed- ‘ nesday. W'hen the debate was over ithere would be other business ready, l’l‘he first matter to be taken would be the report of the Select Committee I on standing orders.