Mr. Speaker . . .

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1031, 23 July 1930, Page 11

Mr. Speaker . . .

Session Queries and

Asides

THE SUN’S Parliamentary Reporter WELLINGTON, Tuesday. Today the House of Representatives was occupied with paying tribute to the late Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Stout. M.L.C., and. after an adjournment out of respect to the late statesman, with the continuation of the interrupted debate on the second reading of the Unemployment Bill and the release of the new Customs tariff. Parliament is now getting into its stride, and things will be moving fast to enable the Prime Minister, the Hon. G. W. Forbes, to get away to the Imperial Conference by August 26. He gave an indication that the session would not last long after his departure. • • • The select committees which deal with many of the questions coming before the House were given notice of today and the members will be given plenty of work. The Independents are the hardest-worked men on the committees, for they have to be represented, and their numbers are small. m * • The following committees were given notice of:—Railways, Education. Lands, Native Affairs. Library. Local Bills, Industries and Commerce. Defence, A to L Petitions, M to Z Petitions, Labour Bills, Agricultural and Stock. Mines and Goldfields. Statutes. Revision. Health. Public Accounts. House Committee and Standing Orders Committeee. • • • Notice was given by the Minister of Labour, the Hon. S- G. Smith, to introduce the Rent Restriction Bill, the provisions of which expire on August 1. * * * The sand drift menace of the North Auckland peninsular was the concern of Mr. H. M. Rushworth (Country Party—Bay of Islands), who gave notice to ask the Commissioner of State Forests, the Hon. E. A. Ransom, what steps were being taken to combat the menace. • • • Mr. R. Semple (Labour —Wellington East) gave notice to ask the Prime Minister what steps the Government would take to extend the training facilities offered at Flock House for British boys to the boys of New zealand. ... The development of New Zealand manufacturing Industries was stressed by Mr. R- Semple vLabour —Wellington East) in a notice of question to the Prime Minister. He asked whether, with a view to opening up new avenues of employment, the Goverament would set up a committee to inquire into and report on the possibilities of developing manufacturing industries, to classify the industries so that the most profitable womd be put in hand first, and to ascertain what amount of protection the industries would need to allow them to withstand foreign competition. m M 9 A return was sought of the Minister of Railways, the Hon. W r . A. Veitch, by Mr. Semple, showing the number of railway wheels manufactured, and their cost, before the transfer of the wheel-making plant from Hillside to Petone; the number of wheels made at Petone; and the cost since the transfer; the number of wheels imported from Australia within the last IS months, and their cost. A statement on the subject of the Imperial Conference was desired of the Prime Minister by Mr. H. G. R. Mason (Labour —Auckland Suburbs), who gave notice to ask Mr. Forbes whether he had considered the question of New Zealand representation at the Imperial Conference, and whether he would make a statement on the subject soon. Mr. Mason also wanted to know whether the Prime Minister would be able shortly to make a statement as to what questions were expected to come before the conference. Mr. H. G. Dickie (Reform —Patea» gave notice to ask the Minister in Charge of the State Fire Insurance Office, Jhe Hon. Sir Apirana Ngata. if it were the policy of the office not to renew policies on dairy factories. Some factories had been notified that policies were not being renewed.