PARLIAMENT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81843, 8 September 1906, Page 2

PARLIAMENT.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. [I)V TKr.EGIiAM PIIES3 ASSOCIATION.] The House nvl at 2.30 . WOOL FIRES COMMISSION. _Mr GRAY read llic "Ly.lelton Times' -" report of and editorial comments on a recent meeting of this Commission, and drew the attention of the House to the "painful scene/' Tlie MINISTER regretted that a .rc-pen and comments which ought not to be correct had been placed cm the records of the House. He would make enquiries into that tjuestiuii| LAND BILL. The PREMIER, frr the Minister of Lands, gave notice of the introduction of the Land lii'l at the next sitting. THE TOTE. Mr TANNER gave notice of a Bill for reducing the totalisator permits.

SUPPLY. Tile House went into Committee of Supply and took up the Estimates. The House resumed at 7.30, and continued with the Estimates. In class IV. (Tourist and Health Department, Industries and Com mc-rce), .£7390, the Minister explained in answer to a question that the vote for £IOOO for the shale industry was an old standing vote; that the expenditure on the various |t(;hibitions in London had been profitable from the advertising point of view, and there had been ,£-|oo of recov cries.

Mr ALLEN objected to the large amount for advertising as too large. The PREMIER pointed cut the competition against this country. Canada was spending- £185,000 in Engiland alone on advertising. The whole cost of the Department of Industries and Commerce of New Zealand was under /Seoo, and the advertising cost only a few hundred pounds. The expendituie of the neighbouring colonies in advertising was far more. Incidentallyhe mentioned that daily So to 100 inquiries were made in Sydney from people anxious for information about this country. Ho pointed out that the advertising on the Estimates amounted to £SOO, not £"Hooo. Mr T. MACKENZIE said that more ought to be spent in advertising-, but he thought the, colony's trade in Britain might be handled better.

The PREMIER agreed, but lie had made enquiries about the change mentioned, and had found it would cost a year. The Department was doing its best on a very small expenditure. Certainly, if lo"caiions ct.uld be obtained in Leadenhall street and Trafalgar Square, it would be profitable at the increased cost. After some further discussion the item passed without alteration. During the discussion on Tourist and Health Department vote, Mr W. Fraser suggested that Government should take up all the necessary licenses, and the Premier said the question was under consideration. Old Age Pensions, £5215, passed unaltered, The Committee reported at 10.40, and the House adjourned at 10.45.