PARLIAMENTARY NOTES.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 September 1919, Page 5

PARLIAMENTARY NOTES.

ENCOURAGEMENT OF FISHERIES. ' By Wire.—Own Correspondent. \•■ J Wellington, Last Nlgte-«ttfft During a debate regarding |.i the House this afternoon, Mr. MaasoOj mentioned that he was assisting to fetMrafrj a drifter to New Zealand for purposes, and that he wu going tmp*JH troducc during the session a Biil;«B-«| powering the Government to raise mM»74a for assisting the development of mta- Kg ary industries, including fishing, Ontfiff'' of the ex-Ministers interjected that 'Aft-. "£'" Bill had been drafted two years ago, _ 1 and Mr. Massey admitted this was the cusp. He hoped it would be passed this - ,; session. * , PAYMENT OF JTJBORS. r v The Payment of Jurors Bill, which " was passed through all its stages to- i t ''• day, empowers the Government tovfic . ~' the rates of payment for jurors, bJcmd- C ink coroner's jurors, and to pay the tra- , V veiling expenses of jurors. Mr. Wilted, '. '% who was the authpr of the Bill, explain- ,| e<l that the rates had been left to be ,-,; fixed by regulation, in order that they >.'•'< might be varied as renuired is the '.'. future. \;,i FULL EXPORT PRICE FOR BtJTTEB. }j3 . i|lr. Massey made it quite clear this -'% evening that the 'butter producer! WoWd , J receive the full export price this seawn. ' | ?k told the House that the retail price / J (luld continue to be below the export ? % price, but this did not mean that the l ;*& producers would receive less than the "'J export price. The Government, Ma 11 matter of fact, was making an arrange- « mint that would give the producer! the ' j full export price. ' - ■•& ', \a MATERNITY HOSPITAE fob i A request for a maternity .hospital in '_•; Awakino was brought under toe notice ,J> of the acting-Minister of Publie Health by Mr. Jennings, at the request of the ■ : local Progressive Association. The "> Minister replied that the settlers fear* * power under the Act to appoint a nurse, f and application should be made to the | Waikato Hospital Board. £ LIME CRCSHING AT MAOOENUI, I The Minister for Agriculture informed I Mr. Jennings that as the result of an 1 officer of the department visiting May 1 hoenui recently it is likely the settkta J will form a company for providing t> 1 lime-crushing plant for the district, and I the question of subsidy would then be 1 considered. A number of samples of'i soils were taken with a view to deinon- J stration experiments being carried ont j at Mahoenui and Aria. ---I