PARLIAMENT.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 September 1920, Page 5

PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. REPLIES TO QUESTIONS, By Ttf»gr»ph.—Preis isolation. Wellington, Last Nigjit. The House of Representatives met at 2.30 p.m. ■ ~; Mr. Massey gave notice of hia intention to introduce the Breaches of the Peace Amendment Bill. ' Replying to Mr. Nash, Mr. Massey said he would look into the new railway tariff with a view to removing any hardships that may have been imposed on the flax industry by the new rate* Replying to the Hon. W. D. S. Macdonald (the Leader of the Opposition), Mr. Massey said he would take ah early opportunity of making a statement regarding the position of next season's wool clip. LOANS TO SOLDIERS. , .Replying to Mr. Mitchell, the HonvD. H. Guthrie said all loans under the Discharged Soldiers' Settlement Act up to July 31 had been cleared off. He was not encouraging loans for the purchase of houses, as that was not relieving. 1 the shortage, but he had not refused «ay loan for building purposes, provided itwas in reason. EMBARGO ON POTATOES. Replying to Mr. Witty, the Hon. W. No3Worthy said the embargo on the export of potatoes to Australia had notbeen lifted, but the Australian expert who is coming to New Zealand tq investigate the position here was leaving with Mr. Buxton on September 2. NOTICE OP NEW BILLS. The Coroners' Act Amendment Bill was introduced and read a first time. The Hon. Sir Heaton Rhodes gave notice of his intention to introduco on next sitting day the Military Service Amendment Bill, THE.MASSEURS BILL AMENDMENTS AGREED TO. . The Hon. C. ,T. Parr moved that the amendments made by the Legislative Council in the Masseurs Bill lie agreed to, with the exception of 12a, under which unregistered masseurs are not. entitled' to collect fees. During a discussion, exception was taken to the amendment made tty the Council in clause ]•-'. preventing unregistered persons describing themselves as "masseurs" or "massage experts." The Minister moved that the amendment be agreed to, and on a division the amendment was agreed to by 39 votes to 23. The amendment made in Clause. 12a was disagreed with on. the voices, and Dr. Newman, Mr. Isitt, and Mr. Parr were appointed manager* to confer with managers of the Legislative Council. VVAR REGULATIONS. CONTINUANCE AGREED TO. Mr. Massey moved the third reading of the War Regulations Continuance Bill. Mr. P. Fraser proceeded to reiterate Labor's objections to the measure. Air. Sidey said there was considerable opposition to the unlimited perpetration'of some of those restrictions, and he suggested to the Premier that'he should have a clause inserted in the Legislative Council providing that if these restrictions have not, been already revoked they should automatically go out at the end of, say, two years. Th e Premier said he would take tiie suggestion into consideration. Mr. Sidey, continuing, said ho also considered there should be some limit placed upon the period Cn which trading with the enemy was being prohibited. After midnight. Mr. Massey replied to the debate, in the course of which lie said he hoped that it would not be necessary to keep these regulations in force very long, but lie could not pretend to say how long that would be. The position was that people who respected law and order had nothing to fear from the war regulations. Discussing German trade,Jic said he did not believe any quantity of German goods was coming into this country, and so far as he was concerned he was not anxious to encourage trade with Germany. The Bill was read a third time by 3S votes to 7. The Bill was then passed, and the House rose at 12.47 a.m.