PARLIAMENT.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 October 1920, Page 5

PARLIAMENT.

YESTERDAY'S PROCEEDINGS, . THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. By Telepaph.—Press Assoclntlon. Wellington, Last Night. The Legislative Council met at 2,30 p.m.

Amendments proposed hy the Gov-ernor-General to the Westport Harbor Bill, and already agreed to by the House o£ Representatives, were adopted. An amendment proposed by the Gov-ernor-General to the Military Service Bill, and adding a reference to the payment of a gratuity in certain circumstances, was also adopted. The Incorporated Societies Amendment Bill, providing for the incorporation of branches of registered societies, was road a second time. The Council rose at 5.6 p.m. »

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. A REPORTED LOAN. The House of Representatives met at 2.30 a.m. Replying to Mr. W. H. Field (Otaki), Mr. Massey said he did not know anything more of the reported American loan to Australia and New Zealand than appeared in the cables. The rate of interest and the terms had not been mentioned, and the whole matter seemed exceedingly vague. He, however, hoped we would be able to raise all the money required within the Dominion; that would be better than going outside.

WORK AHEAD. In the course of a statement the Premier said the following Bills were in course of preparation, and would probably be submitted to the House:—Housing Amendment; Finance; Bank of New Zealand; Life Insurance Amendment; Factories Amendment; Education Amendment; Railways Amendment; Public Works and Electric Power Loan; Nurses Registration; Patents. .Amendment; Local Railways; Public Works Amendment; Land Drainage Amendment (fencing drains); Seeds Amendment; Orchards and Garden Diseases; Noxious Weeds Amendment; Rabbit Amendment; Rotorua Town; Control of Main Roads; Greymouth Harbor Board; Films Censorship Amendment; Stone Quarries Amendment; Iron and Steel Industries; Births and Deaths Registration; Inspection of Machinery Amendment; Harbors Amendment; Cook, Islands Amendment; two Washing-Uo, Bill?, and an Appropriation Bill.

MEAT MARKET. ARMOURS' LICENSE QUESTION. The House then resumed the debate on the report of the Agriculture and Stock Committee recommending that no meat export license be granted to Armour and Co. Mr. D. Jones (Kaiapoi) said the whole of the objections to the petitioners were aimed from middlemen who wished to crush out competition.

Mr. (.{. Witty (Riccarton) also supported the petition. He maintained that if we desired to sell meat in America it was only fair that American companies should be able to buy in New Zealand. Competition of this kind meant that the farmers got the full market price for their produce. Mr. W. T. Jennings (Waitomo) strongly supported the petition, because the granting of their license would give farmers the fullest market price for their produce. The opposition to the petition was simply one tni9t opposing another.

Mr. W. D. Powdrell (Patea) waa against a monopoly of any kind. Cooperation was the proper precaution against trusts; co-operation was what made the North Island what it was. If the South Island producers had relied on their own capital and their own resources instead of selling to big companies, they would have been in a better position to-day. He preferred keeping Armour and Co. in America.

Mr. S. G. Smith (Taranaki) opposed the introduction of trusts into the Dominion.

Mr. H. R Holland (Buller said the discussion had revealed that there was a contest yoing on between two sets of capitalists. The Labor Party was out and; out against the introduction of trusts into the Dominion.

The discussion was again interrupted by the «">.30 p.m. adjournment. Tn the evening the Public Works Statement was brought down, and the remainder of the sitting was occupied bv a discussion on the land laws, The House rose at 11.15 p.m., until 7.30 p.m. on Monday.