PARLIAMENT.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 October 1921, Page 5

PARLIAMENT.

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. ADDRESS-IN-REPLY DEBATE. THE DISCUSSION OVER. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The Legislative Council met at 2.30 p.m. The Juries Act Amendment Bill (the Hon. J. Macgregor) was read a first time. The Hon. G. J. Garland continued the Address-in-Reply debate, paying a tribute to the robust commonsense of the Prime Minister and defending the Government policy in connection with soldier settlement and Samoa. He hoped the Main Road Bill would provide for feeding instead of competing with the railways. The Hon. Snodgrass said all should unite to carry out the ideas of the Gov-ernor-General’s speech. The people would no doubt be asked to boar a heavier burden under the new tariff and in the present financial conditions they ought to be prepared to do so. He supported the Government’s proposal in regard to main highways and forestry. Sir Francis Bell thanked members for their appreciation of the recent administration of the Government, but he said this was not a personal matter, for he was merely the spokesman of Cabinet as a whole. Referring briefly to a suggestion that the Forestry Bill made no provision foA‘ demarcation, he explained that the ordinary practice was reversed in New Zealand. The system was that huge areas were proclaimed provisional State forests, and out of these lands the department, with the consent of the Forestry Department, took areas suitable for settlement.

The Hon. Campbell replied briefly and the Address was agreed to. The Council adjourned at 4.4 p.m.