PARLIAMENT.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 December 1921, Page 5

PARLIAMENT.

YESTERDAY’S SITTING. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. REPLIES TO QUESTIONS. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The House met at 2.30. Replying to Mr. Holland, who asked if there was to be any radical change in the constitution of the Arbitration Court under the new Bill, the Hon. G. J. Anderson said: “The hon. gentleman is on a fishing expedition. He had better wait till the Bill comes down.” Replying to Mr. Hudson, Mr. Massey said it was proposed to make Tuesday an extra holiday at both Christmas and the Nqw Year. It would require legislation to do it. Replying to Mr. Hanan, Mr. Massey said the recent half million loan raised in London was'all subscribed without being placed upon the market. The rate was six per cent., issued at ninety-nine. The cost of raising the loan was not available at present, but he believed it would be comparatively small. Replying to Mr. McCombs, Mr. Massey said it would be extremely unwise to place another loan on hand in the market for the next five months for the purposes of soldier settlement, and everyone knew that no such loan could be raised in New Zealand just now, as money was very short. LOCAL BILLS. The following local Bills were put through committee, read a third time and passed: Tauranga Harbor Board Empowering Amendment Bill (Hon. Sir W. Kerries) ; Dunedin District Drainage and Sewerage Amendment Bill (Hon. W. D. Stewart) ; Christchurch Tramway District Amendment Bill (Mr Isitt); Auckland City Loans Consolidation and Empowering Bill (Hon. C. J. Parr) ; Judea Land Drainage Board Empowering Bill (Hon. Sir W. H. Herries) ; Taieri River Improvement Amendment Bill (Mr. Edie); Tolaga Bay Harbor Board Empowering Bill- (Mr. Williams) ; Tauranga Borough Council Electric Loan Empowering Blil (Hon. Sir W. H. Herries) ; Invercargill Borough Council Special Rate Empowering Amendment Bill (Hon. J. A. Hanan). DAYLIGHT BAKING. The Labor Bills Committee reported that the Daylight Baking Bill*be not allowed to proceed. Mr. Howard accused the Minister of Labor (Hon. G. J. Anderson) of taking up the position that as employers were opposed to the Bill it could not pass. Mr. Anderson hotly denied this, and said his attitude was that unless bcih parties, (employers and employees) agreed to the principle of the Bill it had no chance of passing this session. Mr. McCombs said it came to their notice that it was useless the employees asking the House to agree to any such legislation. What they'would have to do was to frame a Bill and fake it to the Employers’ Association and ask them to agree to it. Mr. Holland contended this was one of most important Bills before Parliament. It conserved the interests of the workers by enabling them to do during the day what it was not necessary to do at night. It concerned the health of the people by giving them better bread to eat. Night baking was fifty years out of date. VOTE OF CONDOLENCE. At 4.20 the debate was adjourned, and the Premier moved the customary motion of condolences with relatives of the late Hon. P. J. Nerherny, M.L.C. The motion was seconded by Mr. Wilford (Leader of the Opposition), and supported by Hon. C. J. Parr, Messrs. Dickson (Parnell), Jennings, Harris and Savage. The House then adjourned till 7.30.