THE SESSION REVIEWED

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10463, 30 October 1911, Page 5

THE SESSION REVIEWED

BY SIR JOSEPH WARD.

By —JssorAation

WELLINGTON, Last Night

. In introducing the Appropriate Hill last night, Sir Joseph Ward, briefly referred to the work done during the session. This, he opined, would be of groat value to the counHe instanced the Widows' Pension Bill, a measure which had. been, adopted in no other country. The State Note Issue Bill would also be of considerable value to the Dominion, and in his opinion would make for a material improvement in the condition of the country in the case of a crisis taking place. He went on to say that . the proposed system of Farmers' Co-operative 7 Banks was going to help the small farmers by enabling them to get that help which , not infrequently they would not get;; from private lending institutions. Ihe: amendment to the Death' Duties Act: would be th§ 4 means of producing taxation from-estates, which in the pasfr had not contributed to the revenue.. The assistance given to the oil industry would, he believed, prove of practicable value, and assist in putting the industry on a commercially sound basis, separate from the monopolies, of other countries. Not; only had exploration work been carried out, but help had. been given in the remission of the. customs duty on imported machinery for oil-boring purposes. In this connection lie stated that a new and much quicker system of boring had been invented, and would soon be at work there. The result, he believed, would be to develop the industry to an extent not hitherto con : teniplated. He was sorry that they had no been able to carry out the leg-; jslation proposed for the development of the iron industry. The Govern.ment would go carefully into the matter during the recess. If it could be done on a proper basis, it would be a good thing if the iron industry was established in the Dominion, and he, believed that eventually it would be a good asset to the Dominion.