PARLIAMENT

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 130, 29 November 1932, Page 9

PARLIAMENT

TODAY'S PROCEEDINGS

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

The Legislative Council met at 2.30

The National Expenditure 'Adjustment Bill was read a second time pro forma and referred to the Statutes Revision Committee. In moving; the second reading of the .Wellington City Empowering "Bill, the -, Eight Hon. Sir Francis Bell said'that . the Bill provided for the unexpended portions of loans raised for particular works on.other Works. The unexpended balance of the loan raised for waterworks was £113,000. The money had been saved on the Wainui-o-mata scheme, and was to be used for further waterworks. The present law did npt [require a poll for the diversion of unexpended money, but the City Council was. asking for the insertion of a > tolause for the taking.of a poll.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-

TIVES

The House of Eepresentatives mot at g.30 p.m. to-day. ;

Mr. B. McKeen (Labour, Wellington South.) gave, notice to ask the Prime Minister whether he would make a statement, indicating when the Government intended to continue payment of annual increments to civil servants.

Notice of his intention to introduce the Local Body Officers Bill was given by the Minister of Internal Affairs (the Hon.-. A..Hamilton). The Minister of Native' Affairs (the Hon. Sir Apirana jSfgata) gave notice of his intention to . introduce the Cook Islands Amendment Bill/. . . . . WHEAT SUBSIDY RENEWAL. . '~3slr. E. F. Healy (Government, Wailau) gave : notice %o ask the Prime Minister (a) What action, if any, the Government proposed to take with re-, spect, to a renewal of the wheat subsidy, and whether ~in the event of the subsidy being continued it- was likely to Tie at the present, or at a higher or a lower rate: (2) Whether" tho Government had any detailed information respecting the provisions of the Financial Relief Bill recently iiitrodueed in the Commonwealth Parliament providing £1,700,000, in .taxation relief £.2,000,000 in aid of wheat growers, ;£250,000" for other farmers, ' and .£400,000 in • pension relief, and .whether irrespective of what was protposod in Australia,, tho Government proposed this, session to make any provision for relief by reduction of taxation or' otherwise (apart from interest and rent reductions and mortgagors and tenants relief) of tho farming , (community. ' - . " ... lO .Further amendments to tho Mortgagors and Tenants Further Relief Bill were introduced by Governor-General's Message,.

The Local Legislation Bill and tho Reserves and Other Lands District Bill *—two "washing-up" Bills—were also introduced by Governor-General's Message and read a first time.