PARLIAMENT'S WORK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 156, 4 July 1931, Page 12

PARLIAMENT'S WORK.

UNEMPLOYMENT BILL J MEMBERS SYMPATHETIC. | LA ND DEVELOPMENT QUESTION, ffl (By Telegraph.— Parliamentary WELLINGTON, Friday. | An all-day sitting of the House enO : abled members to discuss the general 1 principles of the Unemployment Bill on; 1 the second, reading stage; Though Lab'; our critics predominated, there was || tendency on all sides to examine- tlur: proposals sympathetically. Reform memi bers generally showed appreciation \M the principles adopted, the -Leader of the? Opposition stressing the necessity ofpavinf more attention to land develop. | merit. 0 The Minister of Lands, who said/constructive suggestions would be weK;, coined, offered to confer with Coates on the subject, and stated that; the Unemployment Board had much; wider powers to. deal with the matter--, than the Lands Department. Ho believed; that, where private owners of largo areas of waste lands could not bring > them into production, they should be.,: asked to place a price on the areas they 1 could, not handle, with a view to develop-:, ment under the unemployment schemes.,/. Reform speakers showed concern to 1 ' make expenditure more valuable in ft| national sense, while Labour membersi were uncompromising in their objection to further contributions from workers. It is doubtful whether the House, on resuming on Tuesday, will completo the| debate, but in any case the committee i is likely to be reached on Wed. r nesday. Meanwhile, the Addresß'in>;i Reply debate is suspended.