NEW DEPARTURE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 237, 7 October 1933, Page 18

NEW DEPARTURE.

GENEVA DECISIONS.

LEGISLATION BEFORE HOUSE. (By Telegrap'j.—Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, this day. For the first time in the history of tho Dominion legislation has been brought before Parliament embodying decisions of the League of Nations. In the past, international agreements, such as the Locarno Pact and the Kellogg Pact, have been ratified by a resolution of the House.

The second reading of the Arbitration Clauses (Protocol) and the Arbitration ( Foreign Awards) Bill was moved by the Prime Minister, the Et. Hon. G. W. Forbes, yesterday afternoon. The purpose of the measure, as explained by the Prime Minister, is to enable arbitration awards made between the nationals of foreign countries and New Zealanders to be enforceable in the Dominion.

Mr. H. E. Holland, Leader of the Opposition, asked wily the delay had occurred in bringing the matter before the House. The first provision was made at Geneva ten years ago, and had been ratified by the King three years ago. However, it was a wise provision, and there could be no objection to it.

The Prime Minister said that the reason for the delay was that there had been no particular urgency about the matter. There was no pressing need for it at the moment, and it might be years before it had to be invoked. It was, however, a matter of international agreement. The measure was read a second time.