POLITICAL NOTES

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18429, 9 July 1925, Page 10

POLITICAL NOTES

v- j :::UaL to "the vkess.") 5fW WELLINGTON, July 8, <fc Labourite Versus Independent. . f§l lhe Labour members, who are sneaking vn Mr 11. K. Holland's a <s s *. eonfideiico amendment on the Address- '-* M iu-lu'piy, arc hitting a head Waereve? 's\ they see it. whether among the Liberal* " the I'eformer?. or the Independents. < ~ w* Speaking to-dav Mr O'Brien land) had a tilt at Mr Allan Belt; U»]X Independent member firm the Bay ot> Jl Nnrtlt Bell" Jfr m O'Prion railed him —remarking tkfct« "lhe erstwhile republican" had treated*® 'he House lo an advocacy of on broad Imperial line.-. Oneo Mr was :i member of the Labour Patty. ??jf|J Mr Parrv: Of the Executive. *Si

Mr O'Brien said Mr B'Ml had got Mk»"Jß| to give Labour a thorough slating he spoke in the debate, a><d had «&jl| lapsed after l* minutes. Mr o'firta*lf] seemed to have a grievance agali|tf|S what he must regard as Mr Bell's et- ||| voptioual luck. "1 don't think any ofi§| us," he said, "have had ■ ur opponent removed to the 1 pper HotsfsiSl so that we would have a good run."^|| South Island Requirements. "M Otago members met to-day to arrajjNjS for representation to various MinfcttJ»||| tho matters brought forward by tteui Otngo K.\p:uisioti League. WB Tho question of urging tho GovetaJjl ment to complete the youth Island MjUJt*f§ Trunk railway was discussed, aud ittjng|| agreed to meet the other South Is)lm|M members next Wednesday to discnsi ISi« possibility of a deputation to (yji Government on the subject. - S Unemployment in Christehureh. *«m 'Mr H. T. Armstrong (ChristcbtSldH East) to-day drew the attention of t|§* Prime Minister to tho fact that UWji|i were hundreds of unemployed in -CnEJKS church. He asked if tho would immediately put in hand Rillf works as would give relief during Ibmm winter months. There was a loa d"fs||| which the Heathoote County and the Betumed Soldiers' AssooiatfeS had agreed to give £IOO each U wig Public Works Department would sttV|||| diso it, but ho understood tho work hung up by tho Public Works Demgn| ment. There was a great deal of hitt£|§f ship in" Christehureh as the result -Wj unemployment. He thought the GoYMcijj|§ ment should act as soon as possible. B The Hon. J. G. Coates replied thaiW|| would see what could' bo done. H understood that the soldiers' subsidy Ui| been givcu on. condition that Mw§|| should work on tho Heathcoto road. WM regard to unemployment, he would,itij||| graph to tho district officers tn c» t ino- what work could bo gone on *mM in°the event of unemployment pmlH| a hardship. As soon as ho got formation he would let the hon. moM|||| knoiv what could or could not be *M| Erosion at Napier. - -^H Replying to Mr Mcllvride, who attention to tho serious effects WM erosion at Westshoro on property tn6 >||| and also on the railway works mm inner harbour accommodation, Minister said he would confer withj|ff§ Minister of Marino and have a re wH| prepared for Government purpoaea. JBB hoped that the Napier Harbour Bau||| would be able to co-operate in cheoui|| the trouble which had ariadn, w largely due, probably, to tho innu«M||| of the breakwater on the tidal currei||i Undesirable Immigrants. :vjH In the House to-day the Undeaiw|l|| Immigrants Exclusion Act Amendm«||| Bill was introduced by Mr P. Ft H||ll and read a first timc - v f&a Coalmine Owners and Employees. jg9 Mr O'Brien, Labour member InH Wcstland, iu a speech in the Hou»_jHi day, said tho Minister of Mines mm talked of petty strikes, but ho *|M of one occasion when he (Mr o'£fflffi| was trying to settle a strike.- nBW president of the employers came jgH and told him: "Look here, O'BrieijJfßß aro prepared to spend £50,000 tojjHJ| the light, and, if that is not suntemK wo will put another £50,000 to it»lß| mako a good job of it." <ff|jj "I just mentioned,'* eontmned O'Brien, "that they meant to *t|fln| the men into submission. < Oh > said the president of tho EmptojgW| Federation, I don't want to talkfpßH| that, but wo aro just going to Alleged Poisoning of Animals. Calling himself a zoologist, . ||HH| William Arthur has petitioned ment. Arthur came to the Octobor, 1922, hoping to obtain ment as an attendant at the AneftMfiH Zoo, then on the point of being over by the Auckland City Counca jH|l one Boyd, its previous owner. not get tho job, and though he Jfm present when the Zoo was °P December, 1922, he had never bee»lM| the place since. Anxious to go to MB land he managed to come to WelutJßj and sign on tho Bemuera ia JJa r» Jffl| but was taken off tho steamer teethes and asked to admit ftjgjßJ poisoned » zebra and some m .°*|ffi He complains of rough treatmeet %9J police station and of having bce*.^HJß v,ithout food. "Vou miglit h * T ®SSRI arensic left to poison the All p»§Bj| one detective told him. Tttou released Arthur complains Mayor of Auckland stated receß though no arrest had been fairly clear idea had been gainedJflf the identitv of the person respMWHJ and the publicity given a ff6 « ,o that there would be no repeUtioa f|HJ incident. This, he declares, has IHHI his chance of getting employmcn«JH| particular line, aud he asks for ine investigation into the W* elaring that he was i:i Ham»H««jJBJ time of the crime, and «»Pt™| "for the unjust and made against him for h ! s I arrest, «ud for the harm wluch hj« i tation has suffered." "Wm

is aiiv truth in the rumour nW jB circulated among the cmp-ovee* «■ Aduingtou workshops that the ?lffl| ers' shyp, fitting shop, and °*~|gß partmcnts are to be trans ""SB iiitiside, invotvina also tbo the homes of a lnr<;o number 4|H| ptovees Irani Cnristvtiurcb. &2M >'.r JkComlw wants to Know i«H teutions of the ISorenimentißj™ to aivina to the t.ons of the Commission on fective*. and when the report;«■ presented to Parliament «g| Mr Veiteh wishes to tho Government will ( „re Sir Cieorge Bm-hauan, **«■ in Australia, to report on mem of harbours in tho w^a|