POLITICAL NOTES

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19154, 10 November 1927, Page 10

POLITICAL NOTES

I** »»M B,** WELLINGTON, NoTttßl% Samoan Mandatory I**B. The reason why bonnA . , supplied to the Mandates (w* * tb. League of *«££"??« by the Minister for J-J sent&tives to-day i n of V a cablegram published to-dav i? 8 * *» whether it was true that tration had informed tha u ll " 1 * Commission that it had no to spare Such a sitnaUon Zs* most unbelievable. W6me 4 i!> "It has been the practice ■!»... commencement of the M«JtbS ,, > eminent to forward direct Sr 7 > dividual member of the Pmw, Wth * dates Commission a copy o? Zealand Statute and OrteM*?* Ming to the mandated *£**» every Samoan ordinance/' ffi V Minister. "In addition, threW- tl these documents have CtLSV* cretary-General of the 2L t,tt « Nations for record at headqS " Geneva. The difficulty 1722.« with the recent request of ffSj tary-Genera for bound copies oft documents is that many of theVr Acts, Ordera-in-Council, and Ordi»» are now out of print and are vS? able, and that to reprint ft Statutes, Orders-in-Council, and a* ances merely for the purpose of 2 ing bound volumes would involve 1 heavy expenditure. These down* of course, are sent .a addition toils supply of copies of all annua\ rcponj » lating to the mandated territory." Importation of Shoddy.

In view of the recent revision of & Customs tariff the Industries andC» merce Committee reported to thj'Ha of Representatives to-day thai it to no recommendation to make in tena of the_ thirty petitions asking prohibition of the importation of h priced shoddy material ana elothiiguj the imposition of a slight iner«as« i» the duty to be placed on certain to. ter mat rials. Boads Finance. That New Zealand's s&naal' liaUSb in respect of its roads amißlinta It £1,825,000, and that of M '. W motorists will contribute £030,000 h direct taxation, leaving £895,000 itii to be found'by the local; bodies,'wri points made by the Prime Minister it the House of Representatives; to-night in the course of an analysis of zoadiag finance when speaking on the teeoii reading of the Motor Spirits Bill ' ' The money that will be derived tm the petrol tax will not be used for tie repayment of the capital cost of tki roads," said Mr Coates. "It will bt used primarily for the purpose of nibtaining the roads." It waj all veij. well for men like Sir Joseph:Waid It talk of the capital sum represented I; the petrol tax, but they-surely eotll not advocate borrowing a million i year for roads as a scheme likely to benefit the country, and then! in tti next minute belabour the .Government for borrowing. "We have aeert.;nidi which have been builtwith money provided by long tern lJanß,;flndweliiTt seen that capital • torn; to 1 in'l« years, while -in :|ea yearji nbttiaif i'eoijl be seen of th,e;ioley, invested & «Wi' continued "Mi body has to Mfcbty ena must cotoe nomf; to rbjMit; ernmont hat seen has laid dow&theMicy; payment must be made within.the life of.» road, and that the users of .$•>:«« must pay." '.% .'.V:;-"-*•-: : ' ,^. Motora and Tyres. ; .J

What the effect would have hwiet Customs taxation had all the not* vehicles' and tyres imported into ttelfc minion during the W26 calendar, J* been of British inanufactttre wu'ff plained by the Prime Minister h * House to-night when speaking,** second reading of' the Motor ; BpWi

Taxation Bill. ; ' Mr Coates said the total WJ* L.otor vehicles and tyres for ttatpw was £1.055,(W0 made W/'rg £915,000, and tyres *MmV duty on the vehicles was tmm' £687,000 ordinary or revenue duff,»» £228,000 body or all the vehicles been of Brig'■£ facture the position would Ijmg ordinary, duty - £367,000 body, W £170,000, a total of £537,000. Th«J duty imposed for the **&»s& ference was ordinary duty «g body duty £58,000, a total pf« If aU the tyres had beenT£.«J make the duty would lave^ 000 the extra duty for the gjj preference being * 47 ' o °V T ,XiiMi» vehicles and tyres been.of facture the duty would have WJJ-J", vehicles £537,000, tyres total of £630,000. Thus the exMg for preference P^P o*?* 0 *?* W £ i £378,000, tyres *47,000, a W» £425,000.

New Bills. \^ The Valuation of Land AjMJj Bill and the Education AWHL were introduced in the HoUM of W sentatives to-night. The Minister for Land! «PJ that the Valuation of U* , m entßill P ernuttedtbe«»m^ the valuation roll on **£?%* value in districts where »«££) dusively on clause in the Bill to elect assessors to we Court instead of n S&t The Minister for Education ffhis 1 Bill contained *"s&* cellaneous matters, some or w been generally asked for. -jgj Replying to question i, Wfej, said there was lating to the Nelson System instruction in schools,.but open to any member to meat in that direc ion. SJJ*a* ter had been mentioned, aj deavonr to ascertain M» Cabinet on the question. .