HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 63, 11 September 1924, Page 6

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

The House of representatives met af 2.30 p.m. : ■ Messrs. R. P. Hudson (Motueka) and H. Atmore (Nelson) presented petitionin opposition-to., the-BWt Control Bill The petitions wore referred to the Viicultura], Pastoral, and Stock Conimi'--tee. . ?*v" '■?• •■/• W "Shfc (Wellington Sub, urbs) asked the Prime Minister whether he had received proposals from persons in ..Wellington to erect ICO four-roomed' .concrete cottages with kitchenettes at ±-950 ( each, including the land, provided the Government,would provide the necessary finance. -'-.... 7 Mr. /Massey' replied that he thought it would b 0 better if the question were put on the Order Paper, as. it was a. far too important one to be answered right away. It.would be better for the • gentlemen concerned -to submit their proposals to the Department and have them considered'there. Regarding the question of exchange,, the, Tfon. J.. A; Planan (Invcrcargill) asked the Pnm e Minister what was the character of the Central -Bank proposed to he established, and to which he had referred when'replying-, to Mr. ;Lvsnar yosterday. ... „ , , ..":.■■ '- Mr. Massey. said the idea cfr a Reserve Bank or Central Bank was a bank "that might be doing ordinary business with those people who might bo doing business" with .other hanks. The banks, as' far as exchanges' were concerned,' would deal with the Reserve Bank.. The Minister of Marine presented the annual report of the Marine Department. : . / (Left sitting.): -