HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 24, 28 July 1927, Page 13

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

"I A h» Houae of Representatives mot ;lat 2.30 p.m. 'L r- t T \M- Gilford (Hntt) gave notice 3to introduce the Hutt River Board jjUear Island.Empowering Bill <] Mr. W. A. Veitch (Wanganui) gave :;,< notice to introduce the Dairy Exrnort i* Control Amendment Bill. '-.. Mr. J. A. Nash (Palmerston North) *gave notice to ask for a return showing ,"Ithe cost of operating the London and „'JNew Zealand offices of tho Dairy Board, i = and the honorarium paid to the chaircjman of the board. ?-J Mr. H. G; Dickie (Patea) gave notice •jto ask tho Minister of Agriculture he would consider the question l^of reducing the membership of the -Dairy Control Board, seeing that tho £ board had 'abandoned absolute control. ;I Mr. Veitch gave notice to ask for a £ return showing the cost of Royal Com- ■> missions from 1923 to 1927. . - ■■: Mr. H. Atmore (Nelson) gave notice ; ; to move an amendment to the Religious -^Exercises in Schools Bill when the '-{(Bill was in Committee. & Mr. D. Jones (Ellesmere) gave notice |-3to ask whether local bodies would be .ssble to amalgamate their general and £loan accounts. / i'; Mr. Veitch gave notice to ask for a '_: return showing amounts received by • members of tho various export control .-'jjboards. . . . (i\ Mr. W. S. "Glenn. (Rangitikoi) asked '^the Prime Minister whether it would ijbe reasonable for the Railways Depart-?>inent-to confer, with tho Highways /;Board with a, view of bituminising rail,Jjwny crossings." ■i? Mr. Coates said the suggestion, was fj worth consideration. It was intended : to remove all dangerous crossings, but {that could not be done all at once. The [v Railway Department, Highways Board, tV and local bodies would bear part of the ■ ; cost. • ■. r: In reply to Mr. Wilford, Mr. Coates > said, he would be glad, to ascertain what position was in regard to the Tail-: crossing at Petone. £jThe Sight to Work Bill (Mr. P. ;.j£Fraser) was introduced and read a •ijnrst time. ■ ••.. 'fj Mr. Coates said he hoped to move ijfor the • setting up of the Industries :>and Commerce Committee next week. jU There was no particular urgency about "^the- matter. C AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES. ,f; Moving the second reading of the "'.^Canterbury College and Canterbury College Amendment Bill, ;'sthe Minister of Agriculture (the Hon. ;JO. J. Hawken) said that an agreement rijregarding the status: of Lincoln College ifihad been arrived at during the recess. College had carried on valuable Kvork. He agreed that there should be •..^limitations in regard to the amount of ;«jmoney to be spent on agricultural edu■Heation, but such education would not >:-jbe carried out on the expenditure of '.'a little money. Lincoln College was -"jbeing given a status of university stanand it would, be of equal stand--,-.jing to the college in the North Island. ;iYJPhe contribution of £.10,000 which was ',-jto be made annually to Lincoln College and the. £3700.a year.for.research : />jwork were ■essential, especially when yjt was realised how costly research work ]3was in other countries. The amount of ■'J£3700 was .not too much. "Canterbury ij.-jCollege would benefit in regard to sub._*jsidies on gifts in exactly the same way -:>is the North Island College. The Bill, ,;9ie considered, would satisfy tho South (..^lsland, and" would put agricultural education on- a higher plane in the South' ;';usland. ■ . ': ■:% Mr. E. J. Howard. (Christehurch said that the Bill would meet *twith the approval of the South Island;

He dissented, from the view that bad been .expressed that log-rolling had been at work in connection with the Bill. The Bill was-the result of a eonferenee which took place after last session. In the Irish Free State there were two Agricultural Colleges—one at Dublin and one at Cork. Apparently there had been some disagreement in the Free State over the establishment of a second college, but it had been set up, and it was pleasing to find that in the older countries recognition was being given to the importance of scientific instruction in agriculture. Mr. Howard believed that when the day came for agriculture to be developed in South Africa that country would become a serious competitor with New Zealand in the English market. The time was coming when they would have to look. to science to come to the aid of the producer so that production could be developed. This would be ■more necessary than trying to achieve the same object by extending the hours of labour of farm employees. ■ Mr. Howard believed the time would come when this country could stand alone in production and in feeding itself. Mr. Howard, however, did not believe it right that we should stand alone in everything as it would be neeessai?y to exchange foodstuffs for other commodities that could be obtained, more cheaply elsewhere. (Left Sitting.)