PARLIAMENT

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 5, 6 July 1928, Page 11

PARLIAMENT

.. TO-DAY'S PROCEEDINGS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL The Legislative Council mot at 2.30 p.m. to-day. The Hon. Sir James Allen sought to introduce the Church of England Em■powering Bill, to give effect to the compromise recently arrived at by Synod in "respect to the fundamental 'clauses of the constitution, of the Church, but the JBill was ruled inadjuissablo, as Standing Orders had not been complied with. ■■'" Tho Methodist Theological Colloge Bill ;was' introduced on tho motion, of ;tho.Hon.-L. M. Isitt and read the first time. ■ . ■.''..■ The, Actdress-in-Beply debate was continued'by the Eon. W. H. M'lntyro, ■'who '- paid a tribute to the Bight Hon. Sir. -.Robert Stout for his speech ; in moving the motion. : Tho speaker challenged Sir Robert's remarks: in regard to liquor, smoking, etc., and-suggest-ed that New Zealand would not bo such nil admirable, country if liquor and tobacco ,wero. excluded. .Ho submitted that a man' was entitled to a "drink ; if ho wanted it; so long as lie did not drink to excess "the' money he spent iv moderation would not affect the home.. f . The. manner in which the traffic Vas controlled to-day did not justify the'introduction- of Prohibition.'1. 'Tho; drinking of .tea to. excess . had;.jjnst;as bad an effect on the human ..system.,as,-the drinking of liquor to excess. He disputed the statement tlrat liquor had no- health value, and quoted' ti medical opinion in support iof ...this contention. . Certain eminent men. did not regard liquor when taken in moderation. as being bad for the race. "Mr. M'lrityre said lie was afraid that, it, would, tako a long time to persuade' ;,i'th'o people-, to adopt tho means of effecting economy advocated by "Sir" Bobert, "who had urged, the setting aside of Is a.day from birth iis ' provision against a rainy day. ; ■ (Proceeding.) .