HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 105, 30 October 1931, Page 9

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tho House of Eepresentativesmotiat 2.30 p.m. to-day; Mr. F. v Langstone (Labour, Waimarino) gave notice to ask the Minister of Agriculture whether the Minister or the Gov.etnnient^knew or- approved of the propaganda' being circulated by the Meat Board seeking that the personnel of the board .should.: remain unchanged.

Beplying, to Mr, H. G. Armstrong (Labour, Christehurch East), the Minister of:;' Agriculture (the Hon. D. •Tones) sajd the .Government did. not intend to introduce legislation this session for the registration of tomato growers. '' "■';'.'".'■■' Mr. AY". J.'Poison (Independent, Stratford) . aslcs if': the Government wasaware of the insistence of the Treasury that both the Bural'lntermediate Credits Board and the Intermediate Credits 'Association wore liable for the payment of income tax/and whether steps would ba tajcen to. prevent the rural intermediate; credits system being mulcted in a manner which* had 'Mot been, contemplated: under the legislation ati^'which would: senoiisly: cripplo the operations of tno" board... , ';.,'. The Minister of' Finance (the Hon. iW. Downio Stewart) said he was not in a ppsitio^.fosay whether^the action was in accord •'with the spirit or inten-. tion of .the,l,ej^fa|iqn, but Ja.6 pointed out that.^hß^iura,! advances, section.' paid Jncome,*«&'■•■ ,He, would;look into".. the tnatte^-ii) ,\j;.'c v / ■'%'.•',..■•'' ■■•:'-':-" _.' .-•■..."