HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 100, 25 October 1933, Page 11

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

The Hptise of Bepresentatives met ■t. 2i3o"p".mi. today. Mr. . ;K-1' McDougall (Independent, Mataura) asked the Minister of Finance whether he would delay the Beserye Bank' of New Zealand Bill until the'return to New Zealand of the Hon.W.Bownie Stewart, who was; a' financial expert. ■ " No,' sir," was the brief reply of Mr. Coates. \ The' Hon. A. D. McLcod (Government, Wairarapa) gave notice to mfk whether it was d fact that special unTemunerativo railway; freiglits wer6 ■being carried on certain lines of dairy produce between Auckland and-Wel-lington; if it was correct that tho rates : ■were granted as a result of representaitions made by Mr. W. Goodfcllow; if it was. correct that the rates had been made on the assumption of trade with America, and if it was correct that the cheap'-rates were being used to carryon/ unfair competition with stores in which it wa« stated that Mr. Goodf ellowr had a personal interest. ' Would an inquiry be- made? . Mr. J. O'Brien (Labour, Wcstland) gave notice1 to ask tho Minister in Charge of tho Inspection of Machinery Act, if he would bring in an amendment to that Act for tho purpose of removing existing anomalies. Under the Inspection of Machinery Act as it was'at present constituted the holder of a winding engine-driver's certificate might drive a very large two cylinder winding engine, and perhaps raise and lower hundreds of men per day in a mine shaft; but if one cylinder of the engine were coupled to a sawmill the same certificate would not bo allowed to tako charge of it. The same applied to a locomotive engine-driver's certificate, which would allow a driver to drive a locomotive drawing a train, but would not allow him to do so if the sarno engine was used as a stationary engine, (Proceeding.)