BAY IN PARLIAMENT
DAIRY LEGISLATION
A start was made in the House of Representatives yesterday afternoon with the debate on the second reading of the Agriculture (Emergency Powers) Bill, which proposes to give legislative effect to the Dairy Industry Commission's report for the reorganisation of the control of the industry and also to set up a Council of Production and Trade. The Bill is being sponsored by the Minister of Agriculture (the Hon. C. E. Macmillan), . who outlined the main features of th> measures) and he was followed by ijje Leader. ■ of-'tho Opposition (Mr. M. J. Savage), who moved' a hostile amendment on the grounds that farmers required immediate financial assistance, audthat no aid in this direction was contained in the Bill, Mr. W. J. Poison (Government, Stratford), who is president of the NewZealand Farmers' Union, indicated his intention of voting, for the Labour amendment. No other Government member had taken part in the debatd when the House adjourned at 11.46 p.m. It is expected that the Minister of Finance (the Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates) will enter the lists ' today. . ' '
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 105, 31 October 1934, Page 12
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181BAY IN PARLIAMENT Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 105, 31 October 1934, Page 12
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