LATE MESSAGES

Greymouth Evening Star, 21 July 1936, Page 2

LATE MESSAGES

WELLINGTON, July 21

"Wf: will have to ease off for the remainder of the session, so far as legislation is concerned, and take particular notice of the effect of the legislation we have passed,” said Mr. Savage, today. “After that, we will have to give evidence of our ability to correct mistakes, and to be big enough to admit that we have made mistakes, and correct them whenever they appear.” Mr Savage added that if they; found, part of their legislation wrong, they would correct it. Legislation would have to be administered intelligently and sympathetically.

Mr Forbes, interviewed, said that the Opposition would continue to point out any weaknesses in the Government’s legislation. The Opposition would not by any means take up a defeatist attitude, in spite of the Government’s majority, but would criticise where they thought, it was warranted.

WELLINGTON, July 21

Mr Sullivan (Minister of Industries and Commerce) states that he is pleased to note, from the tests carried out by the Research Department, that the strength of wool packs, as produced in the last several months, is nearly double that of jute. Moreover, on cutting and fringeing, loose fibre was less than that of jute, and probably less harmful. He was confident that the experiments being carried out by the Department would lead to such control of the process of manufacture as would provide for a pack of uniform high quality. He was informed that, following the efforts of ■the Research Department, the purchasers of our second-hand woolpacks in England were obtaining £l2 per ton for them, which was more than was paid for jute packs. The used packs were purchased for papermaking.

WELLINGTON, July 21. “The wholesale slaughter on the roads has got to stop,” said Mr. Semple, to-day. “Since the Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill was introduced, early in June, there have been 47 deaths on the road, caused by motor accidents, and the number of hit-and-run accidents has doubled. It has got to be stopped.”

He said that he was satisfied that

, 90 per cent, of these fatalities were I preventible. As soon as the Bill is 4 passed, he intends to call all interested parties to discuss the initiation of a Dominion-wide safety-first campaign. The Bill had received an excellent re- , ception from local bodies, and only ' minor amendments had been suggest-