TIMBER FREIGHTS

Grey River Argus, 30 June 1925, Page 5

TIMBER FREIGHTS

PUTS PREMIUM ON IMI’OKiA TIONs. WELLING !O '. June 2‘J. “The New Zealand Railway tai ’, on timber practically nullifies the eifect on the protective duty,” said Mr A. Seed, Secretary of the New 7.< :i land Federated Sawmillers’ Association to-day,” and puts a prem.u... " the imported article over the Nea Zealand product.” Mr. Seed stated that a meeting ot tho executive of the Sawmillers As sociatiou would be held in Wellmg ton on July Bth, when, amongst other things, the effect on the industry c *thc railway tariff increase, which amounts roughly t° 20 P CI cent, will be considered, following which, a deputation will wait on .w Minister of Railways in protest. Most of the timber used in Wellington, foi * instance, he explained was in lied HI Ohakune. The present freight per hundred superficial feet rom Ohakune to Wellington was Is 9d. hi- . new freight placed it at . d amL as tile protective duty amounted w I 2s per hundred feel, tins meant •■ I reduction in tho amount of practu a I. protection by 50 per cent.

STILL ON THE RAIL ! LIBERALS EXPOSED No-Confidence Motion Sprung by Labour (Special to Argus). WELLINGTON, June 2'l Labour sprang a uo-eoiilidcnce .notion on the House to-night, when [io Government proposed io go ml.. Comniitlee-ol’-Sujiply on the Itnpie.. Bill. The Liberals did not vote, ami it. Government defeated I,about’ hv . votes to 17. Tho debate was short and simppi. Mr. M. J. Savage, the Labour member lor Auckland West, w;.-, the mover of the No-Coni.deme •notion, Hie words of which motion , oil iimeu no political enibelishment. but saw merely that there was “no roiii.,eii..>n tho administration ol ‘lie Government.” “I don’t want to go into the thousand and one sins of the Government,” said Mr. Savage. 'ln nose days of political courtship : ml possible marriage, it is just as well to know where one stands!” Mr. Savage added that to oc did hb was “just a little bit at sea on that point, and he was sure tinCOUNTRY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW the position so he would leave it at that, taking it that, later on, rhe House would have an opportunity ot discussing the big questions ol the day. Mr. E. J. Howard (Christeliuic.. South) : “I second the amendment 1 don’t intend to delay me House. Everyone understands why we lire against the Government.’’ [TIE •MIDDLE OE THE ROAD The Liberal Leader, Mr. T. M \. ford, saixl that, hearing that tin. amendment was to be moved, he Im-, put his reply into writing. At the present time, the Party led by him, the. Liberal Party, and the Government were in negotiation to see il • ■ was possible to see if a working :iiruiigement to have one party coup; be evolved. ’Whether those negotiations would be successful or would fail NO ONE KNEW at present. No one could say. yet. whether the Government would hav? as partners the Party which he (Mr Wilford) had the honour to lead. >1 was QUITE IMPOSSIBLE tor the Liberals to vote with the (government Oil a motion of no eonli donee, or to vote with the l.aboiu Party and he proposed to follow the course recently taken at Home. ane. decline to vote. HOLLAND’S API <T... ,<>s The Labour Leader, Mr. H. I'. H" 1 land said ho did not propose to dicuss’ the Leader of the Opposition ' decision to retreat, at this stage. H merely wanted to make a. quotation, which he thought was applicable. The quotation, which was from a passage winch Disraeli hurled at Peel ran as follows.—“ Somethin u lias risen up in this country as fatal in the political world as it has been in the landed world of Ireland. We have a great parliamentary niiddl••man. It is well known what a ' middle man is. He is a man who bamboozles one party ami plunders the other, till, having obtained a position to which he is not entitled, he cries out: “Let. us have no part,' question, but fixity of tenure . “I think,” added Mr. Holland, “we will leave if at that.'’ Mr. Wilford: ' You will be quoting | Nir. Massey next.'’ Mr Peter Fraser: “Got no home’ Got no friends; thankful lor evriv tiling the good Lord sends! LIBERALS SCAMPER AWAY While the division, bells were ring mg, the whole of those who sit >n the Liberal side of the House, except Mr. Hugh Poland, retired from the Chamber. “The only one!” said a Labour _ member. ONLY ONE LEFT! “The last of tile Liberals!” called another. “I never saw the Liberal benches look so well!" said Mr Fraser. Then Mr. Atmore came in. and took his scat on the Opposition side of the Chamber. ATMORE GOES OVER. Mr. Atmore voted with the Go\eminent. Mr. Poland voted against the Government Otherwise the voting was Labour versus the Government, and Laiiov.i was beaten by 36 votes to 17. When the. voting was over, the 1 I berals returned to tho Chamber. IS FUSION LIKELY. STRANGE SILENCE. WELLINGTON, June 29. After the fusion conference, Mr Young’s bald statement, conveyed absolutely nothing to- the public about the

I .eiitl ihr discussions arr taking, bi ('apparently when so many meetings a; necessary, the path of progress is m • ... > ■ . I’cssilily lhr eond « 1 ions which llm Li i.erais Im\ c lai | down are regarded as impossible by th Reform Party, or vice vrisa. Ono feature is interesting, viz., th obvious eagerness of the leading Lil. era Is Io get, an arrangement fixed u] at the earliest possible moment, ai eagerness indicating either that tin Liberals realise they are in bad <as.« in the country, or that they wish h >e in a position at an early date 1< criticise th.. Government, ami. perhap; to move a no-con lidence inolimi. a the meantime, members arc keep iiig their u'Aii counsel and nothing ha? leaked out I font either th,» caucus <>J the delegates’ meetings. It will now be for Ihe icidcrs of each Party t< say whether it is necessary to hold further caucus meetings to i-onsidci whatever reports may be submitted from the delegates. In rcfermice to last meeting, therP can. of course, be no question ot coal ition, and it becomes more and more evident that the question of fuse a cannot be definitely decided until a general election has taken place. LET COUNTRY DECIDE. Dr W. A. Chapple, a former member of the New Zealand Parliament, and of the House of Commons, points out in regard to the present situation that there is only one authority qualified in right and in power to do the sitting, and that is the electorate itself. No man and no caucus and no I ait' bo. s. he says, should be permitted to usurp the right of a constituency to make its own selection through th,, medium ~f th,, ballot, box of the man who is t„ represent the majority in Parliament. Iml if n Reform candidate and Liberal candidate, and a. Labour candidate come up to the tape, it im” well lie that in many constituencies Labour candidate ”' !IV nin. because of the nphttni. of votes between the lie inn the Liberal candidates. He s-uggi ■ ~,,.f, voting ns a way out, but ,„ a „v members of the New Zealam Parliament see dangers in that meth„f voting and would never agi“ to it. LATER WELLINGTON, .lune 2'J. t.ciag approached, Mr Nouug, k .., d er of The Reform section of th" f.ei,,,. Conference, stated that as requested by both part.es, the was resumed nt S p.m. <>» ■ urdav AU the delegates «<” 1 ' t „ thev again entered mt.o scut, hen ln< \ , blv earnest and iriendly urn thoroughly i.n" l ”' fasioii Hid,-ration ol the 'l'"'” , a X™; tirinGpi'ls. tb( . fjberal ft is understood tlm ... ~,4 ~i 4 p.m. to-dax. larty will meet, .h ‘ l WAKATIPU SEAT. REEOI!ME R to’TpFose liberal. DUNEDIN, Juno 29 ■ " ' sX .’rdav who contested Hie 4- ....M -It last election against nXr, was una— y as the Reform candidat. i tlir t'eneral election. Wakatipu at tin ANOTHER RF.rORMJ’’ l! . TO OPPOSE A LIBERAL. CHRISTCHUIUTi, June 29. Mr N 1). Campbell a prominent North Canterbury farmer and a «> X g . tho Hurunui seat tn t"' e-eetmn. labour caucus I — on WELLINGTON, Jum* -J. nf the Parliamentary \ caucus ot me . \ ... P-irtv was held on baturd.n ”• ,r Mr II E. Holland presiding, uuwnwg M. ■ vorcpre9O nt A ” r Choral matters eon,g the party and the work of the session were discussed, but. the ies ~f the discussion was not officinally dis closed .