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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 3 November 1924, Page 2

PARLIAMENT.

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. (BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATIONWELLINGTON, Nov. 1. House met at 11 aim. Replying to Mr. J.. A. Young, Hon. W. A. Norsworthy said that the passage of the Honey Export Control Bill this session rested entirely with the House. If there were no oppisition to it. the Government was prepared to go on with the measure. Replying to Mr. Wilford, Hon. Pomare, said he was astonished to hear that a responsible gentleman like Dr. Campbell Begg should have said the hospitals of the Dominion were inefficient.’’ Our hospitals were not inefficient; they stand on a very high level, as was evident by the testimony of eminent men from all parts of the world. He would go further into the charge and make a public statement later on. Replying to Mr. Macpherson, Hon. W. A. Norsworthy said that after February next the Government did not propose to have anything to do with wheat control beyond maintaining the duty previously announced. He thought the Government should get out of the wheat business as early as possible. Hon. C. J. Parr moved that the House disagree with the amendment made by the Legislative Council in the Education Amendment Bill, placing still further limitations on the removal of teachers. Personally, he agreed with the amendment, but unfortunately the Teachers’ Institute was opposing it. A committee was set up to prepare reasons for disagreeing. THE LAST BILL. Hon. A. D. McLeod moved the second reading of the “Washing Up” Bill, explaining that most of the clauses were departmental. The second reading was agreed to on the voices, and the House went into committee to consider the individual clauses