PARLIAMENT

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 1 August 1925, Page 5

PARLIAMENT

BUDGET DEBATE

NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION.

AGAIN DEFEATED. JZ UAlihiJ aoouCaax'lOA -LUiT i liAGli A WELLINGTON, July 31. The House ot Representatives met at 2.30 p.m. the debate on the Budget was resumed. Air M. J. Savage (Auckland West) devoted the greater part of his speech to elaborating Eabour’s land policy. vVhat the Labour Party proposed to do was to prevent inflation of land values by preventing land speculation, and to illustrate how tney proposed to do this he proceeded to enunciate the planks in Labour’s land policy as follow: (1) Conservation of ; national endowments, which he took to mean that there would be no more alienation of Crown lands; (2) recognition of the interests of the whole community in land byland tenure leased on occupancy and use, which will secure to the farmer the full fruits of his labour; (3) a toilant’s absolute right to improvements; (4) securing to the community of all values created by. the community; (5) elimination of exploitation of a settler by establishing a State bank; (6) State valuation of land and transfers to be effected by the State; (7) prevention 6f the present wasteful methods of dealing with our timber supplies; (8) aU virgin lands to be prepared for occupancy by the State before settlement; (9) the State to undertake all development work and give improved access in rural districts by an increased graduated tax on large estates; (10) every encouragement to all forms of agricultural co-operation; (11) shipping and marketing facilities. Mr W. D. Lysnar (Gisborne) said that so far as fusion was concerned it had failed, and he hoped it would be dropped. He would not say who was responsible for its failure, but he would go to the country as an independent and let the people decide. He favoured Imperial trade in all its branches. He was alarmed at the rapid increase in German imports, and favoured a heavy duty on German goods, particularly as we were not getting our share of the German indemnity money. He favoured more use being made of the British Government trading scheme, under which money was to be found for use in the Dominions free of interest.

At the close of Mr Lvsnar’s speech a. division, was taken on Mr T. K. Sidey’s no-confidence amendment, which was rejected by 32 votes to 28, Labour voting with the Liberals. The debate was continued till 9.4 A n.m., when th© House adjourned till 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday.