Address-in-Reply

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVI, Issue 162, 26 June 1926, Page 5

Address-in-Reply

The Debate Continued HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 'ADJOURNMENT TILL TUESDAY. (Per Press Association.) Wellington, .Tune 25. When the House of Representalimes resumed at 2.30 this afternoon, Mr. E. J. Howard (Christchurch booth) continued the debate on the Address-in-Reply. He said that in his reply to the leader of the Opposition the Hon. W. I). Stewart had explained something about the censorship of books, but he had evaded the main point made by Mr. Holland —-namely, that there was discrimination against working class books. If any man had a right to “crow’’ over the result of the election, it was the Prime Minister, because the fact that so many of his supporters sat in the House was because the Prime Minister was there. The Labour party had been chided with having a left wing, but after Mr. Ly snap's speech last night it was evident the Reform party had a Left wing too and a wing with few feathers on it. Referring to island trade, he pointed nut that New Zealand now had 27 islands under her jurisdiction, and for th© purpose of facilitating trade between these islands and the mainland, he advocated running n motor shfp as the most economic form of transport, BOY IMMIGRANTS. Mr. R. P. Hudson (Mot nek a) said he did not doubt that the Government was doing the right thing in bringing out public school boys from England, but they were taking a great risk. The boys were just at the age when their careers might he made or marred, and the greatest care should l>e exercised as to the class of farmer into whose employ they were drafted, and, further, there should be suitable people appointed to go round periodically and see these boys, talk to them and discuss pheir prospects with them. Mr. W. J. Jordan said the Government claimed that the large deposits in the Post Office Savings Bank were proof of the people’s confidence in them, but over the last five years withdrawals had been larger than deposits, which was surely proof that the people’s confidence was waning. The. Government had iailed in its duty in the matter of providing the people with homes as they had failect to provide for many suffering people whose families could get no consideration until the breadwinner was dead. Mr V. H. Potter (Roskill) devoted the opening portion of his speech to an explanation of his attitude in connection with the Eden election, find was criticising the motor bus regulations when th© House adjourned at 5.30 p.m.

MOTOR BLS REGULATIONS. When the House resumed at 7.30 Mr Potter continued his denunciation of what he called the “iniquitous’’ motor bus regulations, contending that it was tintair to make city councils, interested parties, the licensing authority. He hoped the Prime Minister would place the regulations beiore the House and give members a free hand to deal with them. Ho condemned the case with Which art unions could be held in Zealand as tending to corrupt the moral sot the young. He demanded a rigid inspection of hotels. 11 a milk vendor puts » quart of clean water in lus milk he is heavily fined, but a publican could do what he likes and there is no inspection worthy of the name. He uw no reason why hotels should not come under the Saturday halfholiday law, and those houses which did not provide accommodation for a reasonable number of the public, their licenses should be cancelled.

Mr Mason (Eden) denounced the • barbarous’’ English marriage law. under which a British woman marrying a foreigner lost her nationality. instancing cases of hardship which arose as a result of New Zealand girls marrying American tailors in New Zealand. These girls were regarded as American citizens and had no recourse to British law. hut in America they were not so regarded and had not recourse to American law in cases of desertion or need of maintenance.

THE MEMBER FOR NAPIER. Mr J. Mason (Napier) returned to the question as to whether the Government was or was not a majority Government, as reported elsewhere in this issue. He maintained that the tanners, instead of having a grouse against the Government tor neglect of their interests, had clearly shown their apperciatfon of the Government’s efforts on their behalf nt the last general election. Mr Mee Ken (Wellington South) declared that in spite oi what the previous speaker said, the fact remained that the Customs duties had been increased, and consequently th© cost of living had been Licreased tn the workers. The adjournment c.f the debate <»as moved by Mr G. W. Forbes find nt 11.17 pin. the House rose till 2.80 on Tuesday.