HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES..

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 14 October 1922, Page 7

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES..

The House met at 2.30 p.m. Replying to Mr. R. P. Hudson (Mottfessa)v the Hon, G. J. Anderson saidl" no alteration bad been made in the law regarding the coal mining royalty. 'A,clause was recently inserted in the Mining Bill to check speculative dealing in coal leases, but-iio check had been placed on legitimate mining, and never would! Bse, Replying to the Bon. J. A. Hanan (Invercargill),- Mr.. Massey said to the best of his recollection there was about j £1,000,000 outstanding as death duties, most of which, however, was interestbearing. He would; have a return of the actual amount prepared and presented to tEe House:-. In reply to Dr., 11. T. Thacker (Christchmch East), Sir M. Pomare said it was Hoped shortly to establish a system of wireies-s telephony between the outer islands^ of the Cook Group, j by which it> was Hoped: much loss in j . fruit for export would be avoided. He j had been advised that a shipment of i 7000 cases of fruit.was awaiting ship- | ment at Rarotonga,. which- was a record ; for the islands,. Sir John Luke, as chairman of the' Labour Bills Committee, reported that the Daylight Baking Bill should not be allowed to proceed. Tile report was agreed to. The. Aged and' Infirm Persons Protection Bill was passed1 through the com- . mittee stage without amendment, read a third time, and1 passed1. I The House rose at 11.5 p.m. till 7.30 p.m. on Monday_