WORK OF SESSION

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXX, Issue 4873, 21 July 1936, Page 4

WORK OF SESSION

RESUMPTION TO-DAY. FUTURE LEGISLATION. Plans are now complete for the resumption of the first session of New Zealand’s 25th Parliament to-day. The Prime Minister, Mr. Savage, stated that no time will be lost in getting down to important business. Early Legislation. The whole of the legislative programme for the balance of the session had not been completed, the Prime Minister continued, but he agreed that the following Bills were scheduled for fairly eai’ly introduction : Finance Bill, providing for the restoration of wage and salary cuts made by general order in 1931. Mortgage Readjustment Bill, basing all mortgages on the guaranteed price for dairy products. Prevention of Profiteering Bill, providing for the establishment of a judicial tribunal to control and regulate commodity prices. Industry Promotion and Efficiency Bill, providing for the licensing of industry, with State aid in the promotion of new industries. State Highways Bill, placing approximately 4000 miles of main highways under the direct control of the State. Pensions Bill, providing for inci'eases in pensions and the payment of invalidity pensions, both to date from July 1. Farm Labour Bill, embodying the agreement reached between the farmers’ representatives and the Government regarding wages and conditions on dairy farms. Amendments to the Woi’kei’s’ Compensation Act, with probable provision for a minimum rate of compensation. A Bill for the amalgamation of local bodies where desirable.

Restoration of the Cuts.

Some details of the Finance Bill were discussed yesterday by the Minister of Finance, Mr. Nash, who said that although the restoration of salary and wages cuts was the most important aspect of the measure, several other matters were dealt with in the Bill. The Government’s aim as disclosed in the Bill was that the restoration of the cuts should apply to all workers to whom it could be made to apply. As previously announced, the restoration would be retrospective to July 1, and provision was made in the Bill for dealing with any anomalies that might arise.