MEAT CONTROL BILL

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 4012, 11 August 1931, Page 2

MEAT CONTROL BILL

CLOSURE EFFORT FAILS AGAIN WELLINGTON, August 4Tho interrupted debate on the second reading of Mr W. D. Lysnar s Meat Export Control Amendment BUI was continued when the House resumed at 7.30 p.m., and the Reform members again spoke in opposition to the measure After speeches by Messrs I*. Waite (Clutha), A. Harris (Waitomata), and A. E. Ansell (Chalmers), Mr T. Makitanara (Southern Maori) ruse and intimated his desire to move the closure The Speaker said he was afraid that as tlie House had rejected the closure motion late on Friday afternoon he eould not at this stage sanction a similar motion The debate was then resumed by Mr A, Hamilton (Wallace L A division was reached at 5.45, when Mr Hamilton’s amendment to the effect that the bill be read a second time six months hence was rejected by 31 votes to 23. The division was as follows :

—For the Amendment (23). Ansell Massey, W. W. Bitchener Nash, J. A. Burnett Ransom Coates Samuel Cobbe Stallworthy do la Perrelle Sykes Forbes Waite Hamilton Ward Harris Williams Kvle Wright Linklater Young Massey,* J, N. —Against the Amendment (31). Atmore M'Donald Barnard M'Keen Black Makitanara Broadfoot Martin Chapman Munns Dickie Mnnro Donald Nash, W. Fletcher Ngata Healy O’Brien Holland, H. E. Parry Jordan Poison Jull Savage Langstono Smith Lye Taverner Lysnar Wilkinson M‘Combs

Cheers from the lobby into which Mr Lysnar and prominent supporters of the Bill had gone indicated that the amendment had suffered defeat, and the announcement of the voting was greeted with applause. The result of the division left Mr H. M. Rushworth s amendment providing for the second reading on August 12 before the House, but Air J. A. Nash immediately rose to move a further amendment: —“ lhat the Bill bo read a second time on October .14.” Mr F. Langstone (Waimanno) interjected : Why don’t you make it November 5. , , Air Nash; 1 would be pleased to make it November 4 if I knew the gentleman would be about. Continuing, Air Nash said he telt compelled to move the amendment because of the danger involved in the Bill.

Further opposition to the Bill was interrupted ajiiproxiniately at 10 o’clock when Air Makitanara again sought to submit * a closure motion, but the Speaker declined to accept it. Shortly afterwards Air W. J. Jordan (Alanukau) drew attention to the fact that there was not a quorum present, and the hells were set ringing. The return of two or three members to the House completed the requisite number, and the debate, was then continued until the rising of the House at 10.JO p.m.