PARLIAMENT.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 4413, 3 November 1934, Page 3

PARLIAMENT.

DAIRY control.

labour amendment defeated. By a margin of eight votes, the House of Representatives rejected the Labour Party’s amendment to refuse a second reading of -the Agriculture (Emergency Powers) Bill on" Thursday, which gives effect to some of the -major recommendations of the Diiiry Commission, including the establishment of an Executive Commission of Agriculture and the reconstitution of the Dairy Produce Board. Twenty-nine votes were cast for the amendment and 37 against. The only Government member to vote for the amendment was Mr W. J. Poison (Stratford). All the .Independents voted with the Opposition.

The voting was as follows: Against the amendment; Ansell, I Bitchener, Broadfoot, Burnett,. Campbell, Clinkard, Coates, Cobbe, Dickie, Field, Forbes, Hamilton, Hargest, Harris, Hawke, Healy, Henare, Holland, Holyoake, Jull, Kyle, McLeod, MeSkimming, Macmillan, Maepherson, J. N. Massey, W. W. Massey, Murdoch, J. A. Nash, Ngata, Reid, Smith, Stewart, Stuart, Sykes, Te Tomo and Young. For the amendment: Armstrong, I Atmore, Barnard, Can’, Chapman, I Coleman, Fraser, Jones, Jordan, Langstone, Lee, McCombs, McDou- I gall, McKeen, Mason, Munro, Poison, O’Brien, Parry, Richards, Samuel, Savage, Semple, Stallworthy, Tirikatene, Veitch, Webb, Wilkin- I son, Wright. Pairs: —Against the amendment: Connolly, Ransom, Bodkin, Endean and Linklater. For the amendment: W. Nash, Howard, Schramm, Sullivan, Rushworth. Urgency was taken for the second reading of the Bill.. The division on the amendment in the late afternoon was followed by more second reading speeches. Those who participated in the debate included the Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. | G. W. Forbes. He spolke in support * . of the establishment of the proposed Commission of Agriculture and pointed out that this organisation would explore new markets and work in close co-operation with the various produce boards. It had been said such a board was to be given great powers, but these would only be used in ease of emergency. New Zealand was faced with regulation of the United Kingdom market, and such an organisation would be in a position to deal in an orderly manner with production and marketing in this country.

investment trust COMPANIES.

Less than three hours after its introduction in the House of Repre- J sentatives yesterday both Houses 1 of Parliament had passed the Companies (Temporary Receivership) Bill appointing the Public Trustee manager and receiver of the Investment Executive. Trust of New Zealand, Limited, and its interlocking companies, pending the completion of the investigation now being made into their affairs. The Bill became law at 9 o’clock last night, at which hour it received the Royal "Assent from! the Governor-General, Lord Bledisloe. The object of the Bill is to protect the assets of the companies concerned in the inter- I ests of the debenture-holders and other creditors. * I The other business dealt with by the House yesterday was of a , miscellaneous nature. Second readings were accorded both the Re- I serves and. Other Lands Disposal I Bill and the Cinematograph Films Amendment Bill. Late in the afternoon a number of important, amendments to the Finance Bill (No. 3) were brought down by Governor-General’s Message. The Minister'of Finance, Rt. Hon. J. G. ..Coates, took, urgency for all stages of these with a view to clearing the Order Paper of the. Finance Bill before the adjournment was taken for the week-end, but this could not be done, although the _ House sat on past the customary rising hour of 5.30 p.m. The House adjourned at 7 o’cock until Monday night, when further consideration will be given the Finance Bill, and I after that the Agriculture (Emergency Powers) Bill. The main amendment to the Finance Bill provides for farmers to receive this financial year a special subsidy of 12J per cent, of the amount of rates levied upon their properties. Several members considered that there should bt some arrangement whereby this ; assistance would not go to farmers not requiring relief. Consideration of the clause was interrupted by the adjournment.