POINTS FROM SPEECHES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 220, 17 August 1939, Page 6

POINTS FROM SPEECHES.

DOMESTIC SERVICE. The problem of domestic service was referred, to by Mrs C. O. S.Stewart (Government, Wellington Best), blie would like to seo the Government bring down legislation under which girls and women, in service would be protected. The Opposition member for Christchurch North (Mr S. G. Holland) had said that women living in the country found difficulty in getting domestic help to-day, Airs Stewart said. She was greatly interested in the domestic workers and was pleased to learn that tho lion, member and herself had a great link between them in that respect. „ . Air Holland: AVe are great friends. CAPITAL LEVY SUGGESTION. “1 am sorry in a way that the Government did not attempt to raise the money for defence on the capital valuation of property at a straight-out tax,” said Air W. J. L yon (Government, AVaitemata). “Defence is to defend property mostly and people who own property, if they are prepared to insure it against fire or accident, should he prepared to insure it against-a possible raider,” he said. Air Lyon claimed that a* per cent, levy on the basis he had suggested would bring in nearly £1,250,000. PATRIOTISM AND FINANCE. “The Britisli Government was asked to help New Zealand by putting its good name behind our bad name,” said Air AA'. A., Bodkin (Opposition, Central Otago). Dr. D. G. McMillan (Government, Dunedin AVest): AATio is the patriot now ? Air Bodkin: The most unpatriotic tiling any Briton can do is to mis-

represent the wonderful part that has been played by the British Government in helping this Government out. MEMBER’S DISAGREEMENT. “Some of these statements I disagree with myself,” said Mr Lyon, when discussing certain references by Government members to Britain’s foreign policy and to Mr Chamberlain. Mr Lyon’s statement was greeted by cries of “hear, hear,” from the Opposition. “The position as far as our party is concerned is that we can have an opinion and it is made in New Zealand and not anywhere else, Mr Lyon continued. “If some of my colleagues have erred they have been in extremely good company.” THE PUBLIC DEBT. Mr A. S. Richards said tho Massey Government had in 13 years added £143,000.000 to the public debt. An Opposition member: That included the Great War debt. Mr Richards said that the Coates Government had added £23 000 000 in three years, and the Forbes Government had added £31,000.000 in five years, an average of £lO 000.000 a year in excess of the national income. Sir Alfred Ransom (Opposition, Paliiatua): The present Government has exceeded that this year. MR CHAMBERLAIN’S PATIENCE. "‘Mr Chamberlain’s patience in pursuing peace, though it lias laid him open to the accusation of l>eing a simpleton, has had a tremendous effect in Europe.” declared Mr A. N. Grigg. An enormous number of people in Germany and Italy are now convinced that if war comes it will not he the fault of Great Britain or of Mr Chamberlain.” LOAN INVESTMENT. The suggestion that because tho Wellington branch of the Clerical Workers’ Union had invested some £I4OO in the Government’s recent internal loan it subscribed to the gangster system of finance so much decried by Government members was made by NTr Bodkin. In the past two years the Wellington branch had surpluses totalling more than £IBOO, a.nd it. had decided to lioeome one of those muchdespised bondholders by subscribing the sum of £1444 to the recent internal loan.