The Day in Parliament

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7269, 23 September 1933, Page 7

The Day in Parliament

Rights of B Class Radio

Stations

MEMBER ASKS A QUESTION’

Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Last Night,

The House of Representatives met at 3 p.m., when further petitions asking for an amendment to the Gaming Act were presented. Mr A. S. Richards asked whether the Minister of Employment would issue instructions to the relief employing authorities to provide the maximum of employment to all male unemployed whose wives were eligible for old-age pensions. He said extreme hardships were being inflicted upon many homes because of the reduction of work and wages being made on account of the wife being given an old-age pension, in part or whole.

Hon. A. Hamilton said the extent to which the unemployed were relieved was governed by tho amount of the money going into tho home. If such men were granted tho same scale of relief as those whose wives were not in receipt of any income, it would place them in a better position than other relief workers. Mr F. Jones asked the PostmasterGeneral whether the Government intended to restrict or cancel the right of B class radio stations to broadcast sponsored programmes. Hon. A. Hamilton said licenses to operate B class broadcasting stations were issued from April 1 each year for a period of 12 mouths only, and no alterations would be made during that period. The following Bills were read a first time: Judicial Proceedings (Regulation of Reports) (Hon. J. G. Cobbe), Banks’ Indemnity ((Exchange) Repeal (Mr W. A. Veitch), Hew Plymouth Airport (Mr S. G. Smith), Bay of Plenty Licensing Committee Enabling (Mr Iv. S. Williams), Meat Export Control Amendment (Mr W. J. Poison), School Committees’ Enabling (Mr R. McKecn), British nationality and Status of Aliens iu Hew Zealand (Mr P. Fraser), Distress and Roply-in-Amendmcnt (Mr P. Fraser). The House rose at 5.15 p.m. till 2.30 on Tuesday. Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes said that tributes to deceased legislators would then be paid and the Address-in-Reply debate be initiated in the evening.