DEBATES IN THE FEDERAL HOUSE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 28 September 1907, Page 3

DEBATES IN THE FEDERAL HOUSE.

-.: 'l.ij- '^V-'.vS&LSOUfiNBr Friday . ... • ..Mr .. Sinclair-Amoved the adjournment ftf;,' v tfi*.:Jfouset*ti}.. discuss the Shipping •p < K9 b "*':-S . Effi' r *Bt3ted-:.that one. of .the , ; ■"'-• «S?*j storesl;edf!ih-£-tlie . Cqmbine,..was J JV ; r.jubsidj^dyby:,ih6 JFetteral Gbvejhijient to,; carry -rijails to England and. elsewhere. --Under- the recent contract for •the -carriage of. butter, shippers were /compelled -to ship the whole of their B'#??»bjF mail steamers. This left ex.iferiersan the hancjs of ,the.-mail ste^m- ." f J S: ,Ji' Me n^tgei tMt tho Government, tn. r sccepting tHe'.ne* mai) contract, ijh- ' pose conditions to prevent a recurrence ofVtbis.-sort. pf tiling.. ■ '"•li.'JSf.t Watsbii i.jeclared :.. that i^evelqpftitS Oi . late; had been ih tl\e direction . -and greater combiiia- . K>h .in - view;'- of extracting improper pnces;and freights- from the public. Pc y doubted vthe. effectiveness -of the Anti- .■-",:. TrwtCßill to deal • with the matter. It ;-.* could. not deal with oversea lines. The '; ..-. Commonwealth would -soon .be. driven Jy |i«&;ihe; construction of boats of their .' a,Mr;Jdsepli-.Ccok .held that it ,was ' -' the V.duty,. of the .Government to see that .-.they "did* hot subsidise any company .ywluchytreated Commonweauth citizens ._.; unequally^'-' JJ6; --.Several members were of opinion 'ii-.i that: the only way to deal with the comf*. bine. : .was to establish a line of Stately .o*ra^ J;JJK-.,:|^fy;Rei.a.^6atd-i^, a Rbo# line,, pf - y.;*t«9iners*jpas established 'it would have *■■ wstop<l.ja, battle ih competition with all f Jhe ships pi tie world. It., would be '■ jjgn'S.o&.tHe most desperate attempt , the ' yo^imbnwealth, -could talce.fln if Socialism spaa, to" be, tried. It would be better to start, on land. , They, were, not inasser.?..ofythe..sca. yet>. • The men who dePounced .', the. combine, of diip r owners must,. denounce the combing of' trades unions. There -was no difference in principle. If any ..trust .used.- itf power for -the purpose of crushing honest competition, he would treat it aa he would treat a sneak thief, c .-'Sir William Lyne said Mr Deakin, when dealing with the new mail con- . tract, would doubtless take action refarding the alleged shipping combine. f any vend or combine was doing serious injury to the public the Government would take action. Mr Reid and .■'■ the -.Opposition ■ members promised to support the Government there. The New Zealand and Federal Governments Would probe the alleged combine to the . bottom.