NOXIOUS WEEDS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 10 August 1928, Page 5

NOXIOUS WEEDS

v LAUGHED AT' r ''%

ENFORCIBILITY ■;*s - THE. '■', 1

(By Telegraph) ' ''" ~ (From "The Mail's"; Parliamentary/ fir Reporter).- - , ' ' i?

WELLINGTON,. 9th' August.'?The Noxioxis Weeds legislation .was S : strongly denounced -by Mr T. .D. Bur-,;^ : . neit (Teniuka) .when, the Noxious Weeds|i-. : . Bill was being considered in the Housed/ , of Representatives to-night; S ' - VI. want. to. tell\ ithe, Minister -;in so j"; many words," said Mv Burnett, "that. ~:. his Bill is riot worth ; the. paper- it**is.S--" Avritten -on, ,',and secondly, that'• if. its ■.•'» provisions'were enforcedvnO Government *; would remain in office for two or at .the "> , .. most three months." - '■■'/..; :'•"' '. : :X2,' ■:« •- Mr H. Atmore (Nelson): "Put the j:..-'.:' Bill through then." (Laughter). ?t Mr, Burnett said he %yas satisfied if they attempted to clear, out ian thistle it would cost niore than the"; v . land was worth. "Seeing, that the case," he added, "why not : 'have a clean 'open slather;'' Knock;the./Act . 'off the Statute' ,Bosik and commorisense.-and the ecphpmle \ ■ ; keep these lands decently > cleati/ jUnless you have, public opinion backing- up , , ; any legislation it is doomed :to iailvire. ' / Is there. any country within the; British"' Commonwealth -"of nations that has a' Noxious Weeds Act that can- be ven- " ' forced? Not one! "T do hot see any prospect of. this. Bill being properly en- , forced in any shape or form.' If you- say . to the; inspectors that it must toe* en- • forced then you run the risk of'their being seriously man jhandled, ; and ;we;j don't want that. It is, more or less'of a ; ; dead letter-and to ; be quite frank it!&'' '' openly laughed at." : ';' ,'.. -.'■■'".'..v''.'".'^'-;