PARLIAMENT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18173, 19 August 1922, Page 10

PARLIAMENT.

WitS|[INaTON TREATIES. HOUSE GIVES ASSENT. MOTHERHOOD ENDOWMENT. ITNEMPtOtED WORKERS BILL [81 TfcXKQBAPH. —SPECIAL RBPORTBiB.] "-• « WELLINGTON. Friditj^ Business of a .comparatively" quiet nature occupied the attention of members of tho House of Representatives to-day. The principal discussion 'was that on Sir John report, on the' limitation of armaments at Washington, which was taken in the evening. The Prime Minister spoke at some .length, and said the V duty of New Zealand was clear- She must beau her fair share in naval defence. He expressed his faith in the value of the capital ship, and said that New Zealand . must not depend either on submarines or air vessels alone for her defence. Iho House adopts a. motion assenting to the ratification of the Washington treaties, and rose at 11.16 p.m. *i, a In the afternoon the debate on the Motherhood Endowment Bill, which hart 1 '" been interrupted on the previous day by the breach of privilege ™ otlon >, was ..£! sumed, and occupied most of the afternoon- The Labour Bills Committee reported on the Unemployed Workers Bill, < SS&Sdbg that it be v* prided ■with beine convinced that the aims ot The Bill "olid not be carried into effect without financial appropriations by the i ' St l!T'the Legislative Council the Rotorua Boroueh Bill and the Surveyors' Institute and Board of Examiners Bill were passed. v LONDON BITCTER MARKET. TOOLEY STREET CONTROL. MR. MASSEY'S INFORMATION [BX «ISGEAPH.-BPWnAL MTOEtM.] WELLINGTON. Friday. The Prime Minister stated in the House of Representatives the other day that he had been told the butter market m London vS controlled by a committee.of Toiler Street merchants, who met daily and £ed a price. This matter w-gg infoimation from the managing *reeterof the Anglo-Continental Produce Company, This gentleman, who happens to be .n New Zealand, had spent 24 years m ■■ \ Tooley Street, and he stated that no such committee existed, or ever had existed The only committee that ever had f»sted was an advisory board of six members©* the trade. "He assures me that, there nas been no control of the market,' said Mr. Wilford, who asked for the source of the Prime Minister's information. Mr. Masse*- replied that he was not bound to state publicly where his information had come from. It had come from a gentleman who had been connected with the trade for the last 25 years, and who j ■was well known in Wellington. ,-. , f; "I am quite sure that if I did give the , ■•"•'; source of my information people would . agree itiiat' I have quite enough to go ■ upon," said the Prime Minister. "I , know all about that gentleman "who was V here: He forwarded a communication to me." Mr. J. A. Young (Waikato): His statement was only bluff, pure bluff.

ESTATES. OF THE INFIRM, WORK OF ADMINISTRATION. , AMENDMENTS INTRODUCED. JBT' TELEGBAVH. —SPECIAL SffIPO&TEB.] ; >' • WELLINGTON. Friday. TEe Aged and Infirm Persons Protection Amendment Bill, introduced by the ; Hon, J. G. Goates, provides that, notwithstanding the generality of the powers b ' conferred upon the Court by the Act of 1912, the Court shall mot appoint any person other than the Public Trustee a3 uMJiager of the estate of any", protected pewm, unless it is satisfactorily proved thftt there is sufficient reason for such an ' appointment. On the appointment as manager of a protected estate of any pereoarOfter than the Public Trustee,orupjn the: varying or rescinding of such nn*( order, notice must be Bent to the Public Trustee. Moneys coming into the hinds of the Public Trustee as manager of tEe estate of a, protected person shall form part of tho common, fund in the Public Trust Office. Additional powers to those conferred upon the Pubfio Trustee under the Act. of 1912 are included in the Bill, and there as provifiion.compelling'any manager of any Erotected estate to give a full; account of is stewardship as the Public Trustee may ' require. ■ ■■>■. , ~ Section 19 of the/Act of 1912 regarding the 'payment of a percentage of moneys ■collected by a mahager into the Public Trust Account, as the Court may direct) lis amended to read " as the Public Trustee from time to time determines." ; THE DOMAIN EXCHANGE, PROGRESS OF THE BILL. [SX KEPORTKR.) "'. WELLINGTON. Friday. The Auckland City and AucMand Hospital.Board Empowering Bill i providing for the exchange of a part of the Auckland Domain for a portion of the Hospi- - tat Board's endowment at Point Chevalier, and other matter*, was rejsorted from the Local Bills Committee 'to-day with * .amendments. The' principal alteration is that the sura which fche council is to be allowed to borrow for the purpose of enlarging and improving the muateipal abattoirs is reduced from £30,000 to £23,000. The remaining alterations are merely machinery. . .. . ENEMY ALIEN HARDSHIPS. THE CHRISTIAN SYRIANS. 1BY". TELEGRAPH.—SPECIAL II«PO»TEB.}' WELLINGTON. Friday. An amendment to the Enemy Alien Act was asked for by Mr. Clutha, Mackenzie (Auckland East) in the House to-day, for the purtjo&e of excluding from the operations of the Act Christian Syrians, who, ihoutrh thoroughly loyal subjects, were uuffenns never* restrictions of liberty. The Prime Minister replied that the matter under consideration and a statement would shortly be made. WHAKATANE HARBOUR. AMENDMENTS TO BILL. [BX TKLEOEAPH.— 3P2CIAI, REPOaXEH.3 WELLINGTON. Friday, the Whakatane Harbour Amendment J..UI was jenorted from the Local Bills Committee to-day with two slight amendment*. The date of the election of the board is altered from March 1923 'o April 1923. Clause 5, which So «ive the Governor-General njuwer by warrant to appoint, a person to lill a vacancy on the board when a member vacates his s? V'*? l^ C b ° U ,V lt i 9 "commended that the Bill be allowed to proceed with (these, amendments. f w l