PARLIAMENT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18471, 7 August 1923, Page 8

PARLIAMENT.

' „ DEATH OF ME- HARDING,

SYMPATHY OF THE HOUSE. ■. : .;i|,-...-: : ,«(. ~,..;,-...,..■.'•, .'/•'.,-. ,y,- ■-,-.-•:■-. > •:•;■■,'.-;.: v.-,..-j--, ■i- ~_■■:..■■ ; ■ ' (:., .-: ■"•■■■' ■■ :-'■■• -■' • 'J,-.' -;.,;;:■ ■,■■■■■■ ■■- '';■■'■ - ■ '■■ -■■ - ; ■ < -': :'/■. •■■'■.:-.,■ .7 " ' WAR PENSIONS AMENDMENT •'/' LONG DEBATE DEVELOPS. : 'X'_ : [by TELEGRAPH.—SPECIAL REPORTEB.] .'■ '/ " "" ' WELLINGTON. Monday. 3 Thd House of "' Representatives to-day , .paid its formal- tribute of : respect to the memory of President Harding. ' A resolu-. j ; j v,ion expressing sympathy with the people 'r ■of 'the United States and condolence with : -v.: ; Mrs. Harding was passed, and it will be •{'•'■£ forwarded by the Governor-General to the : Secretary of : State for the Colonies for 'presentation to the United States Govern- %' ment. ' Tho House then adjourned for an •''■ I hour. --'■ .■ " . ' "■'-■• .'- V:: Liter, the Hon. C. J.' Parr, Minister for Education, introduced the annual report ' ! of the Education Department. '- The: tea 'V ' adjournment' arrived before, the Minister could reply to criticism and the report was accordingly talked out. It is the sec- ' ond occasion on which a departmental re"port has suffered that fate this session, '■' the first instance being the report of the ''■ Y■Department of Agriculture a week or two ■'.'." ago.. . 7 ' The St, John's College Trust'Bill, which •-•0 enables certain scholarship funds to bib ::. used' for general purposes, was read a third time and passed;- \ C. , " The annual'report'of the geological survey branch of the Mines Department was - i: Resented, and the report of the War Pen- -..".' sions Commission was' also laid on the table. i ' '■•'«'. . ■';' •»-.-. ; ' In the evening, the War Pensions • Amendment Bill, which provides certain increases costing £60,000 a- year, came up ' for its second reading. A long discussion ensued, which -did not terminate until 12.40 a.m., when the Bill was read » second time and the Honso rose..

: THE RAILWAY CONTRACT.

':■> TENDERS FROM AMERICA. QUESTIONS OF TARIFF. j fBY TELEGRAPH.—SPECIAL REPORTER.] ~- WELLINGTON. Monday. In the House of Representatives to-day, ■ Mr. Wilford (Hutl) gave notice to ask the Minister for Public Works: (1) Whether he will define the position of the Government in relation to the proposed contract for the Tauranga-Waihi railway : with relation to (a) .American and Canadian tenders, and the tariff and' preferen-;,-i tial tariff; (b) the question of loading •. to the full extent.. of American and foreign tenderers with the tariff and pre* ferential tariff on all imports (c) the exchange rate at the time of quoting against .V the time of delivery? ', (2) Whether he ;: v.V thinks it advisable to call ; for tenders from a country whose exchange is adverse to New Zealand and Great Britain? ,•

ALTERING HOTEL HOURS.

WEST COAST petition. SUITING MANUAL WORKERS. ,',V- [BY TELEGRAPH.— reporter.] y :--,--' WELLINGTON. Mon3ay. ... A petition from ' 527 residents in the V- Westland,, Buller, and Motueka licensing; districts asking for an ' alteration in hotel '- hours was presented by, Mr. H.E. Holland (Buller) in the House of Representa>x fives to-day. . • > ];■■;■:■..■ -,■■'■, __ ' ■~<. : -k-:'i -The-petitioners state that . manual t. workers are usually employed at their .'-; work duriijg the present hours (9 a.m. to I':. ,6 p.m.), they. accordingly ask that the ; Act be amended so that the ; hours of"..hotels in ,the; licensing districts named i= >- shall be from 10 am. to 1 p.m., and from ■ '.', 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. ~ : THE . HON.' C. J. PARR, ~ SEAT IN HOUSE RESUMED. '"'; [BY TELEGRAPH.! —SPECIAL ,_ REPORTER.] WELLINGTON. Monday. The.Hon. C. J. Parr, Minister for Editcation, .who has been indisposed, was able j ;;" to resume his seat in the House of Repre- ... v sentatives to-day. rv: j- .- -

; REDEMPTION OF LOANS.

THE RATES OF INTEREST. r :: [BY TELEGRAPH.SPECIAL REPORTER.] '.'.', '..'..' WELLINGTON. Monday,: i;." ~'\A .-. return'" showing the rates of interest ' payable on the various Government loans -redeemed- ■'..' during 1 the year ended March ■; 31, 1923," was presented by the Prime Minister in the House of Representatives to- - day." ' • . >--.: " ' The loans redeemed at maturity were: | , —4 per cent., £833,665; 4£ per cent., ' £20,000: 4£ per cent., £1,543,070; 5£ per .cent., .£34,960; total, £2,431,695. j ;,, Loans redeemed before maturity under ■■;'= section 24.- of ; the. Finance Act, 1921-22, "v+ : were:—3J per cent., £3G0,00Q; .4 per cent., £284,250; ; 4i- per -cent., p £4,717,435; 5 per cent., £{173,200 ; 5£ per r cent., £18,450; total, £5,893,335. ; ■ . / Repayment of funded debt involved £141,171, making -the aggregate amount £8,466/201. •. > ": - ~ ;'v., ;:

TAXATION OUTSTANDING. ■•.'., ':. -. »—. ' '' ." . ' '

FOR LAND , AND INCOME, _ [BY TELEGRAPH.SPECIAL reporter.] WELLINGTON. Monday. A return presented by the Prime Minister in th© House of Representatives today shows the amount of land and income tax outstanding at March 31 last as follows: Land tax, £367,950; income tax. £449,214. , 4

THE DEADLY CROSSING

ACCIDENT STATISTICS. [BY TELECRAPH.— Ah , REPORTER.] ;'■'•'■/'.' : WELLINGTON, Monday. A return presented by the Minister for •'■" Railways, the Hon. J. G. Coates, in the . House .of : Representatives to-day, shows ' the number of accidents at level crossings as follows:—1920, 32; 1921, 44: 1922, 57- : 1923 (up to June 30), 36.

QUAY STREET RAILWAY.

...-.'".'■ ANOTHER PETITION. . (BY TELEGRAPH.- -FIECIAI. _ ■''- : ■'-'■'*:' WELLINGTON. Monday. A petition by, Mr. A. M. Gould, Mayor of Takapuna, and .162. others opposing the ..':■ Quay Street railway project was presented ■ •'.by v Mr/ :i A. Harris (Waitemata) in the .';.' House of Representatives to-day. The ~ ;; 'v petition ; was referred direct to the Local . r '.Bills committee. . -~( . j*jX-;.,A?- Jl ;'■;:.;■ '■*'.•':-'v;.;. - .■."..-'..■■'.:-:->J ; -.■ ■;, ; ;;--- .;■ :..'.' .