PARLIAMENT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18771, 26 July 1924, Page 10

PARLIAMENT.

; ' '■■;...■ ::■■■■■ '■■'■; .■...'■■ ; i:' /ir ;■ ■ 1 GOOD DAY'S WOBK. RESTRICTION W RENTS. HOUSE PASSES MEASURE.' IMPREST SUPPLY CABRIED [BY IZEtEQEAPH.—SPBCUt RSPOETEB. ] '•'.';:■."''";■';■;, Standing Orders were ;< suspended in the House of to permit the progress; of ', what/Mr.-' '"■'- Massey' described as,drgeht; ; 6ovarhmeii;t fctisin«!3S. Questions and petitions were quickly dis» / ; ; posed of. Notice, of * motion for leave to 'introduce aiaendments to;the Moratorium Final Extension' Bill wag given'by Mr. G. ,-,. i Witty as indicated preiiricmsly by Mr. Witty/,, probably, relate t£ the putting back of the date 1 for the ending of the moratorium untilfarmers are fortified financially by the .sale of ifee, greater part of next season's products, On the application of Mr. A. Harris (Waitettiata), permission was given to th& Industries and Commerce Committee to j sit (luring the afternoon. The committee this morning heard the ' evidence of the workwi' at the sugar refinery,; and; tliia afternoon that '"'.' of the representatives of /the //Coloaial. Sugar Refining: Company, both on the question of the renewal of the duty on ...■■■• refined sugar. -:- ; : : ,' .'' The first; item of:thsGovernment'n pro-; gramme for. the day then came on in the; / '•; lient Restriction BO (Hon. G.: J. Anderson), It was at once appairent that a great many members intended to-air their views on : . the housing; problem, although there was general of the proposes inthebill.; ; The::Prime/Minister made a statement concerning the Government's policy, announcing that £3,500,000 would be available for advances in the. current year. .It was after the dinner adjournment-before Mr. 'Anderson was * able to rajply.- When the biß was. read a second time and committed, Ms*. Anderson gave an assurance that thß inclusion of an ."undue hardship" clause would; be considered when the bill was before the Legislative CtounciL The bill then rapidly passed all its'-'urtages.-making ;: provision -for salaries, wages and contingencies t0ta11ing'£2,464,622, was' brought on .- iy- ;and'. .with'. ■• practically :po opposition iwentithxough all .its; stages., ; ThekLeader of the Opposition, Mr. Wiiford, explained that the forbearance of the Hou!se was due to the fact ihiat the ..- financial dehatex opened /on Tuesday, when each .member bad the right to discuss for : an hqnr any matter in the Budget. "For ■ ohce'--' : with. - Mr. [/' Wiiford," .'.,- ; .".Baid : '' : ,rMr.'..:;' Jitassey^.-■ -.■■ /"-I; /-want; ; '-/io; thank the' V.■ House for "the i particularly good workit his done to-day." He then moved the adjournment, and. the House ".."■■ irose : '4i'B.4p'.pjih. ;;.-• :/■'•■■ "! THE LYTTELTON TUNNEL,, DEMAND FOR DUPLICATIOr^ : it : %: /~"~~ ; ' Vi I A 'PERSISTENT, MEMBER. • :,-,'-•£. :.■■.'.'•;•:• ..-■•'■:■ ■'-.':*:;'■ -. ''-■'".. ' ■;'■' ;■■.;. ~-.: />"; ■.''■ /fBX : / BJEPORTEB.I' : WELLINGTON. Itadayi .;... i • No opportunity: has "been lost -this• -sea-:; ! ision by Mr. D.G. Sullivan (Avon) -_':6'f.', /urging the Government to hurry up with the duplication of the Lyttelton TunneL V*H e did it in th's House of Represen-; iatiyea: this yeyenimr in committee on the i '■■■-'■ S&pply? But. , " I want to extract a statement /from i the Prime Miissteiy iff possible,* he said,! ■•' about the insupportable delay in putting the Hiley/scheme ; ihto-ffeiffe'ct ; with spect to the duplication of jhe Lvttclton ,TunnsL It is long'weary years since the ■:. been done,' ' :^' ; '.; : . ifr. Sullivan mentioned that in IS2O ft; Very large deputation had waited,on, Mr. , Masssy at' Wsllir.Rto-a and he;'had ■assured, • a very urgent one* *hat it would he the Brst work andertaken under, tile Hiley scheroe| ! and 'that^ '.■CTmpeteßt^ : ,l6efl•v■'were:'•'' : ai''!wOTk'^apbh it. : : .*]pbe"; : patietice/ l o|':VC^terbn^4p^dple'':w^ just exittausteal and soine of - them propoonded a schemo with which he did not agree, for a separate South 'Island' sParliamehti '■■■hi fairness and : decency*the ;should bs; cut in f hand. ;■..;;'f/aeTrimo-Miiiisteri -who hiki been, out of the Chamber during much of Mr. Sul- '. livari J 3 speech,, saijj he some- , thing of; thei deputetion in'l^j-bwt a great" deal J, of "Water': had r passed '. under -•'; since thsh; There .had, been , important: Events at that time*": The .'''■: the -slprnp and it took a V'ng time to riicove^ Among other pressing' probleme was that -" before the Hoas«> all the afternoon—the 4,': housing prohlem;:> Fpr that thef Gloverm/ 1 .m«nt required:alt tlie money pos- '.;■ sible to find. * ' Mr. SulUvan: Yon did -not nsa the moneys of the Railways Authorisation /':' jv' Account., -/;;.'= & ["y ''■./■'■/:'. ■■''■■'■f\ "':■■■'•..'•'•''■- Mr. Plassey t It was not allowed io be idleV' : '. : we liave'■; got? throupJ , o that slnmp peinod. The Minister for Railwavs r-ili ti'sll yon in the neap future just what ■-■:. , railway works are contemplated and their, order. The ::^TOpple:''.'i'of -'-Oaiiterbury have; beeft : :YBry and long They are good friends of riiine. : My.7word.to them will be kept. Mr. Sullivaii;: When?? How long?" ;'■"' Mr> Massey; My word will be kept.