PARLIAMENT

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21935, 19 October 1934, Page 14

PARLIAMENT

GOOD PROGRESS

FOUR BILLS PASSED GOVERNMENT MEASURES AIRCRAFT SERVICES WIREMEN'S REGISTRATION [BY TELEGRAPH—SPECIAL REPORTER] "WELLINGTON. Thursday The tabling of the Dairy Commission's long-awaited report was the chief event in Parliament to-day. Discussion on tho report will not be taken until members have had an opportunity to peruse the document. In other respects to-day's proceedings were entirely unspectacular, beinc devoted mainly to tho consideration in Committee of a batch of Government bills, none of which was of major importance. Although members showed a disposition to discuss various aspects of these measures, the resultant debates broke no new ground. Such good progress, was made that the House rose an hour and 10 minutes before tho normal time. The following bills were read a third time and passed:—The Slaughtering and Inspection Amendment Bill, tho Electrical Wiremen's Registration Amendment Bill, the Transport Licensing (Commercial Aircraft Services) Bill and the Second-hand Dealers Amendment Bill. There are several other Government bills on the Order Paper. The Prime Minister, Mr. Forbes, informed the House that these would be. considered to-morrow. He added the Government was particularly anxious to secure the passage of the Mining Amendment Bill before the adjournment. If time permits to-morrow, the balance of the Public Works Estimates will be considered.

SECOND-HAND TRADING

SELLING BY DEALERS CLASSES OF GOODS STATED [BY. TELEGRAPH—SPECIAL REPORTER] WELLINGTON. Thursday Amendments to the Second-hand Dealers' Amendment Bill, circulated in the House of Representatives to-night, embody requests made to the Minister of Justice, the Hon. J.- G. Cobbe, when the bill was previously before the House. The original measure sought to prohibit second-hand dealers from selling goods they had bought before one month had elapsed from the date of purchase, this restriction being designed to assist tho police to trace stolen goods. The argument was put forward by the Opposition that this clause would hinder unduly the legitimate business of dealers, and the Minister was persuaded to consider the advisability of changing the bill by inserting a schedule containing certain classes of goods which should not be sold within a month. To-night's amendment provides that the following classes of goods shall not bo sold within one month of the purchase date: — Articles of gold, silver, platinum, copper, brass, bronze, or pewter, or any combination of such metals; bicycles and motor-cycles and spare parts and accessories thereof; cameras, clocks and watches; gramophones and phonographs; field glasses and other optical instruments of any kind; firearms and other weapons of any kind; furs, jewellery, jewels and all articles of personal adornment; overcoats and raincoats, motor-vehicle tools, spare parts and accessories; musical instruments, radiotelephonic, radio-telegraphic and radiovision receiving and transmitting instruments and all parts thereof and apparatus and articles used in connection therewith; text-books other than books used exclusively in connection with primary or secondary education; tools of trade; travelling rugs; type-writers. The amendment also empowers the Government by Order-in-Council to add to or remove from the list any class of articles it may think fit. Tho bill as amended was passed.