THE DAIRY INDUSTRY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22371, 19 September 1934, Page 8

THE DAIRY INDUSTRY

REPORT OF COMMISSION LEGISLATION TO BE INTRODUCED SPECIAL SESSION IN FEBRUARY SUGGESTED , / (From Our Parliamentary Reporter) 'WELLINGTON, September 18. A special session of Parliament in February is under consideration in Ministerial circles. A definite decision is unlikely until the present session is further advanced. Any such decision will partly depend on the nature of the recommendations made by the Dairy Commission. These, in skeleton form, are already m the hands of Cabinet, with which members of the commission have since conferred. There is a that the Government will legislate on this subject in instalments by introducing a Bill tins session giving eiiect to the more urgent aspects of the problem of helping the industry, and that Parliament will be asked to meet for a few weeks early next year .to complete the task. It is gathered that the measures to be taken to rehabilitate the dairy industry are regarded by the Government as being interlocked with the proposal outlined in the Budget for the establishment of a national mortgage corporation. It seems possible that the Government will deem it advisable to pass legislation dealing with that question before i arliament m£cts again in the normal way next June. The proposal was merely sketched in the Budget, but it is understood that departmental officers are now busily engaged on the task of assembling the practical details of the scheme. The? Prime Minister (Mr G. W. Forbes) lias expressed the fear that the present session will extend until December, but with reasonable application ,to its work there is no reason why the session should not end by the middle ot November, particularly if it is ultimately decided to call the House together again for a brief session in February. Meanwhile the necessity for a February session will not be determined until legislation rising from the Dairy Commission« report has been drafted. A start on the preparation of the Bill has already been made in the light of the private report already submitted to the Government bj the commission.