RUSHING BILLS THROUGH.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13803, 1 October 1915, Page 7

RUSHING BILLS THROUGH.

MORTGAGE DUTY. , (From Our Parliamentary Reporter.) vyELLINGTON , this day. An amendment of the Finance Act was introduced by Governor's message last night. The Minister of Finance explained that a« the Act was passed the Government -was bound to charge mortgage duty g>n\ the full sum which a bank undertake^ to advance upon collateral security. The amendment enabled the Commissioner \of Stamps to allow a rebate, so that the duty paid would be upoh the actual total of the .advances. FACTS ABOUT BUTTER. ' In -moving:.- the second" .reacting! of the Dairy^ indusVy. Ajneii;dncieut "Bill, 'the Hon. 1 W. D. S. Mac Donald pointed o f ut that tho High : Commissioner was very j insistent that butter exported should not be allowed 'to contain more than 15 perc ent of moisture. : Mr Okcy declared that at the present time butter must Hot contain, more than 16 j>er cent of moisture, at which several members exclaimed, "There is no legislation to prevent it." . i Mr Veitch took the opportunity of again urging that' whey butter, whether for export or not, sh'quld , be branded I a.? whey butter, and Mr Buick strongly supported the suggestion. ■■ Mr Wilkinson contended that one could not distinguish between good whey and factory batter, but Mr Poland followed with' just as emphatic a contention that there' was no difficulty to distinguish between the two vareties of Diitter. As to moisture, he believed there was no present legislation to prevent factories putting m 25 per cent if they chose. , ■ , Mr Malcolm protested against the designation A whey .: butter," which he declared Syaa made from nothing; but pure cream. The „ term' "whey butter" was misleading to tho public and harmful to the industry. The whole output of dairy factories 'should be branded for what they were, and the publje should be left to dincriminate, said the Hon. Mr. Buddo. ' Dr: v Tliack.ei* declared that the reduction of moisture* m our butter was of the utmost hnpoi'tance' if* we were "to maintain our reputation on tlie London market. The Danish butter wa-s, put through a special process by which the moisture was reduced to five, six, and seven, per cent, and he. urged the study of Danish methods for application to oiw own dairy industry. The Minister said that, whey butter, when fresh, was just as good as other butter, but it did not .stand shipment. As to -moisture m butter, heretofore there liad been, no penal clause dealing with excessive moisture. "* BILLS PASSED. The Bill was read a second time, as was the Prisoners' Detention ' Bill, the Mining Amendment 8i11..' the Ooal Mines Amendment Bill, the New Zealand Society of Accountants Amendments Bill, the Count ; es Amendment Bill, and the Local Elections Prrcortional Representation Amendment Bill. The ,- Dairy Industry Amendment, Prisoners' Detention, Footwear Regulation Amendment, Miners' Phithisis, Mining Amendment, Coal Mines Amendment, Local Elections Proportional Representation : Amendment, Destitute Person*.' Amendment, ; and N"ew Zealand Society of Accountants Amendment Bills were put throutrh' Committee, read a third time, and all passed. FACILITATING MLLITJtRY MARRIAGES. The( Siilitary Mairiages Bill', enabling soldiers to be married without three days' notice, was put through all stages and passed. Another amendment of tho Marriago Act, introduced by Governor's message, was also passed, tho Hon. G. W. Russell explaining that it brought the bylaw into line with the British law, by enabling a woman, leaving New Zealand m order to be married m a foreign* country to moke the necessary legal arrangements m conformity Avith the British Act of 1892. The House ro߀i at 11.45 p.m.