PARLIAMENT

Southland Times, Issue 18934, 22 September 1920, Page 6

PARLIAMENT

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. (Abridged from Press Association Report.) WELLINGTON, September 21. The House met at 2.30 p.m. SOCKBURN FLYING SCHOOL. Keolving to Mr E. J. Howard (Christchurch' South), SIR HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence, said the payment made to the Sockburn Flying Company was, he thought, more in tire nature of a subsidy than anything else, though the company seemed to think it was in the nature of payment for services rendered. The payment made to the Auckland Flying Company was paid purely as a subsidy. PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT. Replying to Mr G. Witty (Rieearton), the PREMIER said that so far as he could judge it would he six weeks yet before the Public Work.-, Statement would be laid before the House. NORTHERN MINERS’ STRIKE. Replying to Mr W. E. Parry (Auckland Contrail, MR MASSEY said he proposed to send a Conciliation Commissioner to Auckland and probably to Mnntly to endeavour to ,'ettle the coal Rouble in the North. PAINTERS’ HEALTH BILL.

On the motion of Mr A'eitch the Painters Health Protection Bill was introduced and read tiie tirst lime. TH AROHA LEASES. The interrupted debate on tiio question that the report, of the Lands Committee on the 'he Aroha Crown Leases Bill do lie on the table, and the amendment by air Parry that the report he referred hack to the committee for further ron.-ideration, was called on, the amendment being negatived and the original motion agreed to on the voices. 'J lie interrupted debate on the question that the report of the Labour Bills Committee on ihe industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment Bill do lie on the table was resumed by the Labour Party, who attacked the amendment made by the committee, which they claimed rendered nugatory the purpose of the hill. MR HOWARD moved as a protest that the bill be referred back to the committee. The HON. SIR WILLIAM HURRIES said lucre would be no objection to it going back to the committee.

MR P. FRASER; We want you to kill it altogether. MR J. P. LUKE, chairman of the Labour Bills Commit lee, contended that the purpose of the original bill was to legalise the "One Big Union,” and that it was not in accordance with the wishes of the majority of the people of the dominion. MR ,1. McCOMBS (Lyttelton I contended that the bill as it was introduced did not provide fur one lug union covering all industries in the dominion, hut merely provided for the sottlenient of disputes within a given industry on a dominion basis. That was not the "One Big Union” idea, and he could not understand the crass stupidity of a. committee that could so misunderstand the position. The debate was continued by Messrs Sullivan, Parry, Holland, Lysnar, A'eitch, Hunan. Fraser, and Jones. The amendment that the report be referred hack to the committee was agreed to on tiie voices. Tiie House adjourned at 5..T0. EVENING SITTING. The House resumed at 7.30. The committee stage of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Bill occupied the entire silling, and the House rose at 12.5