A Parliamentary Notebook

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 139, 2 September 1927, Page 8

A Parliamentary Notebook

yi r. Dozenic Stewart’s Lonely Furrow (THE SUN’S Parliamentary Jtcfort (Tj 1 WELLINGTON, Tcnlat ‘ In two hours’ discussion on u. ” Land and Income Tax (Annual) to to-night the Minister of Finance) ■? speech was the only favourable re; e . ! § ence to the proposals. The House passed the second reii I ing at 1.20 a.m. The earlier part of the sitting occupied in debating mines repo- i and passing six local Bills. fl The War Disabilities Removal Ei( I and the Savings Banks Amending | Bill also passed through the j Tariff Bill —When.’ “When are we going to get the i Tariff Bill ?” asked Mr. G. W. Fori*, I while the Hon. W. Downie Stewar 1 was speaking on taxation to-night, i Mr. Stewart’s reply was delightful;. J vague. “If 1 can get through thes- -1 taxing Bills and one or two others' | he said, “I will be able to bring i | down.” Mr. Stewart was explaining thv I this readjustment should he consij. I ered in conjunction with the revision j of the tariff, where he hoped to eSec j concessions to a greater extent than fl any incidental increase in revenue 1 that would result from this regrading I of income tax. Daylight Baking Notice of his intention to introdnet I the Daylight Baking Bill was giv H j by Mr. J. McCombs, Lyttelton, in th f ] House. The Bill is the same as thsi brought forward by Mr. McCombs ii; 1922 and provides that the making ot I baking of bread, rolls, cakes an! ’ pastry of any sort or kind shall done between the hours of 8 a.m. aac 5 p.m. when one day’s supply is being made, and between the hours of i'i a.m. and 6 p.m. when supplies for tiro ] or more days are being manufacture! ] On the weekly half-holiday the work ) ing hours shall be from 8 a.m. to i noon. Waitomo Hostel The summer holidays will soon | on us, and with them the tourist tralfic from overseas, as well as the rush from within our own borders, to Ne* Zealand’s watering-places. Mr. J. C,; Rolleston, member for Waitomo, res lises this, and has asked the Govern-; ment to speed up the erection of the j hostel at Waitomo resort in order to] have it ready for the Christmas ana New Year rush. Guarding Our Fisheries Very little misses the eye of Mr. i M. Samuel, who has established himself in the House of Representative as a jealous guardian of our fishing grounds, and, while the price of fish might appear trivial as a subject for Parliamentary discussion, Mr. Samuel takes himself perfectly seriously a I this. His voice was raised as i warning to the Government in the House to-day over a cablegram fros England containing the recommend, tion of the Imperial Economic Com mittee that factory ships be sent to Australian and New Zealand waten to treat fish immediately they an caught. The Minister of Marine, the Hon G. J. Anderson, saw nothing to won? about at the moment, hut he assured Mr. Samuel that If the recommendation of the committee were given effect to steps would he taken to pro tect the New Zealand people. ing would inspire more enthusiafflJ than a sunrise viewed from the crefof the Southern Alps. The latter J taken for granted, something that jus happens; the former is the result c man’s ingenuity, and the knowledst that this towering edifice grew by ttbrain and brawn of man has a grea effect on some people than all U» works of Nature. Let me suggest n new list of New Zealand’s “teeve. Wonders: —“The Otira Tunnel, Grafton Bridge, Arapuni Hydro-Eelectric Scheme, the Inter-island Telepnonf System, the Reclaiming of Wellington and Auckland Waterfronts, Ellenlie Racecourse, and the Old GovernmenBuilding in Wellington, larges wooden building in the world.” HOMO. Devonport.

DAYLIGHT SAVING

Sir, — :ii I shall esteem It a favour if you kindly allow me as a man who “' lived in more than one country w Daylight Saving Acts were operatic to reply to “Fairplay’s” lettei on • subject in your issue of the 3 ultimo. n It will be of general interest to reo>‘ that daylight saving was adopted England during war time as an ecO“ mic measure under D.0.R.A., with object of conserving fuel supplies, e and was such a complete success it has been permitted to remain operation. , His inane reference to trying to aiw Nature, also his attempt to c° n “T the Daylight Saving Bill With Bible-in-Schools Bill prove conclusive, that “Fairplay” knows very little **• his subject. Should the latter be P® on the Statute Book the would be confined to the personal sa* isfaction to a few; but on the otn hand should the former become laconsiderable benefits would accrue the whole community. . Firstly, the cost of one hour’s aw ficial lighting would be saved in pra ticallv all places where such is and this in the aggregate would a considerable saving in most houw holds: secondly, the outdoor men a* women would have another h° ll f _ daylight in which to enjoy their van ous hobbies and pursuits. The inconvenience to farmers, nw) which so much is heard, is Imaginary, and should slight modinc® tions be necessary the industry “ ouickly adapt itself to the altered re ditions, as it has done in other coi» tries where Daylight Saving Acts n been advantageously operating years. Tt is such ignorant prejudice ns ' displayed by “Fairplay” which previously prevented the Bill b eco ing law in New Zealand

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDED

H.B.—Protests in almost e language in the world failed to * # a reprieve for Sacco and what avail to argue about it now* $ “Truth.”—You do not name, but it seems to us that is clever enough to earn £5,000 y. by his own efforts, and is to be envied. The mere t: having a capacity to make “ should not make him * butt t° verse criticism*