A Parliamentary Notebook

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 144, 8 September 1927, Page 10

A Parliamentary Notebook

i Bad Day for Labour * (THE SL > Pc aamcnta -y Report& f M ELLINGTON, Wednesday Alt hough to-days sir ing of * House of Representati' es well by th discussion 01 the afternoon, tile evening's debate J? suited in very little progress bebl made on private Bills, labour bers getting offside with the Gov/ r V nient over Mr. J. McCombs’s Davti,! Baking Bill which passed, its SS reading. Mr. M. J. Savage's Workers’ Com. pensation Amendment, and Mr. H £. Holland's legislature Ain v.dinent tan were thrown out. The Prime Minister announced *bj, evening that the aiuu al Taxing R;j] would be taken as the i'rst to-morrow A brief sitting of the Legislative Council was held this afternoon, flie War Disab lities Removal Bill, andth* Savings Banks Amendment Bill, vers read a first time. The House rose at 11.45. Waitorno t-ostel The new hostel at Waitomo tvjn not be finished by Christmas. ■rjJ Government did not anticipate that it would be ready for the sumn-r holidays, because the contract (j,. s not expire till June. li>2s. The iliaister in charge of Tourist Resorts, the Hon. V.*. Nos worthy, has assured the Hous of Representatives, howev, - that such portions of the building as are available will be mace use of at the rush period and endeavors will be made to prevent the timing avuy of payeble business. Daylight Saving The committee stage of h e .‘Summer Time Bill was ailed upon to-night. Mr. Sidey moved to have it postponed till Wedneslay next in view of the negotiations r ow pending for a compromise.

Looking Backward “It is of no use telling a man :f 60, whose future is in hi* past, thit it is a fine thing to start planing trees,” said Mr. T. M. M ilford in the Home to-day in urging that the younger generation should be educated to an appreciation o’ the potential wealth of the country hi forestry. Beth Scotch While Mr. I*. Fraser, Wellington Central, was talking upon le health of bakers, he mentioned the word “hops,” which provoked the interjeition from the Hon. A. D. McLeod: Are hops injurious to health? Mr. Fraser The hon. Minister should be the best judge upon th*L (Laughter.) Mr. McLeod: Never mird, we nil have one together afterwards. Mr. Coates: Well I don’t know who will pay. Both of you are Scotch. Vesteys’ Extensions The Prime Minister would not ive Mr. W. D. Lysnar his assurance that the Government will inte 'fere wot Vestys’ desire to extend taeir Aueiland works. His reply to ti e queston of the member for Gisborne on this subject was quite not committal. “Apolications received from time to time for the concurrence cf the Government in proposals to ex .end mc.i export slaughterhouses mist necessarily be considered on thei merit* the light of the circumstances existing at the time the applications made,” he said. “The G.-vernmext however, may be t rusted no to c in any extensions the use o w jin its opinion would be agains public interest.”