POLITICAL NOTES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 16796, 21 July 1920, Page 5

POLITICAL NOTES.

TAX’ FREEDOM ABANDONED. SALARY OP £450 PROPOSED. AMERICAN MEAT TRUST. i BY IELECI'-APH. —OWN CORKEfiPONDENI. WELLINGTON. July 20. ‘ There vas introduced into the House of Representatives to-day tne Civil List (No. Z) Bill dealing with the salaries and allowances ot mo Govrnor-General. tlio Executive Council, Ministers of tno Crown and of Members of Pariiamuut. The proposals of the Bill arc similar to those of tile Civil List Bill introduced in the early days of the session, except that the new measure proposes that the salaries of members ol tne House shall bg £450 a year, - and that the proposal that the salaries of various people mentioned should bo freed from income tax has been abandoned. The Bill received the usual lormal first reading. IN INTEREST OF PRODUCERS. A .petition has been presented by Messrs. Aoland, Rutherford and others praying that-a moat export license bo issued'to Armour and Co., of Australasia. The petition states that it is deemed to be in the interests of meat producers in the Dominion that no un-, necessary restrictions should bo placed upon the sale of meat, and that competition amongst buyers abroad is to the advantage ol the industry. It was understood that the Minister of Agriculture had refused to issue a moat export license to Armour and Co. It was suggested that, if a license ueic granted, it could be revoked immediately it was shown that the company s operations were conducted in a way detrimental to the good of the pioducer. Means to obtain the necessary information in regard to tin? suggestion would bo to compel moat-buying linns or companies operating in Now Zealand to send to the Department of Agriculture monthly reports setting cut the numbers and class of stock bought and where frozen and stored. The petitioners operate in the Canterbury district.

IRRELEVANT DISCUSSIONJOCKEYS AND GAMINE. .

An attempt w.as made Ik Mr. W. E. Parry (Auckland C-eiui’nl; 10 obtiun a discussion ol tlio jockeys' dispute on tlio Gaming Aiueuci'nenc Bill boioro tlio House to-day. Mr. Burry gave notice to move an addition to, tuo osaiu>o providing tliat no racing chib or racing conference should have power to remove from any course persons employed thereon, unless the rules.of tno conference or the club Had ben 'approved by the registrar of industrial unions, who had satisfied himself there were adequate provisions for saicguardmg the employment and livelihood of employees. He proceeded to speak to the clause, and recited the whole history of the racing dispute. . fair William Hornes raised a- point or order. Was the hon. member m order in discussing a clause of which ho had given notice?The Speaker ruled that the member might give his reasons for moving, the clause, but he could not discuss it in Mf. .Parry proceeded with his speech. Another point of order was raised lH the Minister in charge of the Bui ftne Hon. G. J. Anderson). Ho asked it all tins matter in relation to racing was in order on the Bill, which dealt wholly with gaming. • The Speaker sam that ho _ did not have the principal Act by him when the clause was read out. Ho now saw that the Act referred almost wholly to betiriug, gaming and the totalisator. The hon. member must confine himself to those matters. Mr. Parry; Then I will confine myself to giving my reasons for moving the additional clause. The Speaker; Tho hon. member must not do that if it goes outside the scope 3f the Bill. x ■ Mr. Parry made ono or two ineffectual attempts to resume his speech on tho former lines, but, was informed by the Speaker that he had already nad considerable latitude. Mr. Parry; Then I will deal with tho monopoly of racing. l Tho .Speaker The hon. member must not do that unlesq ho is referring to betting. , , Mr. Parry: Yes. Tlio monopoly aspect of betting. Finding himself at last on safe ground though away from tho subject ho had’ in mind, Mr. Parry proceeded to condoTrm tho Bill as intended to increase the totalisator receipts of the big dubs.