POULTRY RUNS BILL

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19668, 9 December 1933, Page 18

POULTRY RUNS BILL

1 AMENDMENTS MADE BY COUNCIL. | By Telegraph Press Association WELLINGTON. December 3, i The Legislative Council met at 2.30 ! p.m. The Money Lenders Amendment Bill j was received from the House and read j a first time. j The Egmont National Park Bill ! and the Auckland Transport Board | Empowering Bill were put through ' their remaining stages and passed. 1 Moving the second reading of the Poultry Runs Registration Bill. the He i. R. Masters said that the Bill gave poultrymen the power to organise their own industry. At the present time the industry had no effective organisation and seemed to be lagging behind other primary industries owing to the lack of organisation and opportunities for developing overseas markets were being lost. The Hon. D. Buddo said that be could not see any objection to the Bill The poultry industry was well worthy of being fostered. The Hon. C. J. Carrington said that all those with 50 birds or less should be exempted from payment of the registration fee as the present exemption of 25 birds might cause hardship. The Hon. M. Fagan said that it was ess ntial that all the primary industries should be organised. If the exemption were rased many of those who would benefit from the Bill would | not be liable for the fees, i The Hon. Sir James Allen said that I the Bill provided for the payment of ' a subsidy on the export of eggs, and as the subsidy would encourage export * he thought that there should be some 1 safeguard for internal consumers. The Hon J. A. Hanan contended that the policy of subsidising export* should be controlled by the Government | T* Bill was read a second time. In Committee, on the motion of M: Masters an amendment was adoptee . giving the Minister of Agriculture, instead of the New Zealand Poultr;, P >ard. the right to grant exemption.* from fees. By another Government amendment the reimbursement of the ; exj>enses incurred by the New Zealand Poultry Association in organising the industry before the commencement of the Act was limited to £SOO Sir James Allen moved that sub- ! sidles be paid on the export of egg only with the approval of the Mint - ter of Agriculture. Mr Masters accented the amendment whi'h was adopted. The Bill wu put through us remaining stages and passed. me Council rose at 4 30 p.m.