PARLIAMENT

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18821, 11 July 1923, Page 5

PARLIAMENT

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL I I (Per Pi-.'SS A ; .<™ iation ) WELLINGTON'. .July 10. The Council m t at 2.110 p.m. I 'l'he Acts lull .pretatiou Bill was r«- ■ reived Iron th-Siam .-s It..vim,n C.,i„. mitten without am. udnient, ami read a second time. I Hon. Gcddis gave notion to *«k whoI ther the Gover.unmit might not. utilise unemployed ti rut hack the overhanging hank on the route of the Mam Trunk railway. I Hie Animal Protection au.l Game ! Amendment Bill, which propc.■ i hat j instead of th-. Government deciding p hut birds shall be protected decision will lie with th-.- Legislative, was rea.l a second time. At 3. t. the Council adjourned till on Thursday. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1 The Hous. ;.i- iat 2.30. I ILLSi hi: il)L\<,> I The following Bills wn introduced and read a rir>;. nine Loral Lcgiala lion Bill (Hon. Mow art • Immigration > Kvstriction Aim iidmciit Bill i Hou. J Stewart). Nan/.- Land Claims Ad;iibi« I n.cnt (Hon. Coyu s), Noxious Weeds ! Amendment 'lh-:i. Sosuorthy). I panics Special Empowering (Hon. No*-, i worthy). Justices «»i the p< •«><•«» Amendment, No. 2 'Hon Parr). Industrial r.jid Provident Societies Amendment Hon. Bollard). CONCERNING SUGAK Hon. Stewart, in the course of » Ministerial statement, said sonic, um* ago fl; * Colonia! Sugar Compai.;. intimated to the Government that unless a protective duty oi £3 per - ton was placed upon imported refined sugar, thrv would have to e'ese down the Auckland refinery, as They were unable to compete with the cheaper .lava sugar. Thu matter was referred by the Government, to the Industries Committee of the House, and during the past few daythat commit-* had taken the evidence ol men bants, manufacturers and others, who stressed the noies.-diy for maintaining ample supplies of Al sugar which was largely used in. some of our most important industries As a result; >of consideration given to tiw” matter, the committee recommended r hat an import outy he impost d on refined sugar r-mounting to £2 18s 4d per ton. and th' House would be asked to ratify that proposal. This preference. he said, would enable the Colonial Sugar Company’s if finery at Auckland to continue operations, and that wa« ir. itself a matter of some importance, r.s a large numbf r of hands were em - ployed there. Hie proposed duty, if imposed, would continue until September, 1924. when it could he reviewed. If there was no opportuniiy of bringing down a Tariff Bdl din ing the next few weeks, probably the House would bo asked to pass a resolution which would placo the matti-r L yuud doubt, and then merchants and the company know exactly where they stf'ixL The House .tdjourned at 5.30.