“NO CONFIDENCE”

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 244, 15 October 1931, Page 7

“NO CONFIDENCE”

MR HOLLAND S NOTICE WILL MOVE MOTION TO-DAY BUSINESS OF PARLIAMENT [ Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Oct. 14. Tho House of representatives met at 2.30 p.m. Tho Leader of the Opposition, Mr H. Holbi wl, gave notice tu move: “That the f jvernment does not possess the confidence of this House.”

The Primo Minister, Hon. G. W. Forbes, said he would set Mr Holland’s motion down ns the first order of the day for to-morrow. Mr F. Lye asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in connection with the Government subsidy on superphosphates for farmers, ho would arrange for the concession to be effective as from October 1 last.

Hon. D. Jones pointed out that some days before the grant was made, notiro was published in tho newspapers that the arrangement was likely to be made by the Government. He. was sorry that tho Government could not agree to set the date back to October 1. Ho thought that tho farmers had had sufficient notice of tho fact that an agreement was likely to bo made. He pointed out that whatever date wae specified for delivery there wore bound to be some farmers who unfortunately would not obtain the benefit.

Mr E. T. Healy was granted four days’ leave of absence on account of urgent public business. There wns a. general laugh when the request on Mr Healy’s behalf was mndo by Mr Lysnar (Independent), Mr Fletcher inquiring, “Another Indonondent! ” The Public, Petitions Committee recommended to the Government for favourable consideration a petition from J. Miller, of Wellington, asking that tho law relating to land agents should be amended in order to safeguard deposits made in respect of their calling. Air Holland expressed tho hope that the Government would do something in the matter. He said that the petitioner was a working man who had been approached by a firm of land agents who offered to sell him a house for £9OO. He was to pay £5O deposit and a further £125 within a month. Miller was to take over an exiating mortgage of £725. He paid the deposit and later paid £125 to a firm of solicitors, but this amount was eventually refunded to him. The solicitors discovered that there was a second mortgage on the property for £2OO, but the land agents had not disclosed thia fact when they accepted deposit. Apparently the land agents had acted within their legal rights and it was s most astonishing thing that the law should make it possible for them to act in this manner.

Tho Air Navigation Bill and the Native Purposes Bill were introduced by Governor-General’s message and read a first time.