Similarly, I have never heard it suggested that any limitation should be imposed on the number of tons of iron and steel on which bounty should be paid. This is unjust, but if Parliament blunders the fault will lie with the Government and not with the Parliament. It is one of the (privileges and duties of this chamber to maintain a very close hold on the purse-strings of the Government. Had some half-dozen letters sent to me telling me that applications were too late. The fruit-growers also have benefited under Commonwealth legislation. The bill as originally presented provided for the payment of 15s. Locarno Industry Attendance Soars and 9 Other Takes: Deals, Buzz Titles, 'Medusa Deluxe, ' Jason Blum, New Mantras. In reply to the question I asked him to-day on this subject, the Prime Minister stated: -. I cannot understand why the Department of Commerce fixed the closing date at the 31st October. I challenge the honorable member to produce one starving family. The recommendation of the commission was adopted as regards other States, but not completely honoured in the case of Tasmania. Lerman's feature debut Sudd... House of Representatives, Debates, 13 March 1936 :: Historic Hansard. Three new films have been added to the official selection of the 59th Mostra. No instructions have been given to Mr. Bruce in connexion with this matter. In February of this year.
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DArte Cinematografica. DIRTY SOAP can all be found at To enter the new People's Pilot, which closes... In addition, it was made clear the other day by the Minister for Defence that the possibility of extracting oil from our shale deposits is also receiving our close attention. I question the constitutionality of any subsidy payment made to a member of this Parliament. I hear an honorable member say that that conference has fallen through, but that is not the case. Locarno industry attendance soars and 9 other takes new. I am also prepared to exonerate the representatives of the primary producers in this chamber who also failed to direct attention to them. The amount of the bounty being fixed on a per ton basis regulates the expenditure.
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Thus the Government is correct in its contention that it must have at its disposal funds to meet such liabilities. The Acting Minister for Commerce recently journeyed overseas in an endeavour to find markets for Australian goods. Before Christmas we were promised that a Minister would visit New Zealand. I hope also that the Department of Commerce will see that sufficient forms of application are available at all post offices in adequate time to permit farmers requiring assistance to lodge their applications within the prescribed time. I agree with the contention of the honorable member for Cook (Mr. Locarno industry attendance soars and 9 other takes shape. Garden) that the Acting Minister has had ample time, and he has ample information available, if he likes to look for it, to know exactly how much money is to be involved in this distribution.
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The act stipulated that the applications should close on the 31st October, 1935. Locarno industry attendance soars and 9 other takes us. Occupationby German Troops - Meeting of Locarno Signatories. Of all my time abroad, I think only about six weeks we're spent on the continent, the balance being occupied with meat negotiations with the British Government, which I venture to suggest will not be without profit to Australia. Much money would be required to pay that subsidy. It is one of the tragedies of this Parliament, and, for that matter, of other parliaments, that a Minister may introduce a measure of this character, and, as a kind of salve to his conscience, say " This will be the last time, I hope, that the farmers will have to come to this Parliament and ask, for assistance.
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No; it is prescribed in the act. I shall be glad to refer the matter to the Minister for External Affairs. Taking a ride up the beautiful Palm Springs Aerial Tramway to the Mt. The honorable member for Barton said that a wheatgrower should not be assisted simply because his crop did not yield 20 bushels to the acre.
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In accordance with the statement which I read last night in this chamber, the Locarno signatories are meeting to-day in London. The matters with which he will deal are of the utmost importance to our primary producers. What was the total value of fish - fresh, preserved, dried, and cured - imported into Australia during the years 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933 and 1934? An acre on every acre sown to wheat in Australia. Director of both the IFP/West Los Angeles Film Festival and AFI International. I wish to inform the honorable member for Macquarie (Mr. John Lawson) that I am not opposed to the bill, nor do I object to assistance being given to those primary producers who are in need of it. Any farmer who can crop 20 bushels to the acre is not in need of assistance.
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2, If so, will Parliament be advised as to the nature of these agreements, and when will an opportunity be given to discuss them? I again remind the honorable member for Barton (Mr. Lane) that he is anticipating the debate on another measure. What stage has been reached in the negotiations with the Government of New Zealand in connexion with the embargo it has imposed on the importation of Australian fresh fruits and vegetables? Country party members, as well as members of the Labour party, have jibed at the Government for not proceeding with such a scheme. I am one of those who for some time have urged the Government to amend the law in this direction, and I offer my congratulations to it for having yielded to the representations from many quarters to meet the case of those producers who unfortunately failed to lodge their applications before the closing date. The discussion which has taken place on this small measure exemplifies the saying that mountains can be made out of molehills. No new obligation will be placed upon the Treasury by the carrying of this bill. Japanese Goodwill Mission, 1934. K-19: The Widowmaker. Darling although he is rarely in town. I ask the Minister in charge of War Service Homes if, following upon his visit to Newcastle, he instructed the officers of the War Service Homes Commission that the huts erected on what is known as the Platts Estate, near Newcastle, are to be vacated? Despite what has been said by government supporters, there are in the cities of Australia many thousands of unemployed who cannot obtain sufficient food and clothing. In connexion with the occupation by the German troops of the Rhineland demilitarized zone, will the Prime Minister state whether any intimation has been given to the High Commissioner for Australia of the views which are hold upon the matter by the Commonwealth Government - views which it is to he presumed, the High Commissioner will put forward as indicative of the attitude of Australia at the consultation that is to bo held in London during this week-end? Is the paper to be printed?
No; butI suggest to the Minister that in bringing down this bill he should have followed the same steps as he did in regard to previous legislation, and let honorable members know the amount to which the Government is likely to be committed in respect of this subsidy. This committee was appointed by the Government of the United Kingdom to advise as to the extent and manner in which, if at all, the United Kingdom Government should in future encourage and assist migration from the United Kingdom to the oversea parts of the British Empire. For these reasons I support the remarks made by the honorable member for East Sydney (Mr. Ward). Title of Executive Officials. I shall bring to the notice of the PostmasterGeneral (Senator McLachlan) the representation of the honorable member for Adelaide (Mr. Stacey) with reference to the Rundle-street post office, and also the request made by the honorable member for Melbourne Ports (Mr. Holloway) concerning repairs to the post office garage at South Melbourne. I do not say that the producers are wholly to blame. ' Ottawa Conference, 1932. I should be quite prepared to approve of the granting of assistance to farmers in necessitous circumstances, but I consider it entirely wrong that all farmers should be given assistance at a time when the price of wheat is rising and returns show a fair margin of profit compared with the returns from some other primary products. I am quite willing* to encourage men and women to perform useful service for the country, but I am totally against the making of grants to wealthy farmers simply because their representatives in this Parliament are able to exert undue influence on the Government. In October last the Acting Minister brought down a bill fixing a definite amount to be paid under a bounty on fertilizers, but in seeking now to amend the legislation he has asked for an open order to pay whatever bounty he likes. Thehonorable member for Macquarie (Mr. John Lawson) is loud in his condemnation of my remarks, but I warn him that he has a large urban vote in his electorate.
Is the honorable member for Swan (Mr. Gregory) in order in discussing the fertilizer industry on this clause? It is composed largely of solicitors, doctors, journalists. It has always been the policy of the Defence Department to endeavour to obtain for its activities supplies of Australian oil. Out of Competition... Picturesque Venice, its grand Piazzas, its gondolas, its facades at thelevel of the canals...... Bill read a third time. Now that it has joined the Government the same sort of thing is going on, and the principal bill, of which this measure is an amendment, was rushed through the House in such haste at the end of last session that a most important point in regard to the date of application received too little consideration. That State expects a long-term grant on the lines recommended by the commission, so that its forestry policy may be developed, ami this important, but wasting asset, coneserved.
McEwen) took to task the honorable member for Denison (Mr. Mahoney) for saying that this subsidy should not be paid to those farmers who are not in need of it. If the amount be £10, 000, £15, 000, eleven £50, 000, this side of the House will acquiesce in making the grant; but it certainly does object to signing a blank cheque. I shall be glad to know who is responsible for having these papers placed in my locker? Has action been taken, or is it proposed, to ascertain the truth or otherwise of the report? For the last eleven years the Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited has received about £45, 000 a year, or approximately £500, 000 over the full period, in connexion with the manufacture of fertilizers. Inquiries are being made, and a reply will be furnished as soon as possible.