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[25 SEPTaun, 1928. 87871 themselves than they had in the past. Hither- makers? 3, Is there any officer empowered to they have not known what period of time to report on wine being of a proper stand- would be allowed them, or when they would ard, and if so, has such officer power to be put off their blocks. The sooner this condemn under-standardJ wine? 4, How matter is attended to, the better, As I said many wine licenses are there in the Perth in opening, it i3Snot necessary to make long metropolitan district? 5, HOW Muany gal-L speeches on this short amending Bill. Ions of Western Australian wines are sold Question put and passed. annually through existing wine licenses? 6, How muany gallons of Eastern States' wvines Bill read a second timke. are sold annually by virtue of existing wine licenses? 7, Are there any restric- Housge adjourned at 9.53 p.m. tions uinder these licenses upon sales of Western Australian wines, as against im- ported wines, or vice versa?9 8, Do the Gov- ernment recognise that there are insuffi- cient wine licenses in central positions to eope with the requirements of the business? 9, Do the Oovernmnjt realise that Eastero States wine producers are financing licensees in this State, and insisting on preference being given to the sale of their Eastern pro- ductions? If so, does not this constitute a breach of the Commonwealth Constitui- tion Act? 10, A5 the grading of wvine licenses here is this State's prerogative, are the Government prepared to restrict the 1.cgiolattne CounciL. sales in such a way that neither this State nor the Eastern. States can obtain by this, Tuesday, 25th September, 1028. or any other means, preference in the trade in respect of wvine licenses? pinE Question: Wine Industry .. .. .. 871 The CHIEF SECRETARY replied: 1, Motion: Food and Drugs, to disallowr regulation 872 Bills:! Education, s........ 872 Mlanyv statements have already been made Navigation Act Amiend meat, SR. .. 872 announcing the Governmient'2s policy and Forests Ael, Amendmnent 2FL 872 laduatzles Assistance Aot Cotlanance,-is. 870 frequent conferences have been held to en- Electoral Act Amendment, 2R. 870 'Whalings, 2R. .. M8 deavour to find ways and means of Fertilaers, 21.............. 89 Dried Fruits Act Amendment, 2R. 891 assisting the industry. 2, Whatever re- strictions are placed on the sale of Western Australian wine are imposed by the licen- sees. 3, Yes, both uinder the Licensing Act The PRESIDENT took the Chair at 4.94.i and the Health Act. Liquor not comnplying p.m., and -read prayers. with the proper standard is subject to the order of the court. 4, 46. 5 and 6, We hare no information as to country of origin. QUESTION-WINE INDUSTRY. Although we have no figures as to the quank- Interstate Competition. tities of wines sold annually by mectropoli- Hon. C. F. BAXTER asked the Chief Sec- tan wine licensees, the value approximately is-Western Australian wines, £7,360; im- retary: 1, Are the Government desirous of ported wines, E.18,090. The figures also dis- fostering the local wine industry, seeing close that in the majority of cases the wine that it is an important adjunct to the opera- licensees are selling a'proportiou of We~tern tions of settlers who grow grapes mainly Australian wines. 7, No, the license is for for purposes other than wine-making '32, sale of Australian wvine. 8, This is a matter Are the Government aware that the ad- for the Licensing Magistrates- 9), Yes; but vances made to settlers on vineyards are this is not a hregeh of the Commonwealth imperilled through the refusal to grant Constitution Act. 10, The matter is now wine licenses to Western Australian wvine- being considered. [32] [COUNCIL) MOTION-FOOD AND DRUGS. when the Forests Act of 11118 was passed To Disallow Regulation. to provide an adequate fund in order to place our forests on a sound basis. It i: Debate resumed from the 12th September realised in forestr~y circles that it is advis on the following motion by Hon. J. Nichol- able to hasten slowly regarding forest plans son (Metropolitan)-. As time passes, the demand for funds tx That Regulation No. 72 of the Food and ctarry on such a policy steadily increases Drug ]Regulations, 1929, made on the advice and in consequence a provision that is ade of rho Food Standards Advisory Committee, quate in the fl et place, becomes insufficieni published in the ''Government Gazette" of in the course of time to carry out thosu the 17th August, 1928, and laid on the Table of this House on the 4th instant, is hereby plans to maturity. A forest policy is essen, disallowed. tinlly one that miust be spread over a lent period, and for that reason, it is desirablf THE: HONORARY MINISTER Hon. that funds raised in the early part of thE W. H. Kitson-West) [4.35]: Since the p~eriod by means of forest revenue, shall bE last discussion on this motion, conferences conserved in order that later on that money have taken place between representatives may hie made available for earrying out thE of the department and other parties Conl- plan to completion. Consequently, I think cerned. I do not now propose to offer an3 the wi ~er policy' to adopt would have been, opposition to the disallowance of Regula- instead of diverting the money to Consoli- Lion No. 72. The parties have comoe to an dated -Revenue, to provide that it should be agreement, and I propose to substitute an- p~laced in a trust fund to accumulate, and to other regulation as soon as possible alter earn interest, and so provide mioney Inter on Regulatim No. 7*2 has been disallowed. to tarry out the forest plan. Had that course been adopted, the money would still Question put and passed. have been available to the Government for the carrying out of such work as loan funds BILLS (2)-THIRD READING. c-an he devoted to, and the Government would have received the benefit of the money 1. Education. in that way without taking the funds for 2. Navigation Act Amendement. revenue purposes. There is the further Transmitted to the Assembly. .rgumcnt to be advanced that we have to recognise that the large revenue received Fromn sandalwood wa,; more or less in the BmIL-FORESTS ACT AMENDMENT. natuire of a windfall1. When the 1919 Act wais passed, it was never contemplated that Second Reading. we would receive such a large suni of money Debate resumed from the 20th September. fron) the sandalwood trade. It was only when the sandalwood regulations -were put RON. H. SEDDON (North-East) [4.38]: into opera tion and the trade developed, that Regarding the Bill before us, I consider the the large revenue was available. Conse- innovation that has been introduced this year clnently that argument can be applied in merits the very, serious consideration of the this instance. We should conserve our House. During previous years, when the funds ini the intere--ts of the industry, by Bill has been considered, this House has phwn~ing the money in trust instcad of allow- rightly considered that each year its pro- ing it to go into Consolidated Revenue. I vi-nons should conic up for revision. would like to deal boriefly with the progress Hon. H. Eltewart: It is time that it of the reforestation of sandalwood, which stopped. was referred to by the Mfinister in the Hon. H. SEDDON: This year there has course of his remiarks. When the propaga- been introduced into the Bill, an amendment tion of sandalwood was first considered, it by whichi, instead of providing ;C5,000 to be was recognised by the forest officers that we set aside for the reforestation of sandal- were breaking new ground. So far as T wood, the three-fifths of the revenue derived know, no steps were previously taken any- from sandalwood are to be taken into Con- where to provide for the growth of sandal- solidated Revenue. I am inclined to think wood by artificial means. The departmental that when the Bill was lb-st introduced in officials wisely recognised that they had to 1924, the departure then made was unwise. embark upon a lot of research work, And We mnust recognise that it wai the intention results have disclosed difficulties that were [25 SEPTEmmBER, 1028.]88 873 not contemplated. Ideas that they thought the amount added to the forestry fund will at the outset would lead to success have re- be mote than equalled by the amount ex- sailted, more or less, in lack of success. Now pended. For that meason there is need for the officials. are reconsidering' their precon- caution and certainly need for maintaining ceived ideas regarding the planting of san- the principle that this House has adopted daiwood, in order to assure that there shalt of reserving to the forestry fund the grant he successful germiination. For instance, the of £5,000 to be devoted to the extension of first plantations onl the goldfields were laid sandalwood planting. Another problom has in the gullies where there was heavier soil. arisen in connection with the goldfields The opinion was held that if the. seeds were p~lant;. It has been found that not only the planted in the gullies, the amjount of mois- sandalwood but other shrub life on the gold- ture available would be gpreater than if the fields, has suffered severely from the attacks plantations had been laid out in more ex- of rabbits. ft ba% been said that there has posed positions.

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