GUESTS AT CITY HOTELS

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22513, 22 September 1938, Page 12

GUESTS AT CITY HOTELS

New City Hotel: Messrs P. Marshal, M K. Lawson (Wellington), and P. n. -Jackson (Christchurch).

United Service Hotel: Mr and Mrs G. Magnus, Mr C. Morns, Miss B. Morris, Messrs J. Momson Jack (Wellington), S. Dick (Invercargill), . and H. Hay (Oamaru). Clarendon Hotel; Mrs and Miss Forsyth (Dunedin), Mrs Richmond Murray (Motueka), Mr and Mrs Gibson (Waihi). Messrs J. B. McCallum and W. P. Sanders (Wellington). Warner’s Hotel: Mrs B. Herkimer. Miss E. Herkimer (New York), Messrs A. Geddes (Wellington) rH. H. Doughty (Gore), J. A. Murdoch (Hokitika), and W. F. Ashley (Westland).

Hotel Federal: Mr and Mrs W. Daniels, Mr H. Webb (Timaru). Mis N. Cotterell (Cheviot), Messrs W. Common; J. Galloway (Dunedin), C. Sadler' (Greymouth), W. Cumungnam (Burnside), K. A. Kins COamaru),and. A. Sallis (Kakonui).“Baby Bonos” Policy There was laughter when the Minister for Labour (the Hon. H. T. Annstrong), at his meeting last night m the Beckenham School, discussed what he termed the “baby bonus”, part (rf the National Party’s policy, m whw» a loan for the purchase of furniture was promised to couples getting married. He described it as “a new land of mortgage, indicating the desire of the National Party to tie people, up with mortgages, not only on their bouses, but also ,on their furniture. “I could see that a lot of furniture factories and cabinetmakers would be required,” said • the Minister, “so 1 asked my department to-day to report how many were registered as being disengaged throughout the Dominion. They informed me that there were two.” , • Mr Armstrong went on to say that there was a serious side to the matter. He advised his hearers to read a certain passage in a book called “The House that Hitler Built,” ‘ A voice: What would happen under that scheme if borrowers had no family? Mr Armstrong: That would be hard luck on the State, I suppose. Perhaps they would be granted divorces to try again and wipe off the mortgage on their furniture, s Altercation at Meeting Proceedings at the political meeting addressed at Grey Lynn by Mr J. A. Lee, M.P., were interrupted when a persistent interjector who described himself as a disabled soldier used a stick in a scuffle, and an elderly man received a blow on the nose. There had been a good deal of interruption from the interjector and then quiet for a time until Mr Lee warned his hearers not to-listen to canvassers who went to back doors and made misleading statements about the Government. “We’ve got a good one here,” remarked a man who was standing with his back to the wall near where the former interrupter was sitting. Shouting, “You’re a liar,” the other man rose and, 'lifting his walking-stick by its lower end, struck at his critic’s head over several people who were between them. There was a scuffle, and an elderly man emerged, bleeding from a scratch on the bridge of his nose. The old man was helped on to the platform amid much noise and confusion, and the original interjector, after sitting down again and ignoring demands that he should leave the hall, eventually went out when a police sergeant and a constable made their appearance.