QUESTIONS ASKED IN HOUSE

Chronicle (Levin), 29 June 1946, Page 2

QUESTIONS ASKED IN HOUSE

lt was agreed by members of (lio House of Kepresentatives that for the iK'xt two wecks the House would as-' seuible at 2..">0 p.m. on Wednesday s, owing to transport ditlieulties. The sittiug hours for the subsequent weeks will be lixed wlien further transport ij.rraugeiuentH are Jcnown. !\lr. W. M. Goosman (Nat., Waikato) ^"a\c notice to ask tlie Minister of Tnternal Aifairs whether any special ei reumstances entitled the Ilawke's Hay Teunis Assoeiatiou to the grant of £250 tvhieli he had made thein, and if. not, whether such grants would be available to like associations. JUr. E. I'. Aderman (Nat. New.Plyuiouth), gave notive to ask tlie Minister of Defence to arrange for an cxtension of gratuitv payments to next-of-kin, purtieuJarly wives and iiiolhers of memmers of tlie Mereantilc JVIarine, wliose lives were lost tli rough eneiuv action. Jlr. Aderman said that some of the Mcrchant Navy personnel lost their lives after a relatively short period of •service aiul tlie ne.\t-of-kin received little. compensation th rough higher pay as compared with scrvicemen 's rates aud througli Ihe moiithly bonus paid to Ihe Merchant Navy personnel. M r. G. II. Mackley (Nat., ilasterton) gave notice to ask the Winister of Eiiiance on wliose recomiuendatiou Mr. O. fcj. llay, of Masterton, Avas recently appointed to the Board of Directors of the Hank of New Zealand, and what parlicular qualifications the appointee possessed for such a responsible aduiinistrative position.