THE HOUSE.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1876, 9 October 1913, Page 4

THE HOUSE.

Tho House of Representatives met at" (?,30 p.m. THE EjPIDEMIC. HEALTH AUTHORITIES CRITICISED. Mr. H. M. CAMPBELL (HawWs Bay) . asked. tho Minister of Public Heajth .whether lie would instruct tho Health Authorities to uso a littlo moro thoughtfulness and discretion in administering the quarantino regulations. -In explanation, ho cited cases which had occurred in.his own district. A settler in the district had married a Maori twenty years ago, , This Maori woman and tlioir son . had lived with Europeans ever since. Recently sho wanted to go to Ciisborne on business, but was debarred by tho Health Authorities from taking steamer at Napier. | Then s.lio was prevented from going back to Hastings by train. In another case'a'half-'castc"living at Hastings had been subjected to indignities. These eases were both those of persons who had been living for years with Europoans, and away froin any. Native setr tlemcnt. In connection with tho recent case (it Paki Paki,. some Natives had been prevented frpm.travelling, but others, loss scrupulous in obeying tho regulations, had scattered to the four winds of Heaven. The Hon. R. H. RHODES said that ho would inquire further into the matter. No doubt, hardships had occurred in certain cases, but lie was _ informed that some Europeans were living in tlm Nativo settlement at Paki Paki. These people must submit to the regulations. Ho could not understand the cases mentioned by Mr. Campbell, mid would have tiinm inquired-into. ■ The Hon. A. T. NGATA (Eastern Mtfqi;i) asked, whether tho Health Department had cancelled vaccination cer-

tificates granted to Maoris in Hawke's Bay, and whether Natives wero being refused permits to travel by rail. The Hon. R. H. RHODES rbplied that owing to the outbreak at Paki I'aki it had been necessary to impose further restrictions upon Natives travelling in Hawke's Bay. lie would be glad to look into tho matter, and explain the position fully to the hon. gentleman.