DELAYED LOANS
FOR DISCHARGED SOLDIERS.'
K Another question about loans under pv the Discharged Soldiers' Settlement Act R was asked ta 1 the House yesterday by t' • Mr. Mitchell. .He asked whether there |> wa9 any delay about loans under this s : Acal at present. A case had been brought p under his noticy of a man who had been j told in May last that no money was , men available. On a statement made I in the House that money was available i . then, he had let a contract', for tho ereo r tion of a house, under which contract ; lie now owed the'sum of ,£BOO for pro* payments He had gone to th« Z Department for a loan and had been ■ r told that no money was available for him; and he could'gee) no assurance as | ' to-when it-would be available. I The Minister of Lands (Mr. Guthrie) ? paid that he understood that all loans J 'that had been applifed for had been .' off. He could not understand ' the position if this loan was not one of them. The Department had for 6omo
time been discouraging tho purchase of [ houses,- but had been encouraging* the j building of new houses, for the reason •j that the operations of the Department granting loans for the purchase of standing housos had not been relieving the position, but had merely raised the price of houses throughout Alio country, j He refused no application for a loan to "build a new house, if the proposal was reasonable. If the honourable member I would supply him with particulars he would'make inquiries,
THE POTATO EMBARGO
| . Everything possible done. • | 'Another Question about the removal 1 of i the'potato embargo was asked in the i House of Representatives yesterday. Mr. Witty asked the Minister of Agri- ■ culture whether ho had yet any definite 1 information about the removal of this i embargo by the Australian Government.
Mr. Nosworthy' said that the embargo had not been lifted. According to the telegram- received by the Prime' Minister from Mr. Cockayne, the embargo was not lifted, but an expert from tho Australian
Government was to come to New Zealand. and on his report would probably '.tho future action of the Australi inn Government with regard to the embargo.- - i-. 'Mr. Forbes: It will be too late then. .Mr..Nosworthy said that when the're-
preventative of tho, growers was in Aus- ; tralia ho was given tho opportunity of i seeing, all the correspondence that had : . passed i between the New ' Zealand Govi eminent and the Australian Government : on thi/rmatter, and-the New Zealand .tc- ■ presentative had expressed his eatisfacf . tion that everything that had been pos--1 ■fiible* had, been dono'by the Government ; / hero to secure the removal of the era(J bargo. ■ The Australian Government («■- ['" pert would be leaving l Australia with | Sir. Buxton on September 2, and he would in duo course send his report to I " tho Commonwealth Government.
! _ LAND FOR SOLDIERS
f , 'AN UNSUITABLE BLOCK. The question of the acquisition bv tho 1 Government of the estate of Mr; £>. H. S. Biddiford for settlement by returned soldiers- was mentioned in the House i. yesterday. Mr. A. 1).. M'Leod asked I the Minister of Lands whether the ne- ; : gotiations for She purchase of this proj perty by tho Government were saill ~r going on, or whether the deal had fallen | through. Mr. Guthrie, in reply, said that tho negotiations had .practically ended, and ! tho Government "had decided not! to buy i the land, 'the reason being that while 1 , the property was offered at a, reasonable { price it was not suitable for settlement by returned soldiers. Mr. Wilford:, You would requite thousands of acrcs for one soldier. I Mr. Guthrie said that it could not bo ! cut up>* into .blocks on any lower basin J than ,£10,001) per soldier, and then tho i settlers' would have to life experienced ;. men to make anything of the land. Tho i Department had thought of getting sol- ! capital of their own to buy ; the land, and had shown six of these men over the block, but tfliey did not think it good enough for their purposes, i If the Department could get possession | of a block of land adjoining it might be i possible to provide for the reading and | subdivision of tho Kiddiford property ; into smaller areas. i' CUSTOMISATION
! ME, WILFOED'S PEOPOSALS. i When the Customs Department vota [ was before the Houso.on Friday, Jb;. T. SI. Wilford moved a reduction of the • - rote by iEIO.OOO. as an indication of th« desire of the Committee that Customs taxation should be reduced, and that on ; Jarge estates, larrre incomes, and death 'duties increased. Mr. Wilford has drawn attention to the paragraph in Titk Dominion-, in which this motion was reported, in which it is stated that Afv. Wilford moved the reduction of. the vote ; "as an indication that taxation should be taken off the Customs and placed 011 . on large estates, large incomes and death duties." Mr. Wilford did not mean that .(ill Custom!; taxation—amounting to five millions—should be .taken off and plaefd on large estates, large incomcs and death j duties. His idea and his words were ! that, the Customs duties ba reduced !-■ merely. ' V f ( CRIMINAL APPEAL | ' INCREASE OE SENTENCES. " The Crimes Amendment Bill came back to the House from the Legislative Council yesterday. The purpose of the Bill is to provide for a Court of Criminal Ap 1 peal,, to have power to review the sen- ' tenet's of convicted persons, with right j , to remit, reduce, or increase them. In ' this form the Bill was first introduced 1 in the House, but the House, by a vote ' 9 taken on the voices, cut out the pro\ii fiion giving the Court power to increase i the sentence. The Legislative Council ro. inserted this provision. When the amendments came up for consideration by the ! House last night, the Minister-of Jus- : *ice((sl#. Wo) .asked'.fhe.'louse to accept ! the amendment, and moved accordingly. , One of his reasons was that the retention .of..this provision-would be to <li* courage frivolous nppenls. xhe Ministor's proposal was opposed by Labow } members. The House agreed ;to thß w amendment by 45 votes to. 13. ■
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 290, 1 September 1920, Page 8
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