Ministers' Replies

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 August 1915, Page 3

Ministers' Replies

10 MEMUE-ilS' yUEIUES. In tiie liuii&e ol Representatives, the fullowiiig -were asked ami answered this week :— QUJyjTKJ.NSs A'.Ni) REL'LIES. m< ISIITS itACECUCU.SE IA-TJiIt-JKiaT. Mr Isitt to ask the I'rinie Minister, "Whether he is aware Unit the I'e-rth Turf Club, at the instigation ol the AYet»t Australia Government, is considerably reducing it 6 racing fixtures ior the ensuring six months; and whether he u ill uui follow tin; example and urge a .similar reduction ol racing iixtiires iu tliis Dominion The Kigkt Hon. Mr Masaey replied. 1 do not iollo«- racing matters ixa '''" ly as the honourable gentleman, therelore 1 was not aware ot what the lYrth

Turf Club intended. In any case lam of opinion that the authorities controlling racing in -New Zealand will act in accordance with public sentiment and that there is no occasion at present lor <■ the Government to iuteriere. XEW ZEALAND OATS. Mr Anderson to ask the Government whether they intend to immediately ascertain, and by what means, the ijiiantity of oats available in Js'ew Zealand, &o that reliable estimates may be mado as to whether there are not more oats in Ktore and stack than are required ior Dominion consumption ,up ito nqxt harvcetP The Eight Hon. Mr Massey replied, A census vi stocks of wheat, flour and oats in the Dominion wa.s taken the 30th June \i\et. The •returns collected Khinv that there, wore in tlu> Dominion at that date S.T-'O/ITS bushels