PARLIAMENT

Horowhenua Chronicle, 12 October 1915, Page 3

PARLIAMENT

Wellington, This Day. The House inou at Iu.JU a.m. Ihis morning and considered the amendment made by tho Legislative Council in the Public Servico Superannuation andCJadsilication Bill bringing tho measure iuto force on Ist January next. it ivas agreed to. iho Minister 01 internal Aiiaiits statc(l lliaL ho received £ioO ironi (Jtago for the Highlands ami Isiands oi' Scotland iteiiei i''unu, which will ijo iorwa.rued to the High •Lomnui-siouor ior expenditure he Lhougln desirable. Replying to Mi Witiy tiie same Minister (said thafc the l'ubiic ileahii Department was eaieiuJly waiuumg uio outureaJi oi smallpox, in aiui everytluug possible U'Oiiui ue uunc .<. protect the people ui t.iis .Dominion.

In reply to Air AnsLuy uie i'reiuiei tsaid tliat we ought to grow euoiign wheat lor our own use. i'armers should receive ovory eneouiageinent to grow as many eeiealo pus.^iuie. in reply to -Ur Viiuoui, ibir ooscpli Ward said that it n tus true that a certain quantity oi' bulhon •wa.s 'uroiigut back recently iroin faauioa, in Uie pruceiss oi leplaciug Uoi'inan coinage ! j.y iintish. The loss on exchange would bo about JUi-i.UOI). .Now Zealand wuuld not pay the loss. In reply to Mr Ell, bir Joseph Ward said that the administration at Bamoa was an imperial nuuter, and not .New conceiiu. Jiany o' i'he sun • ies heard concerning the auimiustraun should be discounted. When Uie i - landiS were taken over lie did what i.'o considered to be advisable under I'm L-ireuinstances, and one oi tlie things iie did in this emergency was to guarantee uerinau notes uennau money, iney were the only currency in circulation, ana Uie necessity lor iius coma scarcely nave been loiseenanu provmed against, when the Kxpoditioiuiv.> L'orce lelt JS.Z. 'ihe niuner now nau jeeu puL on a proper looting and iho coinage placed on the uritissh basis. in reply io Dr. Newman ,tho i'rennei' , s aid that by arrangement nith the iin perial authorities the Uovernmont had appointed a gentleman, who made- his headquarters' at tSaiaoa, and whwc special duty would be to watcii Gorman trade and the employment oi labour in the Pacific. This oiEcer woujd Tjc under the control of the administrator.