PARLIAMENTARY JOTTINGS

Hokitika Guardian, 28 September 1921, Page 1

PARLIAMENTARY JOTTINGS

(Our Parliamentary Correspondent.) WKI.LINOTOX. Septe.i.her 27. \ lfislrf.lv start. Parliament is getting to work in !• 1mrelv fashion. Tlm Lee:slalivi‘ Cniiae.illors made a start witli l'• *' A.ddre s 111-Reply debate this alteime 11 and listened to four speakers. The lions" met in the alternoou b t adjourned until tins evening, after M n isters had answered a lew q e; ti All’Dß l> ; S-iX-” ’ M 1 Dixon. tlm ti"w nn i"’,er b-r !'• • lea, iiuivud the \dd m I,' Dus ■telling. si it.H| KBs -ITIIMi IVI > 'I In- .Minister f-' !. ed- m b- -1 -t----lllellt ill legal id to the li lei 1:1 el 1 e'e 1 1 the Di-liaigcd S.ddi 1- ' tP'-mr . I Scheme. He -aid that there had been a, good deal of mi-i'epi 1 -out at i n regarding the results of the **h«mu. It was t rue Dial Mime -nhlier- 1 I i h-mu 11 ,p their ■-,-el 11 m-. int the numb"!' was -er v -Mci I j in ~it 11 f. 11 i■l >ll with the teal II lill :lr r all eel e; I by tile -rheme. Tim ■ositii 1 n was slum n clearly in a return ■over iMg the nperat ions id the Department 1111 to August lil-t. last. Some if the figures were a* lollllV. ■ :

liopnyAdviimos moot-. Current Amount ... 2.!)22.(!57 UlS.rtil-l Kit rni' I'd AT 1.27 ' 2111. liob Duellings (i.lCd.lAb 57.1.271) Totals 1 7.811!).<>70 1.15(1. IHl! Post |>l 1 tloVrrears monts Rout 11H.1121 Pa. ill! Interest, Current. Account 55.11 b 1.222 Instalments on Dwellings 17.27 H 22tl Tot it is 1155.270 t0p.51!) I'TRTHKR I’ARTHVLAIKS. Tile \ 1 111 i s t' 1 !' a 1 1 1 lei llhal of I In' postpniu'd payments the sum of £1 1.1455 laid since et.ime to hand. I In- Department bad not: rneouragril tic eapitit 1 isai ion 'if mpneys owed by soldiers settlers and tile tol.ii I amount iiddeii to capital va 1 ill's in tins v, ay luut Icen 08.122. Tin' number of leases i’orleited under the selieme Imd b:"->i '-'ilti, out of tl total of some ‘.1.11111l bo!,lings oo.'ilpii'il by licit ot all ( illsses o \ pel iem-eil unit 1111 el 11 per ir! leei 1. Tie- 'lea all's!

had been 50.Hi1l icres am! liie lent In t Imd amounted to C 15,2:1,. l-’i > rei'li IS! I res bail all'; . ted P i'.n lie rml 10 du I'llimys. I.oa II - .'>lv i m eil lest b tic ! lepart iiieut iiv. in:; to forfeit ere or forei tosere led alu•■ i‘ n 1 ':I 1" ;:7 bl’-b ni extraordinarv small fi■ r>' r,■ in fare of Die lutein el till' t r.l 11-.0 1 ioll s. '! ratl-P'l S of title sllbieel to 111 oltpiigi ■-. Ibid U"! involved the departuciii in a loss at all. Tic i ''missions of rent un to the present time Imd amounted to 010.510. That sum covered live years’ ope-.ati is. The .Minister add-d tlml fbiverninent’s loss in eoinci t ion "ith Soldier settlement amounted only to about flO--001) and this money was not really l"t silce the expenditure had been worth a nival deal to the people of New Zealand. Wlmt would I lie t.ruide I ' • i.vm ■ if the (lovernnii'iit had not pi', an the returned soldiers their e'nime.