MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 28 October 1921, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

MEMBERS’ PR I\' I LEG ES. MELBOURNE. (let. lit

At intervals the members of the Evdeial Parliament hate expressed ilisappnnal of the lack of eo-opeiation hy the State Govei nmeiils in maUeis ulfvcMitg the general welfare of the (ol 111 11 1,111 rvea 1 1 1 1 . The latest glievanve which the Eedcral Ministry has against the States is a demand for an ineiease ol Kill per cent in the amount I’m the piivilcgc ol I'Ydeial mouthers travelling mei the Slate railways. Though members of the Eodoial Parliament are

given lice passes over the railways these have to he paid |o| by she I’Vdoinl authorities. The amount has been L'dil a year, but a demand lias been made I'm 11211 a year for path nieinher. The new rate asked is that charged fin a yoaily all-lines ticket, and the sum claimed is said to lie out ol proportion lo the amount ol tiu.volliug Hast fnnueial year Cf It If H) was voted h\ i*n I'liameitf foi expenditure on the enri lace of memhurs o\’ei the railways, lull Ul.h'.Ki was spent. The amount nil the Kstimntcs I'm the i u 1 1• ■ut year is L‘l 7, 0' 10.

COST OH I.IVINO ,M I'll .111 >11? X !■:. del. lit. A lurthei decrease iu the |u ices ol loud and coinmodil ice u, shown hv the Collimnliweull li. Statistician's HttUies Ini September coililinrcd with Allgil~l. There has liwun u general denease ol 2.1 per rent. All the Stoics except (jlieeusland show decreases. lue decrease was greatwsl in Tasmania. T, pc, cent, followed in the ordei named hr South Australia H.ti per cent, S uInria .'l.o per coni, West Austialia 2.(1 per cent. New South Wales I.d pe, lent. (lueenslauil show s a slight i|l- - cl ".I ,>ci I'.'nl . I uMipui-.-.t w ill, Seplenihrr. 1!»2M, do reuses are shown in all States. The decrease was greatest in Victoria, namely, 2:1.1 per cent, followed in the order named by New Sent li Wales 22. C, per cent. South Australia 22.:l por cent. Tasmania 20.-I per cent, < luoensland Ki.o per eelil. and West Australia 12. 1 tier cent.