PARLIAMENTARY JOTTINGS

Hokitika Guardian, 21 July 1922, Page 4

PARLIAMENTARY JOTTINGS

IMMIGRATION SUGGESTIONS, ’“instead of sending huge o;tiers for locomotives to England.” said Air Witty, refen ing to the immigration question i’.i the lluii.e, "the Government. should have encouraged the building of this machinery in New Zealand and brought men out t * d 1 the work, hi’catise pope.!:;linn is the weal Hi of the country. T iie Government should say to orients': ‘For every child horn in New Zealand we are going to giv: you a hem! I’m kV- t:r £’l9o, redeemable when the child roaches twenty-one years of age. the nolle r to he allowed !o draw interest or allow it to aceuinti|at * as sl.e plea-ms.’ ” lie would get the tummy for this purpose by taxing childless married pc ph‘ and bachelors. DEPLETED FLOCKS. Warning was given by Mr Witty r guiding New Zealand's Hoiks, li-' declared that there' is a shortage ot tliric-qttarters of a million sheen it the pr, s -ii' Hocks aie contpaivd with thusoj a few v fitrs ago. If the cuuu'rv was i a have meat pools to encourage laige exportations of motion we wre going to cause a s'riims depletion ol New Zealand lleeks. Owners would have to he cal'; lul. T he-,- were breeding lan.lis in the North Island simply for a-porl, their wool being so pool that they were obliged to kill them. Air L\ soar : (,1-c s! i-.n*. That s tlie South Island.

Ala Witty repeated his point, and suggested that the a f lention ot tae board uf Trade lie given to tin* wide diH’ciciico ill the price of heel', which was I.,ought in the salcyards at ltd per pound, hut was sold retail al an enormous advance un that figure. RELIEF WORK. The .Minister of Public Works made it clear as the result of questions from All- Howard and Al 1 Holland, that the second cut in public servants’ "ages

docs not apply to men on relief works. He was assured that both in Christchurch and Wellington districts these men had b;c:l notiu.'i! that, they would suffer a re.hr lion of M pyr day, making a daily wage oi lls S'(i lor married men. In the I■■.(•(• of these statements Mr Coates s:.'i i ii almost looked as it a mistake had Iren made, hut there was 'no intention in make such reduction, and he would investigate the posh turn.

KNROI.M If NT OFKJiXCKS. The Prime Minister wa-s asked by Dr Thacker if he was aware that persons were (•;• fling on householders to secure their cniolmeiil, and that they sometimes took away the Idled lorms hid never handed them to the electoral officer, lie knew ol n case where a canva-sor in \\ellingion made an inquire as to who was Kir Robert Stout. Mr .Massey suggested that these persons could not he postmen who were authorised to collect enrolment forms. Anyone who failed to deliver an enrolment form to toe proper officer was liable to severe punishment, and lie would look into wli’at had been alleged. MINISTKRIAL TRAVELS. Commenting on the Prime .Minister's decision to cancel his proposed trip to Samoa. Mr Sidey suggested to the House that the real reason was that this is election year. One only had to look at how the Prime Minister filled in the time. He could not spare time for Samoa. Ho travelled round electioneering. This might not he wrong, hut it contrasted unfavourably with the Onvcrumem’s claim that it, never did these things. The by-election brougnt I'enr MiniMeis. including -Mr Massey,

io open 'the Dunedin Winter Show, though they had previously failed to ■I-. I a Minister for three years. A MISERABLE JOURNEY.

Mr Howard managed in a question to the Minister yf Railways to vividly picture f.'iry passengers’ troubles last Sunday. In asking the Minister whether it is possible to shorten tno time lie train is kept at L>tt lion after lie ar.ival of the ferry boat. He stated that t! e Marnroa made a bad run down ih,. coast on Saturday night. She arrived at Lyttelton on Sunday evening at twenty minutes past seven with lour hundred passengers, who

s" lit a ve'rv hard day at sea. mmjrrv. cold and miserable, they laid to Mi in a railway carriage on the wharf until live minutes past nine. At ten minutes past.nine the train left Lyttelton f :r ClpisUdiurch. .