PARLIAMENTARY JOTTINGS

Hokitika Guardian, 5 August 1922, Page 4

PARLIAMENTARY JOTTINGS

THE UNEMPLOYED,

Mr (1. .Mitchell '.Wellington .South) asked if in viiiw of the fact that the Wellington City Council had discharged eighty married soldiers who had been employed through the Poppy Day Fund, and as there were 500 or (1011 other men out of uo'rk in the city, the Government would make some money available for public works so as to absorb those men at once, 'file next two or three months was going to be very serious, and these married returned soldiers were right up against.

The Minister said lie did not agre ■ that there were •'><:<l men out of work Wiliirgteii. .Mr .Mite! ell: We have checked tin register! Mr I*. Fraser: How many do you sav—7oo?

The Minister said that if the names of tlmsa concerned were sent along they would lie sent out to work .as soon as work (oul i lie found for them. He did not mean the .TOO, but those who bad been thrown out of'work by the vanishing of the Poppy Day Fund. VANCOUVER MAIL SERVICE. The Postmaster-General (the Hon ,1. (!. Coates) was asked in the House yesterday if he would state the eondititiuhs under which the \ anco’tiver mail service has been renewed. Mr Coates said that just at the moment he had not the conditions with him. but be would be glad to give the whole of the information as soon as the contract was completed. There was just one hitch, and that was how long the contrail should be extended.

Mr AVilfonl : ts is mi increase or a decrease ?

Mr Coates: A big reduction on the whole.

TH R SH BA KER S’ OUT LOOK

Mr 11. AI. Campbell (Hawke’s Bay) said in the House of Representati\es yesterday that some Maoris had informed him that a Labour representative had been about the Hawke’s Bay district trying to get the shearers not to. work. Soon a good shearer would be able to .earn £2 'los a. day, and an attempt had been made to get them to hold out for C 3 a day. Mr Holland: Ts this another fairy tale? ...Would you he prepared to give that on your oath, as information obtained of your own knowledge? Mr Holland said that Mr Campbell must know there was no award or agreement providing for £3 a day.

RETURNS AYANTED

Notices to move for the following returns were given in the House of Representatives yesterday: Air AI. .T. Savage (Auckland West): . -A return showing: (1) The cost of running trout-hatchery operations during last season; (2) the income received from ova and fry; and (3) the amount distributed gratis. Mr AV. T. Jenings (Waitomo): A return showing the amount of beer and spirits sent into the Rohao Potae during the past five years from licensing districts in the Dominion ; the particulars of these records to be obtained from the various stipendiary magistrates’ courts.

Afr T. AV. Rhodes (Thames): —A return showing in detail for each year the amount of financial assistance accorded to individuals, local bodies, or companies under the Fishing Industry Promotion Act, 1919. ItAIEAVAY TIME-TABLES.

AA'as the Alinistcr for Railways prepared to consider offers for the purchase of the right to advertise in the railway timetables? asked Afr H. Atniore (Nelson) in the House of Representatives Thursday afternoon. People he stated were willing to pay for the light, and it would proba"bly he a good thing for the department ns well as for the general public. The Hon. D. H. Oiithrio replied that it was a matter that he would have to go into with the department. He knew that the department had accepted some time ago offers for railway advertising, but it had had to take the 'matter into its own hands and increased tlie revenue by thousands <f pounds a year. He would he very glad to go into the question and let the lion, member know the result.