POLITICAL JOTTINGS

Hokitika Guardian, 23 July 1926, Page 3

POLITICAL JOTTINGS

IN A BAD WAY. “ People who are indigenous and liable to pay.’’—Mr W. P. Lysnar.

FEEDING THE CHICKENS

“ 1 would not trust the State to water a horse or feed the chickens, so long as 1 could get it done by private enterprise.”—Air M. J. Savage in the House. Sir Joseph Ward (Invercargill): The chickens would not know the difference. A propagandist, doing New Zealand, inflicting upon the country principles that would mean a breakdown in the hospital system of the Dominion. —Mr M. J. Savage’s (Auckland West) description of Dr MacEaelieru, who reported upon New Zealand’s hospitals. ANOTHER OF MR LYSNAR’S IDEAS “ Whose going to control the doctor? ” Mr Lysnar was asked. “The patient,” he replied. This would he particularly so, no doubt, in the ease of a. patient who was in a state of unconsciousness. “The New Zealand hospital system is the nearest to perfection of any system in the world.”—Mr M. J. Savage (Auckland West) in the House. COMMON GROUND. “It.is said that a rich mail could more easily get through the eye of a needle than secure admission to one of our public hospitals.”—Mr G. W. Forbes (Hurunui) in the House last night. In this respect, anyhow,, the hospitals are on a level with heaven.

THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. " I take off my hat to what the members of the medical profession are prepared to do. They probably give 1 away more than those of any other profession in New Zealand are called upon to give.”—Sir Joseph Ward (Invercargill) in the House. THE LONGEST PURSE. In advocating the- right of the poorest patient to secure the best possible hospital treatment, Sir Joseph Ward (Invercargill) said, in the House last night, that if a private room were provided wherever and whenever required. and for anyone who could pay, then the best hospital treatment would simply become a question as to who had the longest purse.

“A GRAVE DEFECT.” Regarding pensions, it should be mentioned at the Imperial Conference that we have people coming out from the Old Land to New Zealand, end that as far as our pensions system is concerned they might as well he foreigners. The British Empire has no existence for them. Leaving Great Britain and coming here constitutes a break in their lives. . . This is a very grave defect in our system.—Mr H. G. R. Mason, Eden’s Labour member.

LABOUR'S IMMIGRATION POLICY. “The occupants of these benches stand for immigration,” said Mr V. J. Jordan, Labour member for Ma.nakau, ‘‘but we have not had the opportunity to put into practice a policy. IVe have said we should have a policy to allow people to get on the land. The operations of the Empire Settlement Act can not have been applied to New Zealand, and yet they are really remarkable.” BURR AND TWANG. “I would rather hear the northern burr or the Cockney twang than tre accent of the foreigner.”—Mr 11. G. Dickie (Paten), in replying to Mr N. F. Bart ram (Grey Lynn), who had commented upon the twang of the immigrant to be heard among the Auckland tramway employees. DOMESTIC MIGRANTS. “By specifying that domestic migrants have to stay in service for 12 months, the unemployment problem is only shoved forward for one year. Many of these people come out with the idea at the back of their minds that the are going to get- out of these services as soon as they can, and get into better jobs.”-Mr N. F. Bartram (Grey Lynn) in the House yesterday.