LAND BOARD EXPENSES.

Pahiatua Star and Eketahuna Advertiser, Volume 1, Issue 18, 10 August 1886, Page 2

LAND BOARD EXPENSES.

In Committes- <>f Supply, or. F r iJ iy. ! exception was taker, to an item of £ISOO, fees to members of Waste Lands Boards, including travelling expenses. Mr Dodson said it st, •WUsl tiiat members of the House who were members of Land Ibiards Cu'l t! • :r railway passes and then charged f r railway fares. Mr Pearson moved tliat tin item ta reduced by £SOO. I>r Newman pointed t, the c :u paratively large expenditur, in < .«..• The Slinisler m chart-* *n 1 t! •• House had no control >ver tiie x ’e. which was fixed by the wruiX'.-• '. appropriations. Mr Reid pointed out that tli• -, w more pastoral and agricultural lar 1 iu Otago than in the re t of :1> C 1 ry. (Laughter. iTht, men, Ur- f the B .rJ had to travel about a great deal, oi l thoir expense* were heavy, beca «■, as the land was mixe<l. rmiul -- hvl to be appointed from different par f the province. Mr Suttc-r hoj»-d I.and B irli would l>e abolished. Major Atkinson l.i jrsi tl.v r.ix'.t- r would be looked into. There wan > > doubt tliat a good deal f scan i»I existed in connection w ii it. The Minister denied < mpbatically that there was any scandal. Major Atkinson > true what was saul alxr.il member- f the House using the.r railway j * <r I and charging fares ? The Minister said he believed the was not the slightest foundation f»r i the statinent. Mr Pearson withdrew his mot ti. and the matter dropped.