A Parliamentary Notebook

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 116, 6 August 1927, Page 8

A Parliamentary Notebook

Budget Debate Ope ns (.THE SES-S Parliamentary WELLINGTON FmT 1 To-day's sitting of the ' f - Representatives was cussing the reports of the Dit£ **■ Soldiers’ Settlement Department^ l * ist and Health Resorts and *h. . gration Department. The Fiir Bill was introduced by Mr* u 4 Savage, Auckland West,* and 1 first time. % The debate on the Financial ment began in the evening therl*?* - of the Opposition, Mr H E n being followed by the Minisier fence, Hon. F. J. Rolleston The n D *’ adjourned at 9.30 p. m . until * on Tuesday afternoon The e on the Budget will be Tuesday. conunued oi The Legislative Council sat short period to-day, and until August 17. sr at Motor By-laws Uniform by-laws to cover traffic in all parts of New ZeaUiS** being sought by the Hon D ft™.? who has tabled a question to the w* ister of Public Works on ttemi!!' * Sr & He Understood! m T }* e ™ rd optometry remimtoi T. M. W ilford of a storv which £ told the House A waterside i or £ was asked by counsel whether h. ki been ostracised by his union * u learned Judge intervened with a suggestion that learned counsel not put such a question, as the wnZ. would not know the meaning ofTT tracise.” Thereupon the witness interton*.. “Your honour,” he said, “I undet-sS the word perfectly well. it j,“r rived from a Greek word meaning t banish. Thereupon, added Mr W- : ford, amid laughter, the Court t ,v lapsed. w at He “A Good Horse" The word "optometry” caught th* eye of Mr. P. Fraser when th» nticians’ Registration Bill was u,/ duced by Governor-General's Messto to-day. He asked the Minister charge of the Bill to explain its iWing, and said, "Why, it might be the name of a racehorse, for all 1 ; ao . It is a formidable looking word ul one wonders what might be worked in under its name.” The Minister of Health, the HottJ. A. Young, assured that the vo-d "optometry” did not denote the nt-i of a famed galloper, nor of anr cot cealed menace, but merely referred a measurement of sight. Australian Shipping Services The Government has moved to set up a select committee, comprisitx the Hon. A. It. McLeod, Minister of Lands, Mr. E. J. Howard, Mr E p Lee, Mr. J. A. Nash. Mr. T. K. Sider and Sir Joseph "Ward to inquire into shipping facilities existing betwee: the South Island ports and Australii to report upon the means of impnmment. Sir Joseph Ward in the House if Representatives stressed the 'aloe of a weekly service between the See: Island and the Commonwealth, tee only for trade but for the toarte traffic also. The Minister assured Sir Joseph that the committee would investigate every aspect of the position