SAME OLD CAR"

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 140, 3 September 1927, Page 1

SAME OLD CAR"

EXPENSES IN LONDON

CASE OF HIGH COMMISSIONER:

(THE SUN'S Parliamentary ReporterJJ Press Association. WELLINGTON, Friday. Much was heard in the House o Representatives to-night of the expense of the High Commissioner in London, and although nothing hostil* was suggested in the comments o members, a bright little interlude oc curred while the estimates of the Internal Affairs Department were under consideration. Dr. Pomare, in defending the estr mates, of which he was in charge, became delightfully expansive ani ridiculed the idea that a rich ma» should not possess a motor-car. Mr. P. Fraser. Wellington Central: The Minister of Public Works say* that we should not.

Sir Maui: I am responsible onl; for my own opinions.

Mr. D. G. Sullivan, Avon: Have yov got a car?

Sir Maui, laughingly: A sort o one. Probably the honourable member would not like to ride in it. Sir Maui explained that the expenses at the High Commissioner** office had gone down. Mr. Sullivan: But I mean his per sonal expenses. Sir Maui: Well, we want him t* have a modest but respectable home and not live in the slums of London. Mr. W. J. Jordan, Manukau: Eve? slums can be respectable. Sir Maui, with a twinkle in hi* eye: But when you visit him yof don’t want to have to sleep arounf the corner.

Mr. H. E. Holland, Leader of tin Opposition: We would give him ; decent house if we could stop hin l talking so much. Sir Maui explained that th-* High Commissioner had to have motor-car, which by the way had t«* be renovated when the Prime Mir' ister went Home (loud laughter), anf occasionally another coat of paint haf to be applied, but it was still tli-* same old car.