A Parliamentary Note-Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 187, 28 October 1927, Page 9

A Parliamentary Note-Book

_ (Continued from Page 8.) Maori Children's Holidays The Minister o£ Education, the Hon. K. A. Wright, sees no valid reason why native school children should not receive holidays similar to *tho#e enjoyed by white children at primary schools, and instructions have been given by the department to have a difference in this respect adjusted. Much Wrong Mr. W. D. Lysnar did not fail thdse who waited for the inevitable snap when the Meat Board was mentioned. He said the Rural Intermediate Credits Bill could not do harm, but it was too small. , A Government Member: It will grow. You can fall back on the Meat Board. Mr. Lysnar: I am afraid that would be a weak prop. He found fault with so many features of the Bill that Mr. J. S. Dickson asked: “Can you find anything wrong with the printer’s name at the foot of the Bill?" Little Investments “It is difficult to get people to invest small amounts like £SO and £100,” said the Minister of Agriculture, the Hon. O. T. Hawken, in the House. “They can put it into the bank, or into the Savings Bank, but it is too easy to get at . . Mr. E. J. Howard: The City Council will take it. Mr. Hawken: People will not invest these little sums in tlie present avenues. The Rural Intermediate Credits will give them an opportunity of doing so, and incidentally of building up the fund for the assistance oi the farmers. plenty of Money Offering Optimism regarding the prospects of the bond issue under the Rural intermediate Credits Scheme was expressed by the Minister ol Finance, the Hon. W. Dowaie Stewart, in the House of Representatives this evening during the second-reading debate on the Bill. , "I have reason to believe the bond issue will be well received,” he said. “We have had offers of fairly substantial amounts already, including several from overseas, and it appears that debentures will be taken up vei> readily.” , ... The Minister added that contributions by the Government would give the scheme a start, but in its actual operation there would always be more securities and cash in tho office than the debts owing to those who advanced the money.