A PROMISED RETURN.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 June 1915, Page 4

A PROMISED RETURN.

CASK OF GOVJiKX'MEXT DELAY. ' ' (fly Vi ire.—Own Correspondent.) ' Wellington, Last Night. \uion Honii* returns wcru being Ittifcl on tiie tubl' i« the House of liei>reseniajfcives. to-day, the Leader of the U),position 'jjaid , that in- would like to put a question the -.Minister regarding a document that had not yet made its appearance. .Before tlie Liberal Oovcrnnient went out Of ollice it had arranged, as the result of the eritiei.sm and inuendoes of the men now on Hi,. Treasury benches, to publish a return showing the details of every item of expenditure from the public ac-' count, but the present Government had failed to provide that return for a single com],lete year, although it had been in ollice for nearly three years. He would like to know when the return for the last two years was going to be laid boTore members. The Minister for .Finance, the Hon. J. Allen, said, in reply, that the return for one year would be produced during (lie prisent session. The preparation of til'! details of the public expenditure was a very big job, and there was pressure of work in the public departments. "What vein- will vour return cover?" a-iked Mr.'(l. \Y. Russell. " The year ended March 31, 1914, I think," said the Minister. A smile went round the chamber as members recalled the utterances of toe present Ministers on this subject in th» days before they gained office.