POLITICAL NOTES.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 August 1920, Page 5

POLITICAL NOTES.

A PENSIONS PROPOSAL (By Wire—Parliamentary RepftrtO.),& Wellington, Last SlgS£ "jA promise was given, in rep|? tp.*' ji question to-day, by Sir WilliamHeiriW that the amending Pensions BiU.tq-lifj'* introduced this- session will prorate-fot£ an increase in the disqualifying ajOOttfllft* of income both for single and applicants. i RENTAL OF HOUSES I, Sir William Hemes, Labor, informed Mr. Luke in. the-to-day that the question of allowing. I&' increase in the maximum rental 'ittt-r houses of eight per cent, on the'capital > value to covey the increased maintenance of houses, was being enquired into by the department, ,!t , MANUFACTURE OP PAPER. At. the end of last year the went sent to the Imperial. fastirata £ samples of New Zealand tittfceri' '♦SQi* the object of discovering whether 1 atife s of them were suitable, for th&. jaMWfacture of paper. Mr. Guthrie the House to-day that no reply been received from the. Inaiutttte, Tftd the Government awaited JtWr' , reply. Should the reply be favaiffeJe,, definite proposals with regard to thu establishment, of the wood puipi*d\)<try. in the Dominion would be mad|> bfj/tfaa ' Government, 'iff' SCHOOL 6WIMJHKO BATS& . *; The Minister of Education #tatejl4fc*.'J day that by a recent decision of Clin* net a subsidy of £1 for every £& vptnft>/l tary Contribution ip payaMe ' by t Government to school the making of school swimming subject tr> tile condition that the Htlb 3 are constructed on land held by' m* Edueation Board in general.' , amount nf the Government «übsidy> is limited to .€l5O. i. -ZZSHSSS3V&SSS3 1 ''