SPECIAL VOTES
SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES SUBMITTED AIR AND OTHER SERVICES. ■■ NO ADDITIONAL DEFENCE VOTES. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The Supplementary Estimates which were introduced in the House of Representatives today by Governor-Gen-eral’s message provide for a total expenditure of £814,969. There is an additional vote of £2OO to cover the recent visit to England by the Minister of Finance and his staff. A grant of £5OOO is made to cover Maori participation in the Centennial Exhibition.
The estimates of the Department of Justice and Prisons contain an item of £7OO to provide for the installation of mechanical recording machines in the Supreme Court in Wellington. Additional expenditure on radio facilities for aerodromes and air routes is represented by an item of £15,000. x
Additional subsidies amounting to £27,500 are voted for the railway transport of lime for farmers and for fertilisers and farm produce. There is a vote of £40,000 in connection with expenditure on the Rangitata irrigar tion work.
One noticeable feature about the Supplementary Estimates in the absence of any additional votes for Defence purposes.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 September 1939, Page 6
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